» Adding dental care to regular checkups is helping people with little access to dentists get needed care and referrals
04/30/24 12:45 from The Rural Blog

» FADGI Report on Software Accessibility for Open-Source Digital Preservation Applications
01/16/24 13:04 from The Signal
The Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) AudioVisual Working Group partnered with a consultant and accessibility firm on a project to enhance accessibility in open-source desktop applications for the digital preservatio...

» Incoming president of American Medical Association says AMA cares about getting more doctors in rural areas
05/14/24 12:45 from The Rural Blog

» Baltimore’s Toxic Legacies Have Reached a Breaking Point
04/23/24 06:00 from SAPIENS
In a new book, an anthropologist reveals the heavy tolls industries have placed on residents in this eastern U.S. city.… The post Baltimore’s Toxic Legacies Have Reached a Breaking Point appeared first on SAPIENS .

» Looking back, looking forward
12/20/23 07:45 from anthro{dendum}
The blog may be shutting down, but I’m not! I started blogging in 2001 and my personal blog, Keywords, is still going strong. Check out this recent post about the movie Killers of the Flower Moon. I’ve also started a newslett...

» Power Tools
10/07/22 17:45 from Invisibilia
Bad bosses. Obnoxious coworkers. Unfair compensation. There are so many reasons people feel disempowered in the workplace. But how can our feelings about power enable or disrupt the larger dynamics we hate at work? This week, Yowei Shaw ...

» Revisiting Love and Lapses: A Conversation with Code Switch host B.A. Parker
12/15/22 21:01 from Invisibilia
Sometimes the holidays are filled with the people you love. Other times, they're marked by an absence. In this special holiday episode, new Code Switch co-host and former Invisibilia producer B.A. Parker tells a story about family, loss ...

» In Search of the First Cyborg
05/08/24 11:13 from SAPIENS
A Paleolithic archaeologist sets out on a journey in search of the first cyborg, making discoveries that end up very… The post In Search of the First Cyborg appeared first on SAPIENS .

» What a Community’s Mourning of an Owl Can Tell Us
04/17/24 06:00 from SAPIENS
The outpouring of grief over New York’s Flaco the owl, who died recently, reveals how much attitudes toward these creatures… The post What a Community’s Mourning of an Owl Can Tell Us appeared first on SAPIENS .

» Spring migration is active along Mississippi River Flyway; 40% of waterfowl and shorebirds in North America use it
05/10/24 09:01 from The Rural Blog

» The Digital Learning Summit at Notre Dame as Template for Academic Convenings
04/04/23 21:00 from Inside Higher Ed | Blog U
Seven ingredients for gathering well.

» A Freediver Finds Belonging Without Breath
05/02/24 06:00 from SAPIENS
An anthropologist takes us on a journey “down the line” to explore what freediving can teach us about ourselves and… The post A Freediver Finds Belonging Without Breath appeared first on SAPIENS .

» A New Resource to Explore Library of Congress Transcription Datasets
04/11/24 10:09 from The Signal
Today’s guest post is from Madeline Goebel, a Digital Collections Specialist at the Library of Congress. As a reader of the Signal, you may already be familiar with By the People, the Library of Congress’s crowdsourcing progr...

» A Friendly Ghost Story
09/16/21 19:48 from Invisibilia
It's one of the most common and infuriating friend mysteries out there - a friend disappears into thin air. But where do these ghosts go? And why are we so haunted by them? If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact t...

» Adventures in chatGPT #3: Jack Kerouac Edition
12/04/23 18:17 from anthro{dendum}
When I first heard about chatGPT, the main thing I was concerned about, like many others, was that students would use it instead of writing their own work. I tried to take an open approach with it all to try to head off any potential pro...

» The Last Sound
03/08/20 03:03 from Invisibilia
Bernie Krause was a successful musician as a young man, playing with rock stars like Jim Morrison and George Harrison in the 1960s and '70s. But then one day, Bernie heard a sound unlike anything he'd ever encountered and it completely o...

» Free webinar on Friday about demystifying LexisNexis for research-based reporting; registration takes 2 minutes
05/14/24 12:55 from The Rural Blog

» Gannett 'pauses' plan to return reporters to ghost papers
05/03/24 11:50 from The Rural Blog

» The Reluctant Immortalist
03/16/20 03:03 from Invisibilia
Daniel Martinez discovered the unthinkable: a creature that breaks one of the most fundamental laws of life. In the wake of his discovery--which has been widely confirmed by the scientific community--all kinds of people have thrown thems...

» The bird flu, H5N1, infected dairy cows, and now fragments of the virus have been found in retail milk supplies
04/30/24 14:41 from The Rural Blog

» The Great Narrative Escape
05/20/21 03:00 from Invisibilia
Imagine a TV show with no plot, no characters, no tension... and yet, it went viral! In this episode, we have a story that questions storytelling as we know it. Plus, co-hosts Kia Miakka Natisse and Yowei Shaw take a spectacularly unspec...

» Why Worry?
04/05/23 12:26 from Inside Higher Ed | Blog U
8 reasons to worry about higher education’s future.

» The Chaos Machine: Wrathful Lord
05/06/21 14:40 from Invisibilia
The man behind 209 Times is not who you'd expect. In Part 2, co-host Yowei Shaw discovers the website's surprising origin story, and ends up at the frontlines of a revolt against the mainstream media and a fight over who gets to own the ...

» Brazil is going to eat you up! {part 5}: trying to not eat myself
12/29/23 15:59 from anthro{dendum}
This is not an academic text. Wow. It has been several months since I last posted something here in AD. It’s kinda weird trying to survive a pandemic amid a coup d’état attempt here in Brazil. For that and for my lack of prod...

