Untitled Anthropologist

Honorary Swede, fluent in sarcasm and strangely passionate about anthropology. 23

[cullenafeh-moved-deactivated202]

My friend from Lebanon wrote up a really good thread on Twitter I thought I should share here, just to clear up some of the inaccuracies floating around:

And here are some of the links they provided:

https://www.supportlrc.app/

Save Lives – Become a Regular Donor

Support the Lebanese Red Cross by enrolling to our Individual Giving Program. Register as a Regular Donor by Donating through the web or by

https://www.gofundme.com/f/prevent-suicides-due-to-poverty-and-unemployment

Foodblessed food boxes to help those in need organized by Joey Moawad

<p>There has never been a worse time to be poor in Lebanon. A political cr… Joey Moawad needs your support for Foodblessed food boxes to

https://www.gofundme.com/f/medical-relief-to-lebanon

Medical Relief to Lebanon organized by Majd Faraj

Hello family and friends,  “Our elders and our children, they await the nation’s call. They are… Majd Faraj needs your support for Medical

https://www.gofundme.com/f/hope-for-lebanon

Hope for Lebanon organized by Samar Seraqui De Buttafoco

<p> Beirut is crying blood. Beirut is breathing toxic air. The fundraising is urgent. It… Samar Seraqui De Buttafoco needs your support fo

https://www.gofundme.com/f/lebanonneedsorg

Lebanon Needs organized by Christina Nakhle

<strong>What?</strong> We founded Lebanon Needs to provide those who need it the most with essential s… Christina Nakhle needs your support

http://www.caritas.org.lb/get_involved/donate

Donate | Caritas Lebanon

Donate | Caritas Lebanon

https://beitelbaraka.net/donation/pay/

https://gogetfunding.com/beirut-emergency-relief/

Beirut Emergency Relief

The Explosion in Beirut today feels surreal. I am still unable to fully comprehend what has happened. My neighbourhood is destroyed, my best

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lebanon-relief

Help raise £5000000 to provide disaster relief after the explosion in Beirut

Weʼre raising money to provide disaster relief after the explosion in Beirut. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

https://www.givingloop.org/offrejoie

Offrejoie | Rebuilding our beloved Beirut! We need your support

Rebuilding our beloved Beirut! We need your support

https://www.gofundme.com/f/beirut-explosion-emergency-disaster-relief

Beirut Explosion Emergency Disaster Relief organized by Marie-Joe Noon

Beirut, Lebanon's capital, was hit on August 4, 2020 with a massive explosio… Marie-Joe Noon needs your support for Beirut Explosion Emergen

[dreaminginstasis]

Also Vitallia Animal Hospital is treating injured pets AND people. I can’t find a link to donate to them due to the language barrier, but they are in need of supplies and help. If anyone can add a link that would be great!

[cullenafeh-moved-deactivated202]

If anyone has a link please let me know!

[ramirezbundydahmer]

When the Nazi concentration camps were liberated by the Allies, it was a time of great jubilation for the tens of thousands of people incarcerated in them. But an often forgotten fact of this time is that prisoners who happened to be wearing the pink triangle (the Nazis’ way of marking and identifying homosexuals) were forced to serve out the rest of their sentence. This was due to a part of German law simply known as “Paragraph 175” which criminalized homosexuality. The law wasn’t repealed until 1969.

[crypto-keynesian]

This should be required learning, internationally. 

[stripedsilverfeline]

You need to know this. You need to remember this. This is not something to swept under the carpet nor be forgotten. 

Never. Too many have died for the way they have loved. That needs stop now. 

Make it stop? 

[hollowoutmybody]

I did a report on this in my World History class my sophomore year of high school. It was incredibly unsettling.

[pearlclam]

My teacher shown the class this. Mostly everyone in the class felt uncomfortable. 

