Anthony K. Webster, professor in the Department of Anthropology, shares his journey early interests in representation, language, and literature to Navajo poetics. Along the way we learn about linguistic anthropology, processes of attunement, lingual life histories, intergenerational poetic practices, hip hop, and healing of word-arts.
Anthropology
Into the COLAverse – Episode 13: Lars Hinrichs
Lars Hinrichs, professor in the department of English, invites us on a journey from the University of Freiburg to UT Austin and how language evolves (especially varieties of English) from within and shaped by different communities.