Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic elucidated and amplified pre-existing inequalities and inequities. Essential workers went out during lockdowns while others had the privilege of working remotely. But even among those who could and did work remotely during the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 there were inequitable burdens. These burdens were often gendered. Even in households …
Inequities in Veteran Healthcare Access | Christopher Zeuthen
Current State of Veteran's Healthcare: "Wonder why 22 veterans kill themselves every day?" was a comment made by Chris Dorsey, an Iraq War veteran, as he was turned away from receiving care at an Atlanta VA clinic (Mallin 2015). Chris Dorsey's remark echoes the feeling of anger shared by millions of veterans who have faced …
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The Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Extracurricular Involvement and College Fulfillment of Emory University Students | Nicole Felix-Tovar
Abstract This research aimed to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the extracurricular involvement and college fulfillment of Emory University undergraduate students. Using the methodological approach of ethnography, I interviewed five students about their experiences pre-pandemic in which they positively associate the social and personal development aspects of being involved with college fulfillment. I found …
In New Mexico | Natalie McGrath
My toes make ten marks in the ground. The earth is soft and warm and Powdered red, so mineral so much, It makes eyeshadow with the lifting wind. Cactus beer is brewed, The Zuni priest drinks first, Achieves visions of a strawberry order, Magnificent flowering fruit and gentle stems, Otherworldly genus Fragaria. There are no …
A Perfect Storm: Digital Inequality, Conflict, and Online Learning | Anna Bussler
While the height of the initial COVID-19 pandemic left all areas of Georgia scrambling for solutions as everything closed down, schools were hit especially hard during the rough transitions from in-person learning, to online-only, and then to hybrid options. In some areas of Georgia, especially in more rural communities, these difficulties were exacerbated by conflict …
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Coffee with the Rabbi: An Exploration of Jewish Spirituality & Virtual Community | Emma Friese
With challenge after challenge, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic was exponentially more devastating because we could not physically gather together. We could only access emotional support, assurance, and distractions through a screen. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered human interaction by necessitating interactions with those we hold dearest in a medium that is, at …
Letter from the Editor | Katherine E. Cooper
Dear Readers, I would first like to say thank you. Our first edition of Anthropos was very well received by not only the Emory community, but the global community as well. Anthropos as been viewed in over 30 countries worldwide. In this edition of Anthropos, we wanted to expand the traditional notion of anthropology and …
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Personal Reflection of a Syrian Immigrant | Mathew Whitwell
This semester, I sat down with Emory first-year, Farah Al-Chammas, who spent this past summer transcribing the journal she’s kept since seventh grade. In that embarrassed way everyone seems to comment on their former selves, she said, “Just reading through some of what I wrote… wow.” Farah decided to transcribe her journal in order to …
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The Care of Healthcare in the United States | Mariam Qazilbash
It should be noted that the inspiration for this piece came from the lectures in the Predictive Health and Society Class (Anthropology 231/Health 310). Many of the stats are taken from these lectures. There is a works cited listed at the end with a list of the professors whose work is cited in this feature. …
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Untold Stories | Danielle Marhanka
The legacies of Native Americans in Georgia are truly amazing in their sole existence, and being able to see even the reconstructed or limited remains is of no small impact. Often it seems that the times we are most conflicted with the terms of past injustices, is once we have been faced with the scant …
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