<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Anthropology In Context]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anthro In Context]]></description><link>https://liasaiff.wixsite.com/anthro-in-context/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:26:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://liasaiff.wixsite.com/anthro-in-context/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Decolonizing the Story of the First Humans]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction For decades, archaeology claimed that the first humans arrived in North America about 13,000 years ago via an ice-free corridor from Siberia (Gannon, 2019). This theory, known as “Clovis First,” was first presented as scientific fact. But the story of the first humans on this continent was never about evidence; it was about who had the authority to tell history. The Clovis model ignored and dismissed Indigenous knowledge, revealing how colonial power shaped not just land but also...]]></description><link>https://liasaiff.wixsite.com/anthro-in-context/post/decolonizing-the-story-of-the-first-humans</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fed7b30b31cbff20fa3532</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 02:24:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7a6a07_0799d487315f492b9640e25e41cfccf3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_960,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liasaiff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Race-Based Medicine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Race-based medicine is rooted in the belief that racial categories reflect biological differences. This belief has shaped diagnoses, treatments and medical education but in itself rooted in scientific racism. Race is a social classification, not a biological one, yet it continues to appear in clinical decisions today. Modern genetics and anthropology both make it clear that trace has no real biological basis, and when medicine treats race as genetic, it often leads to bad science...]]></description><link>https://liasaiff.wixsite.com/anthro-in-context/post/race-based-medicine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fecf690b31cbff20fa25fa</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 01:50:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7a6a07_bb7d6abdace349d2bf0b1285c21c837f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_840,h_560,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liasaiff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inventing Whiteness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Whiteness is often treated as a natural or the neutral category, as if it has always existed. But historians and anthropologists show that whiteness was invented to create and maintain social power. It emerged alongside European colonial expansion and slavery, where it became a tool to organize human hierarchies (Baird, 2021). Whiteness doesn’t describe a culture or ethnicity; it’s a social and political category designed to segregate those who are protected by systems of power...]]></description><link>https://liasaiff.wixsite.com/anthro-in-context/post/inventing-whiteness</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fecec3601a62708968fc82</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 01:47:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7a6a07_db1db39acf024f31904426971df3d183~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liasaiff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colourism in Brazil]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction In Brazil, people often say that racism doesn’t exist, only “prejudice of colour.” This belief is rooted in the national myth of racial democracy; the idea that because of racial mixing, Brazil is a racially tolerant country without the divisions seen in places like the United States. But this way of thinking undermines what millions of Brazilians experience everyday: colour still shapes opportunity, privledge, and identity. The problem is not race being openly acknowledged, but...]]></description><link>https://liasaiff.wixsite.com/anthro-in-context/post/colourism-in-brazil</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fecd02dc39b5e10eb03aaf</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2025 01:45:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7a6a07_b8503384c2c74add9736c403096d625e~mv2.avif/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liasaiff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[History of Eugenics in Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Eugenics is often remembered as a distant memory in history, usually associated with Nazi Germany. In Canada however, eugenics was a reality and a state-supported ideology that shaped social policy for years. It did not disappear when sterilization laws were repealed; instead, it was adapted (Allen, 2015). Eugenics in Canada was never simply about genetics or health, but a system of power used to determine whose lives were valued and whose controlled. Eugenics as a Tool of...]]></description><link>https://liasaiff.wixsite.com/anthro-in-context/post/history-of-eugenics-in-canada</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68fecc35dc39b5e10eb038e8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 01:37:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7a6a07_84296cc33493405c96ae8e02b3a11ada~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liasaiff</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Islamophobia &#38; Our London Family]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction On June 6, 2021, four members of the Afzaal family were murdered in London, Ontario, in what was later confirmed to be a hate-motivated terrorist attack fuelled by Islamophobia (CBC News, 2023). For many Canadians, this tragedy was shocking. As someone who comes from a Muslim family, it was terrifying, but not surprising. For many Muslims, the attack confirmed what we already knew: Islamophobia is woven into everyday life through politics, media narratives, social attitudes and...]]></description><link>https://liasaiff.wixsite.com/anthro-in-context/post/islamophobia-our-london-family</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68feca21064dd83bede4cd53</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 01:33:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7a6a07_f875331cb1dd4e5587f7d9d83aeae493~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>liasaiff</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>