[sashadechagny]

I have reblogged this in the past, but it is so ironic that it comes across my dash right now. I a currently working as a docent at my city’s Holocaust Education Center (( I say currently because I’ve also done research and translation for them )) and out current exhibit is one on loan from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ((USHMM)). This is a little known historical fact that Paragraph 175 was not repealed after the war and those convicted under Nazi laws as a danger to society because they were gay were not released because they had be convicted in a court of law. There was no liberation or justice for them as they weren’t considered criminals, or even victims for that matter. They were criminals who remained persecuted and ostracized and kept on the fringes of society for decades after the war had been won. Paragraph175 wasn’t actually repealed until 1994. And it was only in May 2002, that the German parliament completed legislation to pardon all homosexuals convicted under Paragraph175 during the Nazi era. History has forgotten about these men and women — please educate yourselves so this does not happen again. Remember this history. Remember them.

[jehovahhthickness]

@mindlesshumor ok how the fuck did I miss this when I’ve studied The Holocaust like nobody’s business??? wtf

[thereadersmuse]

Because the history we have left regarding it is literally the contents of this first hand account.

It is a thin little book.

When I first opened it, I wondered why it was so thin.

Why there wasn’t other books like it.

Other first hand accounts.

By the time I finished it, I didn’t wonder anymore.

[jeaniefranklins]

Further reading:

I, Pierre Seel, Deported Homosexual: A Memoir of Nazi Terror by Pierre Seel

An Underground Life: Memoirs of a Gay Jew in Nazi Berlin by Gad Beck

The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals by Richard Plant

Branded By The Pink Triangle by Ken Setterington

Bent by Martin Sherman (fiction; however, it’s often credited with bringing attention to gay Holocaust victims for the first time since the war ended)

[gemfyre]

This is one of the memorial sculptures in Dachau.  It was erected in the early 60s and is missing the pink triangles.  Because in the early 60s, homosexuality was still a crime in most of the world. Our tour guide explained why the pink triangles have not been added later - if they were, then folks would assume that they had always been there.  This way people ask “why aren’t there pink triangles?” and somebody can explain why - because in some ways, the rest of the world was as bass-ackwards as Nazi Germany.

[freefalasteen]

Apparently, this wasnt taught in schools in the 70s-80s, cuz when I mentioned it to my mom, she had no idea that gays were held in concentration camps. She thought it was just jewish people.

[aireina]

on 23 June a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit Mexico with its epicenter in Oaxaca, where there is a predominant indigenous demographic. the majority of the damage occurred in indigenous pueblos that are still curently recovering from the devastating earthquake that happened 3 years ago. these same indigenous communities are also simultaneously experiencing displacement due to COVID 19 and lack of government aid. these are places that have the most vulnerability and need the most direct action and attention in recovery and aid.

post will be updated with donation links as they arise.

[sbrown82]

My kink is watching Jane Elliott expose white people’s racism and ignorance

[fernsandsunflowers]

I dont know if you guys have watched the full video, it’s available on YouTube a long with a lot of other televised events of her study. Of all the most RIDICULOUS things that people said, the one that made me throw my phone was a white woman who got up towards the end after all that and said something along the lines of: you are so hostile? Why havent you smiled once throughout this whole thing?

[kviralingvisto]

[scarycherry20]

Black ASL is a legitimate dialect! Pls don’t appropriate Black Deaf culture!! Index finger for BLACK is the standard sign for BLACK and should be used by the general population.

[catgirldick]

YO HOLY SHIT THEY ANNOUNCED THEYRE GONNA DISBAND MINNEAPOLIS PD

https://twitter.com/ACLUMN/status/1269738051498106880?s=19

NOW FOR THE REST OF EM

[blanketed-in-stars]

uh guys this is REAL and here is an article for more context

[normal-horoscopes]

BEFORE ANYONE CLOWNS ON THIS POST HERES A LINK TO WHEN CAMDEN NEW JERSEY DEFUNDED THEIR POLICE FORCE AND REDUCED CRIME RATES BY 40% BECAUSE OF IT

[swanmask]

Since I haven’t seen any mention of it yet, except on twitter, i’d also like to remind everyone that not only is June LGBT pride month, but it’s also Indigenous History month!

