Anthropology and Science Fiction - Ep 185
In a SURPRISE THIRD INSTALLMENT of our discussion of sci fi and archaeology, we talk about two giants of world building, Octavia E Butler and Ursula K LeGuin. We also talk about a few fictional anthropologists of TV and cinema.
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Speculative Fiction (Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature)
Read Mahabharata as science fiction: C Radhakrishnan (Deccan Chronicle)
Vimana Aircraft of India: More Sloppy Scholarship from David Childress (Jason Colavito)
Separating fact from ancient Indian science fiction (Live Mint)
The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad (Japanese Fairy Tales, via Lit2Go)
How Ursula Le Guin’s Writing Was Shaped by Anthropology (Sapiens)
Introduction: Speculative Anthropologies (Society for Cultural Anthropology)
Why So Many Readers Are Turning to Octavia Butler’s Apocalypse Fiction Right Now (Slate)
Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism (Oakland Museum of California)
Afrofuturism: From the Past to the Living Present (UCLA Newsroom)
When is Wakanda: Imagining Afrofutures (The Long Now Foundation)
Forensic TV Post-Mortem: The 5 Most And Least Accurate Episodes Of 'Bones' (Forbes)
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Science Fiction and Anthropology: Part 2! - Ep 184
We're back! And we're continuing our exploration of science fiction in archaeology AND anthropology in science fiction. Last time, we talked to author Pat Edwards about world-building and storytelling--this time, we tell the stories. Amber gets speculative, Anna spins some yarns, and we investigate the Thousand and One Nights.
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Studying Salvage Anthropology w/ Samuel Redman - Ep 176
We dive into Dr. Samuel Redman’s latest book, Prophets and Ghosts: The Story of Salvage Anthropology. Amber and Anna (mostly Amber) have lots of questions about the seemingly paradoxical 19th- and 20th- century urge by American scholars to “rescue” objects and even human remains from “disappearing” Indigenous groups. It’s a fascinating window into anthropology viewed as a moral and academic obligation, and the social underpinnings of the development of the discipline in the US. And! You can enter to win your very own copy of Ghosts and Prophets! Harvard University Press generously hooked us up with three copies to give away. The promotion is running via Twitter and Instagram, so keep an eye out for those posts for the extremely low-effort rules for entering.
Links
Wendy Red Star’s 1880 Crow Peace Delegation (Birmingham Museum of Art)
Wendy Red Star’s Children of the Large-Beaked Bird (MASS MoCA)
Blanket Stories: Transportation Object, Generous Ones, Trek (Marie Watt Studio)
Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology (Smithsonian Institution)
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