Category Archives: Anthropology

Sound Medicine and Healing Pilgrimages with Angela Blueskies

Posted on June 10, 2018 by

Angela Blueskies graduated from the Goddard Individualized MA program almost a decade ago, focusing her studies on pilgrimages, and in the process, taking and writing deeply about pilgrimages from Spain to Peru. She offers sound medicine, ancestral healing, shamanic work … Continue reading →

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Teaching Transformation: The Goddard Graduate Institute Book!

Posted on January 11, 2017 by

We have a lot of stories to tell about how and why we teach and learn at and beyond Goddard. Because we realized how precious, amazing, and revolutionary such stories are, we decided to put together a book, drawing on … Continue reading →

Posted in Animism, Anthropology, Arts-Based Inquiry, Child & Human Development, Community Building, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Non-Fiction, Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Death and Dying Studies/Pastoral Care, Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism, Ecopsychology, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Experimental Education, Faculty, Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies, Goddard at large, Goddard Graduate Institute, Health Arts and Sciences, History & Political Science, Identity, Indigenous Studies, Integrative Nutrition, journal-Writing, LGBTQ, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Methodology, Mindfulness, Multiculturalism & Diversity Studies, Mythology & the Oral Tradition, Narrative Medicine, Philosophy & Neurophilosophy, Poetry, Progressive Education, Queer Studies, Recycling and Repurposing, Residencies, Sexuality & Erotic Studies, Shamanic Studies, Social Change, Social Innovation, Spirituality & Religion, Storytelling, Sustainability & Place Studies, Transformative Language Arts, Transforming Trauma, Visionary Studies | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Featured Faculty: Sarah Van Hoy, Medical Anthropologist, Mental Health Counselor, Acupuncturist and Herbalist,

Posted on May 25, 2016 by

Sarah Van Hoy, a long-time faculty member specializing in Health Arts and Sciences but equally at home in SIS and IMA, says her work embraces “languages about the body and languages from the body and the possibilities and impossibilities of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Child & Human Development, Coaching, Community Building, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Goddard at large, Health Arts and Sciences, Herbalism, Mental Health, Nursing | Leave a comment

From Consciousness Studies to the Circus with Hillary Webb

Posted on September 7, 2015 by

Hillary Webb has been studying human consciousness for a long time. Before she came to Goddard to complete a MA in Consciousness Studies (a concentration in the Individualized MA program), she worked as a writer, traveling around the world to … Continue reading →

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A Sample of Faculty Workshops at a Residency

Posted on August 31, 2015 by

Are 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird Enough? with faculty member Jim Sparrell. We will meet for several bird walks and discussion of knowing and nature, considering how the different ways of knowing and looking at the natural world … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Community Building, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Cultural & Cross-Cultural Studies, Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism, Economics, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Feminism, Women's & Gender Studies, Memoir, Life Writing & Autobiography, Methodology, Multiculturalism & Diversity Studies, Social Innovation, Sustainability, Workshops | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

David White: Deconstructing “The White Man’s Indian” In Favor of Cultural Respect and Equality for All

Posted on September 14, 2014 by

David White is working on his MA in Individualized Studies at Goddard‘s Graduate Institute. My work has always been about exploring the ways in which identities are constructed, and how those constructions shape the beliefs and experiences of those who … Continue reading →

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Workshops at Fall Residency

Posted on August 28, 2014 by

With the Goddard Graduate Institute’s first official residency just over, we wanted to share with you a sampling of the kinds of workshops faculty and students offered at the Plainfield, Vermont campus between Aug. 8-15, 2014. Our residency theme, “Climate … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Anthropology, Coaching, Consciousness Studies/Transpersonal Psychology, Creative Writing, Creativity & Imagination, Death and Dying Studies/Pastoral Care, Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism, Embodiment Studies & Body Image, Environmental, Sustainability & Place Studies, Faculty, Filmmaking, Identity, Jungian Psychology, Methodology, Multiculturalism & Diversity Studies, Mythology & the Oral Tradition, Narrative Medicine, Poetry, Residencies, Shamanic Studies, Sustainable Businesses and Communities, Workshops | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment