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  Upcoming Talk by Dr. Penglase: "Reshaping Rio de Janeiro: Olympic Legacies and Social Inequality in Brazil"

  The presentation, based on Dr. Penglase's recent fieldwork in Rio, will take place at 4:15 p.m. on February 13, in Cuneo 002. The event is presented by the Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies Program, and co-sponsored by the Anthropology Department and the Latin American and Latino Studies Program.
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  Alum Michele Statz Launches First Book at AAA 2018

  Statz (BA ’05, PhD UWash ’14) launched her first book, Lawyering an Uncertain Cause: Immigration Advocacy and Chinese Youth in the U.S., at the 2018 American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting.
  
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  Dr. Strand Publishes Article on Written Dialect in Norway

  The article addresses non-standard spellings in rural Norwegians’ digital communication and in local marketing campaigns. It is published in the journal Multilingua as part of a special issue on contemporary language revitalizaiton in Europe.
  
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  New Article from Dr. Adams on Local Vendors in Indonesian Tourism

  The article addresses local strategies for economic survival in Toraja, and it appears in the most recent issue of the journal Tourism Culture & Communication (18(4)).
  
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  Loyola Anthropologists at AAA 2018

  Drs. Adams, Gomberg-Muñoz, and Strand participated in research and discussion panels at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in San Jose, CA, in November.
  
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  Dr. Nichols Presents at Chicago Digital Humanities Colloquium

  Catherine Nichols and June Coyne (PhD candidate, History) shared their collaborative work titled "Decolonizing the Archive: The May Weber Collection in a Digital World."
  
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  Dr. Butler Featured in Phoenix Article on Masks

  Noah Butler contributed an anthropological perspective on Halloween and masking for Loyola's student newspaper.
  
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  Events

  Special Event: Dr. W. Wood Lecture on Textile Patterns, Indigenous Weavers, and Global Flows

  Dr. Wood's talk is titled "Reproducing Hearst Collection Textiles: Tracing a Global Meshwork Ethnographically," to be held at 4:00 on Oct. 15 in Cudahy Science 207. This is the first event in the 2018-19 "Objects on the Move" Anthropology Lecture Series.
  
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  Dr. Gomberg-Muñoz Receives NSF Grant for Research in Mexico

  Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz was awarded a National Science Foundation senior research grant for a multiyear project with deportee rights organizers in Mexico City.
  
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  Dr. Butler Receives FCIP Teaching Award

  Noah Butler was honored in Fall 2018 with the Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching Freshmen.
  

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  Announcing Student Travel and Research Awards!

  This funding will support Anthropology majors pursuing research projects or dissemination of research. Deadlines are October 1 and March 1.
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  Alumni

  Mia LaRocca ('17) Wins Fulbright Award to Italy

  The Fulbright/Casten Family Foundation Award will allow Mia to pursue a Master’s degree at the University of Gastronomic Sciences, which is committed to promoting a sustainable and just food economy through the tenets of the Slow Food movement.
  
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  New Article from Dr. Adams Focuses on Local Knowledge in Tourism in Indonesia

  Kathleen Adams and co-author Dirk Sandarupa's article was published in the Asian Journal of Tourism Research.
  
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  Dr. Strand Contributes to Interdisciplinary "Rural Voices" Book

  Thea Strand recently published a chapter on rural Norwegians' use of urban language in the edited volume "Rural Voices: Language, Identity, and Social Change Across Place."
  
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  Dr. Gomberg-Muñoz Contributes to Inaugural Issue of the Journal for the Anthropology of North America

  In JANA's first "Come to Terms" column, Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz makes a case for anthropologists as "accomplices" rather than "allies."
  
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  Dr. Adams Publishes Chapter on Mortuary Tourism in Indonesia

  Kathleen Adams has contributed a chapter to the edited volume "Leisure and Death," based on her ongoing research in Toraja, Indonesia.
  
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  Students

  Congratulations, Anthropology Grads!

  Outstanding accomplishments were recognized at the annual gala, featuring student research and senior awards. Congrats to all of our new graduates in Anthropology!
  
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  Drs. Butler and Gomberg-Muñoz Honored at 2018 Sujack Awards

  Noah Butler and Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz received Master Teacher awards at the 2018 Sujack Awards ceremony, recognizing outstanding CAS faculty accomplishments in teaching and research.
  
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  LUC Anthro Alum Alexandria Peterson Publishes in Journal of Human Evolution

  Alex Peterson (BS '14) recently published an article as first author in JHE analyzing dental microwear, paleoenvironment, and diet for A. africanus and P. robustus.
  
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  Dr. Adams Contributes to New Handbook of Contemporary Indonesia

  Kathleen Adams' chapter in the Routledge Handbook is titled "Revisiting 'Wonderful Indonesia': Tourism, Economy, and Society."
  
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  Loyola Anthro Students, Alumni, and Faculty at April Conferences: SfAA, AAPA, and CSAS

  Current students and recent alumni are out in force presenting original research alongside department faculty at the annual meetings of the Society for Applied Anthropology, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, and the Central States Anthropological Society.
  
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  Atlas Obscura Features Dr. Nichols' Research on Museum Exchange

  Catherine Nichols' ongoing research on the exchange of anthropological duplicates among museums, including the Smithsonian, is featured in a new Atlas Obscura article.
  
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  Dr. Grauer Elected President of AAPA, to Receive 2018 Lasker Award

  Anthropology Chair Anne Grauer has been elected President of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. At the AAPA meeting in April, Dr. Grauer will also receive the Gabriel W. Lasker Service Award for her history of excellent service to the AAPA and the field of physical anthropology.
  
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  From the Attic to the Web: Building the May Weber Ethnographic Digital Collection

  Dr. Catherine Nichols, along with Digital Humanities graduate students Lucas Coyne, Andi Pacheco, and Adam Depew, will discuss progress on their project, "Decolonizing the Museum Catalogue," at a lunchtime lecture on Wednesday, April 11.
  
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  Dr. Adams Delivers Keynote at Critical Tourism Studies Conference

  Kathleen Adams' keynote lecture, titled "On Gateways and “Yellow Brick Roads”: Rethinking Travel and Travelers in an era of (Im-) Mobility,” was delivered at the Inaugural Conference for Critical Tourism Studies in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
  
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  Landfill on campus a glimpse into Chicago's past

  What’s underneath this grass on Halas Quad, may surprise you: old garbage. Extending across this part of Loyola’s Lake Shore campus is a landfill that contains about 60 tons of trash. Hundreds of artifacts exposed during construction projects have been collected and studied by Anthropology professor Dr. Daniel Amick.
  
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  Experiential Learning

  May Weber Ethnographic Art Collection finds a home at Loyola

  A university acquisition that was years in the making is now giving students a chance to study non-Western folk art--and unravel the mind of a collector.
  
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  Professor Jim Calcagno creates new online course for TED

  Professor Jim Calcagno has developed one of the first online courses available as part of TED’s new Ted Studies series. Dr. Calcagno’s 2013 Evolutionary Anthropology article “What Makes Us Human” served as the inspiration for the course, which features a set of curated talks on evolution from experts such as Jane Goodall.