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Alexandra Brewis (Slade)
Biocultural Anthropologist & President's Professor at Arizona State University

Category: Late Lessons

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Public breastfeeding, purity, and the Prado

June 25, 2017 alexbrewis

The Prado gallery in Madrid is splendid and powerful, full of historical paintings that lift the spirit and energize the…

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Posted in: Late Lessons, Stigmabusters Filed under: breastfeeding, stigma

Slum tourism, empathy, and study abroad

March 22, 2016 alexbrewis

At Emoya Estate in Bloemfontein, South Africa, visitors can experience what it is to live in a local village —…

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Posted in: Late Lessons, Stigmabusters, Uncategorized

Lessons from a Visit to the World's Prettiest Prison

December 2, 2015 alexbrewis

Within a decade or so, the last remaining patient-residents of the Hawai`ian leprosy colony of Kalaupapa will die. The highest sea…

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Posted in: Late Lessons Filed under: Hawaii, history, Leprosy, quarantine
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