Please take the time to support, uplift and remember your Native, First Nations, Aboriginal and otherwise Indigenous friends and family. We are here, we exist! We have a long and winding history that deserves to be heard and respected! The word ‘Indigenous’ is so wonderful, and so expansive, and includes so many different cultures under its arms. Go out, learn about our histories and our cultures. Talk to the Indigenous people around you! We’re everywhere!

And not only that, but also be sure to give extra support to LGBT indigenous voices in this community. We are a minority that is scarcely acknowledged, and in desperate need of it. Too many times have I gotten strange looks for being so openly Native and so openly a lesbian. It’s as if that combination is impossible for people to understand. Support our content, buy from our stores! Or at least just include us!

I’d like to wish a happy LGBT pride month, and a happy Indigenous History month to everyone, but especially us LGBT Native folks. This really is our month to be open about ourselves, and I sure intend to. 💗🏳️‍🌈

[biwimuti]

Something I think we tend to tend to forget, when talking about closed religions, is to think about why they’re closed. Because there is ALWAYS a reason for it; no community just shuts itself off from others just because it feels like it.

Some religions are closed because they’re based on cultural values and beliefs that outsiders, who weren’t raised with and immersed in those beliefs, wouldn’t be able to ever truly understand. Brujería is an example of this, as far as I know.

Some religions are closed because they’re based on location, with their beliefs centered around local things that don’t make sense outside of that location. There are some small Shinto sects that are closed for this reason.

Some religions are closed based on race, because people of a specific race banded together under terrible circumstances and formed beliefs based on their shared experiences. Hoodoo, for example, was created by African slaves so it’s only open to Black people (mainly African diaspora).

Some religions are closed because you have to be born into them, usually because it’s part of the religion’s tenants and foundation. Modern Zoroastrianism almost never recognizes converts.

Some religions are closed because, historically, they were mistreated and often criminalized, with sacred practices being stolen and bastardized by outsiders who were allowed to witness them. Those religions ended up closing to outsiders in order to protect themselves and survive. This is why the majority of indigenous religions are closed.

It’s important to understand the reasons behind religions being closed, not only so that we can learn to accept that decision, but also so that we have a better understanding of history and other people.

[thewriterkb]

This is the Maiden of Llullaillaco, an Incredibly Well-Preserved Child Sacrifice from the Incan Empire around 500 years ago. 

The Maiden of Llullaillaco, sacrificed at around the age of 15, was discovered with the other “Children of Llullaillaco” which includes a 6 year old girl and a 7 year old boy.

These mummies are so well preserved due to their position within a tomb atop a mountain within the extremely dry Atacama Desert. They are so well preserved, that their internal organs are intact, individual hairs on the arms can be seen and even one of the heart’s still contains frozen blood.

The deaths of the three children occurred by drugging the children with alcohol and coca, then placing them in the tomb where they eventually died in their sleep. This appears to have been a very well prepared process, as hair samples dictated that the children had extremely rich diets leading up to their deaths. The tombs were also adorned with elaborate dress and trinkets.

The boy however, faced a different death that could’ve indicated struggle or a different burial process. The boy was very tightly bound, and had dislocated hips and ribs and it appears he died under stress as the clothing contains both vomit and blood. Suffocation is the likely cause of his death due to the way he was bound.

[naomi121406-deactivated20210507]

Yes! These are the niños del volcán, or vulcano kids, found in 1999 in the Salta Province here in Argentina, near the Llullaillaco volcano. They’re so “very well preserved”, “mummified” because of the height, temperature and pressure, more than 6739 meters above sea level, or around 22000 feet above the sea level. I’ve heard that when they were found, the people who found them got the scare of their lifetimes because they just looked alive.

