Category: Sociology
Karina Aguiar, Your TED Talk: Let’s Talk About It
Edwin Perralta, Your TED Talk: The Benefit of Working a Minimum Wage Job
Are You Ready for This?
Summer Reading, Andrew Gerst: Born to Run (2011)
Writes Andrew Gerst:
I recommend the book Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. The book discusses the sport of “ultramarathoning,” the runners who participate in it, and the distinct running rituals of the Tarahumara people in rural Mexico. Part cultural anthropology, part running memoir, and part adventure narrative, the book does a great job of explaining both the history and science behind the fascination in running 50 or 100 miles.
Our Ancestors, Our Lives, & Ourselves: From Brazil to Fresh Catnip
Writes (former) Liberal Arts Professor Felix Kaputu:
I’m in Brazil, about to undertake a comparative analysis of the Likumbi Lya Mize (from Zambia) and the Congado (from Brazil). Both are festivals that celebrate ancestors’ memories in specific conditions. The Congado also seems to carry many remembrances of African rituals especially those from Angola, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.