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“So, you dug it up and then you just reburied it?” | MAPA
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At the intersection of archaeology and its many publics. Master of Arts in Public Archaeology at Binghamton University. About the MAPA Blog. MAPA Curated Job Postings. About the MAPA Blog. MAPA Curated Job Postings. So, you dug it up and then you just reburied it? December 23, 2016. Second, Wait, so you just reburied it all at the end? Aztec North Study Unit 2, before and after backfilling. Photos by the author. Photo by the author. The trial court reviewed evidence about what the parties meant when they...
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September | 2016 | MAPA
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At the intersection of archaeology and its many publics. Master of Arts in Public Archaeology at Binghamton University. About the MAPA Blog. MAPA Curated Job Postings. About the MAPA Blog. MAPA Curated Job Postings. Monthly Archives: September 2016. Bears Ears and the Issue with Ownership. September 23, 2016. This week I return to our “regularly scheduled programming” and discuss the issue of ownership in relation to archaeology and public lands. The question “who owns the past? September 9, 2016. This b...
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2014 Diana Forsythe Prize Winner: S. Lochlann Jain for Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us | Platypus
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About the CASTAC Blog. About the CASTAC Blog. 2014 Diana Forsythe Prize Winner: S. Lochlann Jain for Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us. Patricia G. Lange. September 29, 2014. The Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC) of the General Anthropology Division (GAD) and the Society for the Anthropology of Work (SAW) announce that S. Lochlann Jain (Stanford University) is the winner of the 2014 Diana Forsythe Prize for her book. Malignant: How Cancer Becomes Us. Is anthropol...
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The Life and Times of Minerals | Platypus
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About the CASTAC Blog. About the CASTAC Blog. The Life and Times of Minerals. July 14, 2015. Image: Flowers of the Mineral Kingdom cover. Reprinted by permission of Vandall King. Nature’s Garden of Crystals. Flowers of the Mineral Kingdom. Are illustrative examples of this interest. A lily blooms in a single year and calcite crystals over millions of years, but comparing them or indeed, calling one by the name of the other is not uncommon among these mineral collectors. I believe that comparing flowers a...
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Ben Shestakofsky | Platypus
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About the CASTAC Blog. About the CASTAC Blog. Author Archives: Ben Shestakofsky. High-Tech Hand Work: When humans replace computers, what does it mean for jobs and for technological change? July 7, 2015. Welcome to Platypus, the official blog of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing. The Second Project: Teaching Research through Collaboration. Counting on Zero: Imaginaries of Energy and Waste in the New Green Economy. Is Data Singular or Plural? Can we count on zero?
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High-Tech Hand Work: When humans replace computers, what does it mean for jobs and for technological change? | Platypus
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About the CASTAC Blog. About the CASTAC Blog. High-Tech Hand Work: When humans replace computers, what does it mean for jobs and for technological change? July 7, 2015. This post was revised on 1/28/2016 on Ben’s request. See his note below. Since its initial publication, I have reframed this post to more fully integrate the argument and data. This revised post reflects these changes. Big data and machine learning. A View from the Workplace. Image: Workers in a Fuse Factory. Source: National Maritime...
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Lisa Messeri | Platypus
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About the CASTAC Blog. About the CASTAC Blog. Author Archives: Lisa Messeri. The Second Project Project: The Security to Feel Insecure. May 26, 2016. Teaching the Anthropology of Outer Space. October 13, 2015. Pluto: Unexplored, Exploring, Explored. July 21, 2015. News, Links, and Pointers. Diary of a Space Zucchini: Ventriloquizing the Future in Outer Space. July 7, 2014. Cosmos: A Spacetime Conversation. May 6, 2014. Public understanding of science. 1977 Called. They Want Their Headline Back. The Secon...
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Pluto: Unexplored, Exploring, Explored | Platypus
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About the CASTAC Blog. About the CASTAC Blog. Pluto: Unexplored, Exploring, Explored. July 21, 2015. Pluto will always be part of our hearts, a 17-year old exclaims to her companion. Pluto just needs a good PR rep, a dad jokes to his son after reading the formal definition of planet. And figuring out why Pluto isn’t one. Pluto’s a dog. I know it’s a dog. It’s also a dwarf planet, two friends banter back and forth. Today, a week after New Horizon’s closest approach, can we say we have now explored Pluto?
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Eliot Storer | Platypus
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About the CASTAC Blog. About the CASTAC Blog. Author Archives: Eliot Storer. Eliot Storer is a PhD student in Rice University's sociocultural anthropology department. He studies environmental management practices and energy systems. Making Rain and Letting Shine: Geoengineering’s Biopolitics. August 11, 2015. Welcome to Platypus, the official blog of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing. The Second Project: Teaching Research through Collaboration. Can we count on zero?
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Elizabeth Ferry | Platypus
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About the CASTAC Blog. About the CASTAC Blog. Author Archives: Elizabeth Ferry. The Life and Times of Minerals. July 14, 2015. Let it Flow Down the Long Grey Line: The West Point Class Ring Memorial Melt. September 15, 2014. Welcome to Platypus, the official blog of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing. The Second Project: Teaching Research through Collaboration. Counting on Zero: Imaginaries of Energy and Waste in the New Green Economy. Is Data Singular or Plural?
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