A Taste of Anthropology with Professor Burlingame

Happy Halloween!  

As a part of an annual event, Professor Burlingame reads Shakira Roman’s short story The Mirror to help enhance your Halloween celebration.  

The Professor also provides you with a few words of wisdom about why the celebration of holidays like Halloween is key to your wellbeing as a human being.

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The insights into language, culture and gender that you can gain from this book, and the life skills you can learn from them, can support you in your personal development and growth journey...

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This podcast is a must for anyone looking to improve their ability to deal with conflict, difference and change in the world around them...

In this podcast episode, Professor Burlingame answers this question as both a professor and an anthropologist to give you guidance and insight you might not find anywhere else about this topic.

This podcast is a must for anyone looking to learn how to cope well with cultural hierarchies and learn why this is a useful human life skill...

In this podcast episode, Professor Burlingame uses an anthropology focus, and a handy numbered list format, to help you better understand patriarchy.  This is a term from anthropology that is much used, but not necessarily well-understood.

This podcast is a must for anyone looking for insight into gender power structures that they can use in practical and effective ways to support gender rights...

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This podcast is a must for anyone looking for a way to more positively navigate any anxieties they may feel about new and emerging AI technologies...

In this, the final podcast episode of Season 4, Professor Burlingame helps you learn the life skills of conflict resolution and group dynamics through the anthropology subject of generations.

This podcast is a must for anyone looking to improve their ability to deal with conflict, difference and change in the world around them...