SoS 91 – How the Outside gets Inside with Drs. Tom Leatherman and Alan Goodman

In this episode Chris and Cara talk with Dr. Tom Leatherman (Professor of Anthropology at UMass Amherst) and Dr. Alan Goodman (Professor of Anthropology at Hampshire College). Drs. Leatherman and Goodman discuss their revolutionary work advocating for biocultural collaborations within anthropology, focusing especially on concepts of embodiment, political economy, and structural racism. The conversation explores advances in biocultural work, from the publication of their groundbreaking book “Building a New Biocultural Synthesis” to the state of the field today. Email Dr. Leatherman at: [email protected] Email Dr. Goodman at: [email protected] Check out the AJHB article “Building on the biocultural syntheses: 20 years and still expanding” referenced in the episode here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajhb.23360 You can find the rest of the AJHB Special Issue articles here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15206300/2020/32/4 Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Cara Ocobock, Website: sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:[email protected], Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, HBA Public Relations Committee Chair, Website:cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:[email protected], Twitter:@Chris_Ly Theresa Gildner, Website: bonesandbehavior.org/theresa_gildner, Email: [email protected], Twitter: @TEGildner