Dr. Clare Sammells

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Associate Professor of Anthropology at Bucknell University. Research on Bolivia, Antarctica, tourism, food. I teach about all that, and zombies too. On sabbatical in Ushuaia, Argentina. All opinions are my own; who else would they belong to?! she/her/ella
Webpagehttps://claresammells.scholar.bucknell.edu
Google Scholarhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OaxmaYUAAAAJ&hl=en
Show threadDr. Clare SammellsSep 4, 2023

In addition to lending me mate equipment to get started on my new addiction, one sent me an instructional video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QMZvUnpr5Q

It is common here to see people walking to work with their mate and bombilla in hand, thermos at the ready.
#Argentina #Ushuaia #mate #yerbamate

CÓMO CEBAR UN BUEN MATE

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Dr. Clare SammellsSep 4, 2023

Yesterday, some wonderful friends here in #Argentina told us the secrets of drinking mate (yerba mate) properly:
1) Drink all the mate in the offered matero, then return it to the person with the thermos.
2) Don't move the metal straw around. No stirring!
3) Don't say "Gracias" until you don't want any more.

They all laughed when I said the essence of ethnographic research was making these kinds of mistakes until someone corrected you. I'll drink mate correctly from now on! #Ushuaia

Dr. Clare SammellsSep 3, 2023
The *look* on the face of an Argentinian when you say that people in the U.S. don't really use Whatsapp that much. "But... but... it's a U.S. company!!?" Yes, I know. I can't explain it either.
Show threadDr. Clare SammellsSep 3, 2023
It is a challenge -- I've never sung in Spanish before (although I do speak it fluently) and sometimes I get tongue-tied. But it's great to learn a new set of skills!
Dr. Clare SammellsSep 3, 2023
While here in #Ushuaia, I've joined a local chorus. I sing #Barbershop in the US, and this chorus also performs popular (Latin American) music. I'm found that an important part of ethnographic research (for me) is finding a group of local people to engage with who are not directly connected to the research. These singers are that community for me!
Dr. Clare SammellsSep 3, 2023
This year I'm on sabbatical in Ushuaia, Argentina, doing ethnographic research on tourism to Antarctica. More importantly -- my child is learning to ice skate!
Dr. Clare SammellsApr 3, 2023
Show threadCarwil Bjork-JamesApr 3, 2023

"1 child is worth more than all the guns in the world!"

"What if it was your kid?"

"No More Silence; End Gun Violence."

More photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/45233773@N00/albums/72177720307226165

#NashvilleWalkout #GunControl #NashvilleProtest

Nashville Student Walkout – 3 April 2023

Explore this photo album by Carwil Bjork-James on Flickr!

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Dr. Clare SammellsApr 3, 2023
Show threadCarwil Bjork-JamesApr 3, 2023

"Their Blood Is On Your Hands"

"Don't Take Away Our Children" ("Guns" has been crossed out)

"Who Else Needs to Die for You to Care?"

"We Just Want to Live through High School"

"NOT Books, NOT Drag; GUNS are Killing us."

More photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/45233773@N00/albums/72177720307226165

#NashvilleWalkout #GunControl #NashvilleProtest

Nashville Student Walkout – 3 April 2023

Explore this photo album by Carwil Bjork-James on Flickr!

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Dr. Clare SammellsApr 3, 2023
Show threadAmadi LovelaceApr 3, 2023
@mekkaokereke my county (Allegheny County, Pennsylvania) is using an AI prediction model to determine which parents should be able to get their children back from our child protection services, and which ones are just never going to be competent to raise their own offspring.
Dr. Clare SammellsFeb 27, 2023
Radical AnthropologyFeb 20, 2023

Radical Anthropology's next LIVE event @UCLAnthropology will be on
Tues Mar 7, 6:30pm

Special #IWD talk by
activist and historian Louise Raw

'Matchwoman or vampire? Strikes, Sisterhood and the Victorian Fear of Female Sexuality'

(also going out on ZOOM)

#strikes #picketline #matchwomen #gender #sexuality

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Radical Anthropology Talks

What it means to be human: myth, time, landscape

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