NEW ORLEANS, La. – Anthropology master’s student, Kylie Papson, brought her Tahoe insights to the land of Creole flavors, beignets and jazz at the American Anthropological Association’s conference in New Orleans, La. in November.
Papson joined other students from her cultural anthropology program at the University of Nevada, Reno, on a panel where they shared their experiences on a relatively new concept in the field—focusing an anthropological lens at home.
“There’s usually this idea that anthropologists have to go out to another place and study a different community that’s not our own,” Papson explained. “But actually, anthropologists are pretty well suited to turn in and study their own communities and see what they can learn.”…