Episode 31: Footbags, Mules, and Wellies, the Two Humans Salute the Shoe

Calling all toe-knobs, sneakers and clogs! In this episode, The Two Humans finally give shoes their due as they celebrate the cultural significance of footwear. Episode 31: Footbags, Mules and Wellies: The Two Humans Salute the Shoe An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human. www.intro2anthro.podbean.com https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093893313542 IG @introtoanthrowith2humans Resources: Beard, Tyler 1992 The Cowboy Boot Book. Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City, UT.   Bretana, Raissa 2021 Shoes. Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, NY.   Costello, Jessica 2014 Tracing the Footsteps of Ritual: Concealed Footwear in America. Historical Archaeology, 2014, Vol. 48, No. 3, Manifestations of Magic: The Archaeology and Material Culture of Folk Religion (2014), pp. 35-51.   Dabashi, Hamid 2013 The Arabs and their Flying Shoes. Al Jazeera, February 26, 2013, www.aljazeera. com/opinions/2013/2/26/the-arabs-and-their-flying-shoes.   Duke, Alan 2013 Why Shoe Throwing Is “Incredibly Offensive.” CNN, February 7, 2013, www.cnn.com/2013/02/06/world/meast/shoe-throwing-significance/index.html.   Geggel, Laura 2023 ‘Outstanding’ 2,200-Year-Old Child’s Shoe Discovered Deep Underground in Austrian Mine. Live Science, September 18, 2023, www.livescience.com/ archaeology/outstanding-2200-year-old-childs-shoe-discovered-deep-underground-in-austrian-mine.   Hall, Joseph Sparkes 1847 The Book of the Feet: A History of Boots and Shoes. William H. Graham, New York, NY.   Miner, Dylan A. T. 2009 Provocations on Sneakers: The Multiple Significations of Athletic Shoes, Sport, Race, and Masculinity. The New Centennial Review, Fall 2009, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Fall 2009), pp. 73-107.   O’Keeffe, Linda 1996 Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Platforms, Sandals and Slippers, Boots, Mules, Sneakers, and More. Workman Publishing, New York, NY.   Radley, Dario 2023 Ancient Footprints Suggest Humans May Have Worn Shoes More Than 100,000 Years Ago. Archaeology News Online Magazine, September 12, 2023, archaeologymag.com/2023/09/humans-may-have-worn-shoes-148000-years-ago/.   Shawcross, Rebecca 2014 Shoes: An Illustrated History. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, London, UK.   Smith, Patrick 2023 The World’s Oldest Shoes? Sandals Found in Bat Cave Are Thousands of Years Old, Study Finds. NBCNews.com, September 29, 2023, www.nbcnews.com/ news/world/worlds-oldest-shoes-sandals-found-bat-cave-spain-granada-rcna118012.   Wan, Taufiq 2018 Insultingly Newsworthy: Arabs and their Shoes. The New Arab, March 31, 2018, www.newarab.com/opinion/insultingly-newsworthy-flying-shoes-and-their-unsuspecting-victims.   White, Robyn 2023 Extremely Well-Preserved Iron Age Child’s Shoe Discovered. MSN.com, September 1, 2023.