Thanks for bringing this video! I would love to hear you talk about queer anthropology or the importance of queering anthropological theories and methods
As a recent grad I'd love to hear your thoughts on Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed. It's popular in education, but I rarely hear about educational anthropology. It fits firmly in the political ecology camp, I think, possibly other sub-sub fields as you mentioned. I wish it were more widely read.
Thanks again, Alivia, for your informative videos. I've been going through them as they show up on my You tube feed and this one was today's. I took anthropology courses in the late 1980's/early 90's. Three authors I recall reading at that time were Riane Eisler's "The Chalice and the Blade.", Sarah Blaffer Hrdy's "The Woman that Never Evolved." and Marija Gimbutas' archaeological books on goddesses in Old Europe. I wonder how their viewpoints have fared in academia in recent years?
The idea that gender is a social construction was suggested by Judith Butler, which I studied during my undergraduate. I also find it upsetting that some individuals do not recognize other genders, as anthropology also studies societies that recognize other genders.
The idea is that gender is a performance - which is separate from the biological concept of chromosomes determining if an individual is male or female. I read this novel at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The novel sounds depressing but that is where the concept of "performativity" comes from. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_Trouble
Hi. I am not subscribes, up until today I learnt what anthropology is. I was once active in the feminist field and enjoy tracking the use of the word. Would you agree that "active feminism" (that being the ongoing work to balance something along gender) in anthropology is something of the past? Still important to inform currently practise, but largely fulfilled. From this outside perspective it sounds like it is something that has happened almost like it is history?
Hi! And simply put, I would argue that active feminism, as you defined it, is definitely still present in anthropology rather than an act of the past. The purpose of feminist anthropology research is to make change!
@@AliviaBrown so what about a video about criminal Anthropology,Actually I’m doing a research about it and the Relation between criminals and personality Disorders
Wow, that would be a really interesting project! I would be interested to make a video about criminal anthropology but def would need to do some research first
Hi Olivia, I am looking to write an assignment on my understanding of feminist ethnography, the problem is I don't really understand it and i was wondering if you (or anyone else) had any insight
@@AliviaBrown the main idea that I’m looking to learn from or question that I’m seeking an answer to is- Traditional anthropology like you said, was by men for men. All derived truths and reasoning therein support a patriarchal structure and ideology. To put it crudely, ‘the reason our society is gendered in the way it is today is because of our historical gender roles.’ How does Feminist anthropology address this and add a more nuanced/broader perspective to it?
It is so interesting that you should mention this! I actually did my high school thesis on Margaret Sanger and the birth control movement. Would love to talk about this further
My sister and I (who is now studying to a be a physician) wouldn't be employed if it wasn't for Planned Parenthood. The past work I also did for Hillary Clinton and other female senators also reminds me of the work that you do. I'm happy to see another generation of critical thinkers and supporters of gender equality. The patriarchy also harms male-bodied individuals like myself. Thank you for your work!
No, you don't know what I was thinking. What I was thinking was: You need to know a lot more about a lot of things before you can understand much less explain feminism or "feminist anthropology", which isn't what you said it is. I'm 79. I had a lot of things to learn when I was your age. Everyone does. It's no shame not to know things. But you have a lot to learn. Good luck.
Hi!! I actually recently deleted instagram (literally like an hour ago because I needed a bit of a social media break lol) but would you mind emailing me? My email is askalivialaura@gmail.com. Sorry about that and thank you!
@@AliviaBrown ohh no worries! It was just about a book recommendation😅 this was my message: "Hello Alivia! I'm Kean from the Philippines. I would like to say thank you for sharing your videos about anthropology on RU-vid. I am currently having an interest on learning about cultural anthropology mainly for the reason that, although this may sound weird but, I am an avid fan of wonder woman and I recently found out that she is a cultural anthropologist and archaeologist by profession in the human world according to the DC comics. That aside, I would really appreciate it if you could answer my question on what is the best or popular cultural anthropology book/books out there. Hoping you'll notice this and thank you so much!"
Hello! I did not know that about wonder woman-how cool! So happy to hear you have enjoyed my videos, that's the goal! Also, I made a video about book recommendations that I'll link here. I hope this helps!! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VbKQlYkePbA.html
@@AliviaBrown thank you so much! Please don't stop making videos about anthropology and hopefully there will be more about archeology soon and linguistics lol😅 once again thank you Alivia!
Aw of course! And I don't plan on it, don't worry! Yes! Archaeology and linguistics are both heavily on my mind right now actually so looking forward to talking about those more
