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Domesticated, a new book by Alicia Ventresca-Miller

Oxford University Press publishes UMMAA curator's book open access

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The 2026 Jeffrey R. Parsons Lecture

Tom D. Dillehay speaks on identity and community in Peru's Middle Holocene, Friday, February 20

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Sociocultural Anthropology Colloquium | “Seeking Shade in Sunny Mozambique: Comfort, Care, and Colorism”

Julie Soleil Archambault: Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University (Montreal)

3:00 PM
411 West Hall

“In Mozambique, shade is a precious resource secured through a mix of foresight and improvisation. Shade is also a special topic of conversation. Attending to the material culture of shade and to embodied ways of engaging built and natural environ...

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