INSPIRE CHANGE-Season 6-224 Insights into Humanity with Special Guest Dr. Greg Downey

“This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/GUNTER and get on your way to being your best self.” Get started today and enjoy 10% off your first month. Your discount code “gunter" will be automatically applied.This week on Inspire Change is quite exciting as we welcome renowned Anthropologist and Professor Dr. Greg Downey to the podcast.  Dr. Greg Downey is a teacher, writer, and anthropologist who has conducted field research in Brazil, the United States and the Pacific. He has advocated extensively for neuroanthropology — the integration of brain and cultural research to understand how humans induce variation in their own nervous system. Greg is the author of Learning Capoeira: Lessons in Cunning from an Afro-Brazilian Art(Oxford, 2005). Greg is also the co-editor, with Daniel Lende, of The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology (MIT, 2012), and co-editor with Melissa Fisher of Frontiers of Capital: Ethnographic Reflections on the New Economy (Duke, 2006).As a teacher, Greg has helped to build Macquarie University’s strength in a range of areas, especially the teaching of human diversity, evolution, psychological variation, and human rights. In 2013, he was chosen for the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, recognition for his teaching in the Department of Anthropology and his innovative online education (through Open2Study).Greg lives in Sydney, where he’s also an avid salsa and tango dancer. For more info on Greg visit his website: https://gregdowney.meGunter and Greg will engage you into a mindblowing and much needed conversations on the insights into humanity . Now without further ado...let's get started with Inspire Change with Gunter. 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