The Alternative Anthropologist
When Dr Heather Munro initially approached me about her research on Haredi and Hasidic identity in London, New York, and Israel, I completely underestimated the complex web that makes up the ultra-orthodox community. To ‘simplify’ her work (although I use that term lightly) we decided to break apart her research into two parts with this… Continue reading Ep. 36: Part I- Understanding Haredi and Hasidic Jewish Identity
Anthropologist, Dr Heather Munro This month's episode on the Coffee & Cocktails® Podcast was truly an educational eye-opener. While I thoroughly enjoy the research process for each and every episode, this one required a *lot* more work than I initially anticipated. That being said, I'll think you'll all enjoy this one on Haredi and Hasidic Jewish identity.… Continue reading Early release on Haredi and Hasidic Jewish identity!
Bonus Episode now available on the Coffee & Cocktails® Podcast! 'Questioning (white) Western Feminism & Muslim women's identity' The history of Western feminism has had a tendency to impose its own world views on non-western women at the expense of allowing other female voices to express their thoughts on freedoms, rights, and religion. In this bonus… Continue reading ‘Questioning (white) Western Feminism & Muslim women’s identity’- available on Patreon!
The newest bonus episode is finally here! Bonus Episode: Confronting biases in the workplace Addressing intersectionality, diversity, and identity are becoming more important in the workplace, especially when it comes to multicultural group dynamics, and how, as people, we approach the work environment. In this bonus episode with anthropologist, Helidth Ravenholm, she discusses her role… Continue reading Now available! Bonus Episode: Confronting biases in the workplace
How do we deal with preserving memory when the historical past can be so controversial? In this Patreon-only special release (recorded in August 2021), Dr Hannes Obermair from EURAC Research gives us his perspectives on the role of statues and how South Tyrol’s decision to preserve its Fascist (and Nazi) past led to the creation… Continue reading Patron-only Special release: Italy’s decision not to tear down statues, with Dr Hannes Obermair
This month on the Coffee & Cocktails® Podcast, we discuss the concept of ‘dark food’, and how like ‘dark tourism’, it is directly linked to consumption and how identities are forged by making sense of the past through present-day cultural memories. In this Patron-only bonus episode with Alessandra Pino (Allie Pino), co-author of A Gothic Cookbook,… Continue reading Bonus Episode (Now Available!): Cuban Identity as it relates to Dark Food
When Pompeii was first excavated in the 18th century, the individuals involved in the re-discovery of this coastal town were surprised (or dare I say ‘shocked’) to discover the massive array of erotic male (and female) genitalia scattered throughout the ancient establishment. Considered taboo and eventually locked away into Pompeii’s now famous, ‘Secret Cabinet’, this… Continue reading Episode 35: ‘Sexuality in Ancient Rome’ now available!
On Patreon the Coffee & Cocktails® Podcast Podcast has posted this month’s early release of our newest episode on ‘Sexuality in Ancient Rome & Pompeii’s Secret Cabinet’ as part of our ‘Controversies and Contraband series’. For this episode we spoke with Australia’s favourite Ancient Historians, Dr Fiona Radford and Dr Peta Greenfield, hosts of The Partial Historians… Continue reading Early Release: Sexuality in Ancient Rome & Pompeii’s Secret Cabinet
This workshop through the Coffee & Cocktails® Podcast is a *must see* for students and Early Career Researchers working their way into higher education. With casual contracts at an all-time high, many soon-to-be academics completing their studies have little-to-no professional training when it comes to teaching university students. In this one-hour talk, educational and teaching professionals, Dr Carrie… Continue reading Workshop: Tips for teaching in higher education
In this episode, lecturer in Pakistan Studies, Sonia Gulzeb Abbasi, takes us through a tour of the background history of travel photography in the Middle East and Africa and its potential link to modern day notions of power and post-colonialism. Nowadays a very common motif for bloggers on social media sites like Instagram, she advises… Continue reading Ep. 34: Travel photography, power, and post-colonialism
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