How do people heal from traumatic events? What roles do narrative, ritual, mythology, etc play in this process?

For those interested in agriculture and anthropology!

This group is dedicated to anthropological explorations of the human brain. Neuroanthropology is an interdisciplinary field that sits at the nexus of biological anthropology, cognitive neuroscience, and evolutionary neurobiology/neuroanatomy.

I guess the title is self-explanatory... Foodies unite!

Il gruppo di OAC in Italiano!

Ponto de encontro, colaboração e diálogo em português, mas onde todos os "dialectos" falados na "polis antropológica" são bem vindos.

To discuss contemporary developments in Latin America, explore Latin American anthropology and its potential for developing anthropological theory and understandings. Contributions in English, Spanish and Portuguese welcome.See More

Grupo para discussões da produção antropológica brasileira em geral, para o encontro e formação de redes de antropólogos do país. / Group for the discussion of the production of Brazilian anthropology and for the development of social networks.

A group for discussion of all aspects of the anthropology of religion. Discussion can concern cross-cultural analysis, or specific religions. Any other topic tangentially related to religion is also welcome, including folklore studies, etc.

This is a forum for anyone wanting to discuss issues of transgression. I am interested in sexual transgression but this is only one of the many remits of the discussion, use it for talking on transgression in art, economics, politics, academia, bodie

The idea is to share our experiences and what we have learned. If we can create a reference database on the subject I'm sure that would help all of us.

Points of contact between core ideas in philosophy and anthropology such as comparative cosmology and ontology and the theorisation of subjectivity.

The aim of this group is to open a window towards the discussion of death and its social and cultural implications.

Kinship refers to relations between individuals who are in relationships either by descent or marriage (and in some occasions fictive kinship).A field that is now ignored by researchers and scholars, despite it's use for areas like gender studies.

A forum for conversations about the concepts and contributions of Clifford Geertz to anthropology.