I Have Not Been Home For A Holiday In Over 3 Years.

09/28 13/100

Learning about Subsistence Patterns and all the different ways cultures get (or have gotten) their food, and thought I would share a little.

This table shows some features of the major food-procurements. I thinks it's interesting that the more a culture relies on industrialized agriculture, the more separation of class becomes a part of that culture.

This is a map of known Hunter-gatherers throughout history. I wish this map also stated which were nomadic or semi-nomadic.

Introduction

So I've seen a bunch of studyblr bloggers do introduction posts and I didn't really think to do one because...I'm pretty darn shy!

But here is goes anyways

About me:

I'm a freshman at community college

I'm 24 (I took off schooling to take care of my mom from age 19 to 21)

My major is anthropology (if you couldn't tell from my username)

I'm originally from Colorado but I'm currently living in San Diego, Ca

My goals this year:

Pass all my classes (obviously right?)

Do all my readings BEFORE class

Do all the extra credit!

Complete at least one honors class (just signed up for honors english)

Meet new people (did I mention I was shy?)

Learn a new language (currently learning Norwegian on duolingo)

Hobbies:

Writing stories whenever I get the spare time

Reading

Watching documentaries

Today I learned:

So the University that I am attending, is one of only two universities in the US that has a forensic research institute AKA body farm

And apparently the institute takes on student volunteers who are waiting to meet requirements for internships!

I could not be more ecstatic at this possibility

Good luck to everyone doing finals!

10-10-18. 16/100

I thought I would share this little chart of Kinship diagram symbols from my cultural anthropology textbook.

Kind of want to make a little kinship diagram of my own using these.

6/100

Does anyone else feel super accomplished when they get to check off something? It's a nice little confidence booster!

Book haul!

The other day, my brother and I went to lunch on Main Street, and I absolutely had to stop at my favorite local bookstore.

Where I found these:

I already tore through Invitation to Anthropology, and I absolutely cannot wait to read The Human Odyssey!

I also went to the college bookstore and got 3/4 of my textbooks for the semester.

Needless to say, I am excited to dive into these babies.

My Cultural Anthropology Professor shared this with our class today, so I thought I would share with you guys.

We were talking about silent language today and how some gestures we (Americans) used may not be carried out in the same context in other countries.

I thought I would share a book for some of those who would be interested, especially those studying or interested in Anthropology.

Lissa is an ethnography in graphic novel format. It is a powerful story set in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. It looks at politics, culture differences and similarities, and how American and Egyptian cultures look at and deal with death and disease.

That's all I'm going to say because I dont want to ruin it for anyone interested.

And, today in my Cultural Anthropology class, we did a Skype Q&A with one of the authors, Professor Hamdy, where the class got to asks questions about this book. It was an amazing experience, she had so much information to share and you could just feel her passion!

09-26-18. 12/100

Spending the afternoon reading various anthropological articles and writing summaries. And as usual my fur baby is keeping me company 😺😻