Tag Archives: literacy

Almost Random

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

A colleague told me yesterday that students know little about scientific methods when they enroll in her sophomore class. It’s not that they’re dumb: they lack a certain literacy about science. And they have little idea of what methods mean.

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Busting Myths

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I’m ready to make good on a promise. It all started in graduate school. My myths were busted my first term at Cornell when my professors destroyed our stereotypes of mass media influences.

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Perspective

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Writing to agencies to beg for grant money means putting myself under scrutiny. You keep telling yourself, it’s not about you: it’s about the work. But when I’m occupied with issues that impact Indians, then it is personal.

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Indian as Suitcase

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

As I was preparing for this week’s campus-wide lecture, I realized the histories and narratives of Indians in North America are like the content s of a suitcase.

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Skulls and Baseballs

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

I started thinking about bones when grad student Erin Dysart Hanes and I began following the news coverage of Kennewick Man.

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Got My Pickaxe Handy

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

It’s a daunting task to study Native science and Western science, drilling down through the crust and mantle to examine the core of what centers our beliefs. While some scholars point to power and capital, I find it stops the … Continue reading →

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What if it’s Not There?

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

How can you study something that’s not there?

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Screentime

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Last night I saw a Portland screening of the film, Play Again, which examines kids and “screentime,” that is, how kids spend time with television, video games, cell phones and computers.

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