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  • Weaving Discussion and Demonstration, Jun 13

    Weaver and dyer Fukuko Katsuura discusses textiles in the exhibition and demonstrates aspects of her craft. Katsuura, who grew up in the Japanese countryside, taught herself to weave, and to use plant dyes to obtain the colors she needed for her materials. This talk is offered in conjunction...

  • Nicaragua: Surviving the Legacy of U.S. Policy, thru Jun 1

    From 1985 until 1990, Paul Dix used his camera to document the effects of the U.S.-funded Contra War on Nicaragua’s poor. In 2002, Dix and Pamela Fitzpatrick followed up with roughly 100 of the thousands of Nicaraguans he had photographed, sharing the earlier photos with family members, taking...

  • The Sound of Weaving at Ôzu, thru Sep 10

    The ancient arts of weaving and dyeing live on in the handwork of dedicated craftspeople such as Fukuko Katsuura. From a love of Japan’s textile arts came a dedication to mastering traditional weaving. From a life lived on and of the land, came experiments in coaxing color from plants gathered...

  • Create. Connect. Collaborate: New Media Best Practices A Training Series for Bay Area Health Care and Public Health Professionals, Jun 12

    Imagine if you could create a tool that empowers young adults to prevent violence in real time … or a tool that empowers public health and disaster response workers working with the information they need to communicate reliably with headquarters, community leaders, and one another to deliver...

  • Summerfest 2013: Staff Appreciation Day, Jun 13

    Join your colleagues and other members of the campus community in recognizing Berkeley's staff at the Annual Staff Appreciation Day, Summerfest 2013. To name just a few, activities will include free access to facilities and classes at the Recreational Sports Facility (RSF), streaming...

  • International Critical Psychology Workshop May 16th, 2013

    Critical Psychiatry— A Dialogue between Psychiatry and Anthropology University of California, Department of Anthropology

    International Critical Psychology Workshop Details

  • Anthropology Commencement Ceremony May 24th, 2013

    The Anthropology Departmental Commencement Ceremony will take place at 9AM on Friday, May 24, 2013 at Zellerbach Auditorium.

     

    Tickets are available at $4.00 per ticket in Room 232 Kroeber Hall, the Anthropology Front Office.

     

    Graduating students may pick...

  • Archaeological Reconstructions of Jomon Period Dwellings in Japan September 14th, 2012

     

    Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor), IEAS Conference Room
     
    Speaker/Performer: John Ertl, Associate Professor, Kanazawa University; Visiting Scholar, Center for Japanese Studies
    Sponsor: Center for Japanese Studies (CJS...
  • Fighting Back with Archaeology, Oct 19

    Brandon Nida is a board member of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, and co-founder of Friends of Blair Mountain. As a native West Virginian, he is an activist in the anti-mountaintop removal (MTR) coal extraction movement within Appalachia, a labor activist, and a community organizer...

  • When the West Was Won, Oct 26

    WHEN THE WEST WAS WON takes on the frontier as an imaginary place where the 'wilderness' begins, a space between that which has not yet been mastered and the familiar. The exhibition deals with the legendary 'wild west' and Middle America even as it stretches across the Atlantic to the western...

  • Anthropology Events Calendar
    Click on this link to see a calendar showing what's on the horizon in the way of presentations, talks, and special events around campus sponsored by or relevant to Anthropology.