The indigenous diaguita calchaquí communities there in Salta have already made clear that taking the children away from the volcano was disrespectful as hell, since they were sacrificed back in the day, and that was their burial site (they had many offerings and more) and our belief is that they are to remain there, up the apu (major spirit of the volcano or mountain) to connect with other ancestors and protect us. Even if this kind of offerings aren’t done now, obviously, there is absolutely no valid reason to take them from their resting place. And it’s much more disrespectful because they’re in a museum exhibition and people are even paying to see them, and our indigenous communities get a grand total of 0 (cero) profit nor remuneration for being taken away. So there’s that. Quick reminder that these are indigenous children and indigenous people should have been given, and be given now too, the right to choose what to do with our people’s remains.

Another quick remark: you can’t drug someone with coca leaves. The coke plant is commonly chewed all day in the argentinean northwest, it helps cope with great pressures in height and doesn’t have any bad side effects, it’s even good for your teeth. It’s also a sacred plant (kokamama’s spirit resides in the coke leaves) and that’s why they were ingesting it. Kokamama is a spirit of divination and communication with apus and other major ancestral spirits, which is what the children were meant to do. The alcohol, on the other hand, was very likely chicha, a sacred drink aswell. So yeah, they weren’t “drugged”, they had ingested coke leaves, for both it’s spiritual and biological functions, and chicha or other sacred alcohol as well. Coca and chicha are both common offerings in our indigenous communities to this day.

[tenochtitlan-archive]

Had a big talk with this about finding Aztec sites in the past but “It’s for science!”

Shut the FUCK up and respect us.

[egypt-museum-deactivated2021071]

Ancient Egyptian Numbers

Relief depicting ancient Egyptian numbers, detail of a carving on the Pylon of Amenhotep III, Karnak Temple Complex.

[black-culture]

[ymeradonnadx-deactivated2021012]

[metoo-3]

All the “scientists” that feel entitled to the mountain in the comments are killing me. Hawaii has natives. It’s their land. They should be able to do whatever they want with it. The “we’re doing this to help them” kind of rings familiar in a bad way, no? I’m sure that’s what they said back when America stole Hawaii 🤔. We were just helping, right?

[question-why-not]

Physics major here.

Science is incredibly important.

It’s one of humanity’s best frontiers.

It is our future, our savior from death & disease, our greatest endeavor, the culmination of all our efforts, one of our greatest prides as a species.

But it should never come at the cost of our humanity.

Just as you can’t do medical research on non-consenting patients, since you can’t hurt anyone no matter how much it would advance our collective knowledge, we should forbid construction on places which are sacred to people.

Science should never be grounded in the blood of our brethren or in their sorrows.

[question-why-not]

Imagine having to base your work on data that was taken by trampling other people.

I personally would not want anything to do with that.

My claims against building on grounds sacred to some people are not scientific, since science is a method of finding out empirical truths*, and has absolutely nothing to do with morality\ethics.

My claims aren’t coming from a religious place either, I’m an agnostic atheist & my view of religion is mostly a combination of wariness & pity.

My claims come from a humanistic place.

We shouldn’t hurt people for scientific advancement.

Science will get there eventually, with or without this observatory.

Why insist on doing this? Why should our path forward be stained with tears?

[electron-flavored]

Astrophysics means the world to me, and because of this, I refuse to let it be tainted by this sort of behavior.

There will always be another mountain. If studying in this exact spot prevents you from being a decent person, pick another spot.

[isaia]

[indigenouswisdom]

A chief’s daughter from the Nakoaktkok Nation. Known in English as Francine, this woman was of the ʼNakʼwaxdaʼxw tribe of British Columbia, Canada, which was forcibly relocated from their native homeland in Ba’as (Blunden Harbour) in 1964. Presently, the ʼNakʼwaxdaʼxw have formed a banded government with the Gwa’sala, who were also forcibly removed by the Canadian government from the Smith Sound and Smith Inlet area. Together, they formed the Gwaʼsala-ʼNakwaxdaʼxw Nations, who have their main reserve at Tsulquate (Port Hardy). The two groups are part of the wider Kwakwakaʼwakw or Kwakiutl Indigenous peoples. Photographed by Edward Curtis in 1914, the chief’s daughter is pictured here wearing a thick but soft cedar and wool blanket, abalone shell earrings, copper and abalone headpieces, a nose piercing made of bone, and inscribed metal bracelets. Abalone shell earrings are a sign of high social status among many Kwakwaka’wakw nations.   

