The Alternative Anthropologist
Dr Ann Wand had the pleasure of talking with Dr Giulia Guarnieri regarding her tips and tricks for online teaching. You can check out her lecture on our Patreon page. If you'd like to attend our next guest lecture with Dr Kristin Stasiowski from Kent State University on 19 September, just send Dr Wand a… Continue reading Online Guest lecture: Tips and tricks for online teaching (now available)
“I feel that if you’re on the margins, the strange thing is that you have more power. If you are not within a structure, you’ve got nothing to lose, then in a strange kind of way you gain everything.” - Dr Julia Bolton Holloway (taken from: https://citydesert.wordpress.com/2017/12/11/julia-bolton-holloway/) Dr Ann Wand had the pleasure of sitting… Continue reading Episode 16: COVID series Part I: Educating the Roma
If you would like to participate in what will undoubtedly be a very insightful and fruitful discussion on the importance of diversity in academia (both in terms of the role of diversity in literature and in the academy), please feel free to contact the host, Dr Ann Wand. *Like the topics we’re discussing? Consider becoming… Continue reading Looking for guest-speakers for next month’s podcast: Women and people of color in academia
Dr Ann Wand sits down with community storyteller, Dr Joanna Gilar to discuss her newest project, 'The Giant's Garden', designed to encourage literacy and sustainable interaction for children and their parents. https://soundcloud.com/coffeeandcocktails/episode-9-how-storytelling-and-ecology-can-promote-environmental-awareness *Like the topics we’re discussing? Consider becoming a Patreon member for as little as £1 per month to help finance our team to explore new… Continue reading Episode 9- How storytelling and ecology can promote environmental awareness
Two academics, Samantha Goodchild and Miriam Weidl, from SOAS, University of London discuss their research with Dr Ann Wand regarding translanguaging practices in two Senegalese villages in the Casamance region and how their research can be used to understand how language learning can develop thanks to local mobility practices. https://soundcloud.com/coffeeandcocktails/coffee-cocktails-episode-3-translanguaging-in-senegal Here's their link to online… Continue reading Coffee & Cocktails Episode 3: Translanguaging in Senegal
Below is an extended excerpt based on Dr Ann Wand’s interview with Dr Nicolette ‘Niki’ Makovicky and Dr Robert ‘Bob’ Parkin of Oxford University on some of the items discussed during Coffee & Cocktail’s second podcast on ‘ECRs and the job market’. Ann: Since this podcast is partially designed to dispel the myths for ECRs… Continue reading Coffee & Cocktails- Episode 2 Excerpt re: Early Career Researchers and the job market
Dr Ann Wand sits down with Dr Nicolette Makovicky (Oxford University), Dr Robert Parkin (Oxford University, and Dr Pietro Antonio Sasso (Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville)to discuss the additional responsibilities that come with being a full-time academic. https://soundcloud.com/coffeeandcocktails/part-2-ecrs-and-the-job-market *Like the topics we're discussing? Consider becoming a Patreon member for as little as £1 per month to help… Continue reading Coffee & Cocktails Episode 2: ECRs and the job market (part II)
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