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Chapter 15 Materiality: How Can Anthropology Help Us Understand Objects?

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Real Talk

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These are weird times. I’ll admit, when this all started, I had high hopes that this would be easy. When putting together revised syllabi, I really tried to be mindful of the circumstances that might make school hard for my students during the pandemic:   ·       Family members to take care of ·       Shared computers ·       Revised work schedules ·       Unreliable internet This is why I opted for asynchronous classes, relaxed deadlines, etc. Somehow, in the process, I didn’t think about how this would affect me. I’m a single mom to two boys. This means I’m now a homeschool mom – a job I never signed up for. There are now three of us trying to get work and school done on one good laptop and a very unreliable desktop – and there are not enough hours in the day for any of it. We’re figuring it out as we go along. Over the weekend I crammed a tiny office into my bed...

Adriana Cervantes- Ch. 14: How and Why Do Doctors and Other Health Practitioners Gain Social Authority?

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Chapterb14: The Body- Oceanna Lenon

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