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[Please publicise widely] Radical Anthropology talks in London, Summer 2016 Economics, politics and science Tuesdays, 6.45-9.00pm Language, art, music and culture emerged in Africa over 100,000 years ago, culminating in a symbolic explosion or 'human revolution' whose echoes can still be heard in myths and cultural traditions from around the world. These talks are a general introduction to social and biological anthropology, ranging over fields as diverse as hunter-gatherer studies, mythology, primatology, archaeology and archaeoastronomy. Radical Anthropology brings indigenous rights activists, environmentalists, feminists and others striving for a better world together with people who just want to learn about anthropology. There is always time for questions and discussion after each talk and there are good local pubs for those wishing to socialise into the evening. Apr 12 Rejecting the illusion of economic growth: can lunarchy work? Chris Knight Apr 19 Vietnam, student resistance and the politics of Noam Chomsky. Chris Knight Apr 26 What makes people weird? Menstrual taboos among scientists in Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) countries. Chris Knight May 3 Major transitions in evolution: when's the next one? Kit Opie May 10 Late Pleistocene demography and the appearance of modern human behavior. Mark Thomas May 17 We were like sisters: collective ritual practices among women sharing direct sales cosmetics. Elena Fejdiova May 24 The masquerade and the mobile phone: how do local religious traditions survive and adapt in an era of globalised technology? Roger Blench May 31 The Cosmic Vagina: Discovery, death and the purification of life among the Maori. Dave Robinson Jun 7 Through the dark vale: interpreting the Stonehenge Palisade by interdisciplinary convergence. Lionel Sims Jun 14 Falstaff: Lunarchy in the Kingdom of England Camilla Power Jun 21 Spinning/weaving in the heavens: the new archaoastronomy Morag Feeney-Beaton Jun 28 Enlightenment at night: metaphor and knowledge after the scientific revolution. Anthony Auerbach All talks are free and open to all in the Daryll Forde Seminar Room, Anthropology Building, 14 Taviton St, off Gordon Square, London WC1E 6BT. Tube: Euston. Info: radicalanthropologygroup.org @radicalanthro Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
