The Anthrogirl Podcast
Ghosts. Witchcraft. Harem Life. Revenge. Incest. Murder. Matricide. Explore the beliefs, practices, mythologies and obsessions of world cultures with The Anthrogirl Podcast. But don’t expect a lecture or academic conversation. Our intrepid Adventuress brings other societies to life through drama and storytelling, based on authentic, classic ethnographies.Brought to you by a screenwriter, an actress and a PhD in Anthropology.
Episodes
11 episodes
Octopus
Let’s begin with a question, the kind anthropologists love: are any customs universal? Found everywhere, in every culture, from frozen Nunavut to the blistering sands of the Sahara? Storytelling is a cultural universal....
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18:38
Diary of a Tapirabe Shaman
Shamans are the go-to people when a family member gets sick - but what happens when the shaman fails?Bibliography: Wagley, Charles, Tapirabe Shamanism. In Readings in Anthropology, Vol 2, Holt,R...
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11:00
Zombies!
Very few anthropologists were as brave, daring and groundbreaking as Zora Neal Thurston - the only social scientist , Guggenheim fellow and Columbia PhD to photograph a real Zombie.Bibliography:Tell My Horse, Thurston, Zor...
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15:22
Pitjantjatjara Man
Despite the austerity of their environment and their meagre possessions, these aboriginal people of central Australia produced as lavish a body of myth and ritual as can be found anywhere in the world. It is a staggering cultural resource...
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19:46
Storytelling
Everyone loves stories. People snooze in classrooms and during religious services, but never when a spooky story is told around a campfire. These are some of my favorites, collected by anthropologists during field research. ...
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18:38
Harem - Updated
The word harem brings to mind classic tales like The 10001 Arabian Nights - but did you know that harems still exist in the 21st century?Bibliography:Dreams of Trespass. Mernissi, Fatima. Perseus Books, 1994.Gu...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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14:58
Ghosts
People die. In the end, we all have to face the Grim Reaper. But what do we do, when the dead come back to haunt us? Bibliography:Lee, Richard, The Dobe Kung, Holt, Rinehart and Winston,1984 Middleton, J...
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15:26