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Monday, December 9, 2013

What's Anthropology got to do with it?

Hosts Winslow Robertson and Dr. Nkemjika Kalu (back from vacation) asked Vivian Lu, PhD student at Stanford University's Department of Anthropology, for her thoughts on the Sino-Africa field, whether such a field exists, the importance of fieldwork, and, most importantly, to share some wacky stories from the field.

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  • Winslow
    • Who is a terrorist? by Dr. Nkemjika Kalu
    • China's Treatment of Foreign Journalists by Congressional-Executive Commission on China
    • U.S.-China Relations Year in Review 2013 The Year of the Snake, Sunnylands, and Suppression (and a Plenum and an ADIZ) by Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
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    • Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
    • "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" Private Screening and Reception by South Africa-Washington International Program
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