» The 2023 Anthropology Blog Resurvey Project
12/05/23 18:26 from anthro{dendum}
As many of us already know, in the last decade or so we’ve seen some big changes with anthropology & archaeology online, particularly in relation to blogs. In short, there aren’t too many these days. This is due to what w...

» 09/17/21 PHD comic: 'The COVID-19 Virus Explained'
09/18/21 14:13 from PHD Comics
Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: " The COVID-19 Virus Explained " - originally published 9/17/2021 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

» Some rural attitudes toward mental health care are improving; access and stigma remain barriers
05/03/24 11:35 from The Rural Blog

» Friends with Benefits
10/21/21 14:47 from Invisibilia
A lot of us think that it's a bad idea to get physical with friends. We worry it'll get messy, maybe even ruin the friendship. But if physical intimacy between friends weren't so taboo, what could our friendships look like? In this episo...

» 09/24/21 PHD comic: '...Said No Academic Ever.'
09/27/21 03:04 from PHD Comics
Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: " ...Said No Academic Ever. " - originally published 9/24/2021 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

» Bobbie Foust, still reporting at 90, wins Al Smith Award for public service through community journalism in Kentucky
05/10/24 09:00 from The Rural Blog

» What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: April 2024
04/18/24 10:10 from The Signal
Interested in learning more about what’s new in the Library of Congress’ digital collections? The Signal shares updates on new additions to our digital collections and we love showing off all the hard work of our colleagues from across t...

» Black Influencers Beyond the Screens
05/01/24 10:48 from SAPIENS
Meet Anuli Akanegbu, the host of the BLK IRL podcast and a doctoral candidate researching Black creatives who are contract… The post Black Influencers Beyond the Screens appeared first on SAPIENS .

» Work Zones Ahead!
04/06/23 03:00 from Inside Higher Ed | Blog U
Michigan is paving new transfer pathways.

» An Outpouring of Love for Douglass Day 2024
03/07/24 09:40 from The Signal
Today’s guest post is from Lauren Algee, a Senior Digital Collections Specialist in the Digital Content Management Section and a By the People community manager.** Douglass Day 2024 marked the busiest day in the history of By the P...

» 3 Questions for Todd Nicolet, Vice Provost for Digital and Lifelong Learning at UNC
04/06/23 21:00 from Inside Higher Ed | Blog U
On online learning and alternative academic careers.

» Poop Friends
10/28/21 14:26 from Invisibilia
Sh*t happens. So why is it so hard to talk about? This week, the ways that poop divides and binds us in our friendships.

» Lost Faith in Higher Education
04/03/23 22:24 from Inside Higher Ed | Blog U
Either education fulfills a promise or it doesn't. Right now, it doesn't. We shouldn't be surprised that faith has been lost.

» Student journalists get on-the-ground training at campus protests; some were beaten and threatened with arrests
05/03/24 11:55 from The Rural Blog

» Flora & fauna: Pigzilla vs. Jaws; daring emperor penguin chicks; growing baby ginger; what's great about limpkins?
05/07/24 11:57 from The Rural Blog

» The Goodbye Show
04/27/23 18:40 from Invisibilia
In their final episode, Invisibilia searches for the right way to say goodbye.

» Relational Reconstruction of Hanford, CA’s China Alley with artist Evelyn Hang Yin
03/08/24 11:47 from The Signal
The following is a guest post by Library of Congress Innovator in Residence Jeffrey Yoo Warren in conversation with interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker Evelyn Hang Yin. “Relational reconstructions” are a creative, experien...

» When smartly planned, windfarms can be adaptable, efficient and incorporate crops, a new study says
04/30/24 12:40 from The Rural Blog

» Therapy, with Friends
11/04/21 17:07 from Invisibilia
Would you ever consider going to therapy with a friend?Two best friends who call themselves brothers were drifting apart, so they asked psychotherapist Esther Perel to help — and we listened in. This episode was recorded in collaboration...

» Companies aren't the only ones that spread the use of 'forever chemicals;' the U.S. military is also responsible
05/03/24 11:40 from The Rural Blog

» 08/31/23 PHD comic: 'New Book! Oliver's Great Big Universe!'
12/14/21 14:53 from PHD Comics
Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: " New Book! Oliver's Great Big Universe! " - originally published 8/31/2023 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE!

» International Friend of Mystery
09/30/21 14:40 from Invisibilia
You know the old saying--keep your friends close and your enemies closer. But what if you can't tell the difference? In this episode, the story of two friends who got caught up in a Top Secret operation that tested their assumptions abou...

» Thank You!
01/25/24 08:39 from anthro{dendum}
Dear Readers, Over the years, some of us (the past and present members of the collective that runs this blog) have been fortunate enough to meet some of you. We say fortunate, because such encounters have always been positive. Many of yo...

» A Picture is Worth a Thousand Data Points: Visualizing File Format Data
02/27/24 10:30 from The Signal
Technologist Ashley Blewer is using the format description document XML files to gather data across all FDDs. She has pulled this data into data visualization tools which allow us to see what categories our FDDs fall into and how many FD...

» American Slow Radio
06/12/21 03:00 from Invisibilia
Let's get slow. Producer Abby Wendle picks up the gauntlet that was thrown down in the last episode " The Great Narrative Escape ." Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.

» Experience “Hidden Portals” this May
05/07/24 14:57 from The Signal
In honor of Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month, Library of Congress 2023-2024 Innovator in Residence Jeffrey Yoo Warren invites the public to experience hidden portals to five historic Asian American communities created with Library...