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Token with an Egyptian Obelisk and a Temple.

Culture: Roman

Date: A.D. early 1st century

Medium: Ivory

[darlingsterns]

i’m watching an art theft documentary and they’re interviewing this art history professor from new york who was asked to go with the fbi to authenticate a rubens that had been stolen but it was a sting operation so they had to pretend like they weren’t the fbi, that they were some private buyer about to pay $3.5 million for it, and the fbi was like “this is a VERY delicate operation because you never know how they will react to what you have to say so let the agent do all of the talking, don’t say a word to anyone just nod if it’s the rubens, the last operation we did the guy in your position got shot because things went wrong in a second” and then it cuts to the professor’s interview and he says “i wasn’t going to fly down to miami to be a part of an undercover fbi sting operation to handle what could be rubens’s aurora and just NOT say anything. i was gonna have to ad lib a little” and then he tells the interviewer that when he & the fbi agent got to the hotel while he was examining the painting he started lecturing the other people, first on how badly they had wrapped it, and then about like how it had been painted, the history of it, what the subject was and what she was doing, etc etc, and he was like “i hadn’t taught a class on rubens in 15 years, so for me it was like being back in the classroom except my students couldn’t leave” 

[darlingsterns]

at one point during the deal the professor turned to the woman selling it and he said “isn’t this just the most beautiful rubens you’ve ever seen outside of a museum?” (because the fbi had told him earlier that this piece had been stolen from a museum) and THEN he said “where on earth did you get it from?” and the group of people the woman had with her was like taxidermy-fox.png but the woman was like “inheritance” can you IMAGINE the fbi agent about to have a fucking aneurysm when this random guy you’ve brought in just to nod if it’s the right painting not only starts giving an impromptu lecture but then he asks how they got it

[h1king33k]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B4Zm-Aa74Y&t=2613s

[drek-odradek-deactivated2022031]

omg BLESS YOU for the link and the time stamp that was as glorious as described by the OP

[neechees]

Historical Indigenous Women & Figures [3]:

Atotoztli ii: also known as “Huitzilxochtzin”, was a daughter of Emperor Moctezuma i, and wife of Emperor Tezozomoc. Sources say she ruled as regent, and may have ruled the Triple Alliance herself for as long as 30 years Muriwai: Whakatōhea can trace their history back to her, who famously said “make me stand as a man” as she took the helm to pull the Mātaatua back to safety when were no men available to do so Kenojuak Ashevak: Renowned Inuit artist, whose multiple artworks have been featured in numerous coins & stamps, as well as many art galleries and museums. She became the first Inuit to be inducted on Canada’s walk of fame, and was appointed as a Companion of the order of Canada Pretty Nose: Arapaho war Chief who participated in the Battle of Little Big Horn Zitkála-Šá: Yankton Dakota writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist. Her books brought Native American literature to mainstream culture, and she was the co-founder of the National Council of American Indians in 1926, and is noted as one of the most influencial people of the 20th Century Gatûñ'lätï: Cherokee war hero who lived during the American Revolutionary war, and upon her husband’s death, she grabbed his tomahawk, screaming “kill! kill!” and encouraged the retreating Cherokee forces to rally, gaining their victory Thanadelthur: A trilingual Guide and Interpretor for the Hudson’s Bay company, she was able to broker peace between Crees and Chipewyan peoples Red Wing: Silent Era Winnebago Actress who starred in multiple films, she and her actor/director husband James Youngdeer were dubbed as a Native American Hollywood power couple

Part 1, part 2.

[egypt-museum-deactivated2021071]

Stele of Akhenaten and his family

Relief depicting king Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), his wife Nefertiti and their children under rays of the sun god Aten, from Tell el-Amarna. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca.1353-1336 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

[via-appia]

Roman jewelry: a gold necklace (top) and gold bracelets, c. 1st - 4th century