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Anthropology Lecture Series

As the inaugural presentation of the newly-named Anthropological Lecture Series we will hear from NGCSU President Dr. David L. Potter.  The event will be held on Wednesday evening, September 16, 2009, in the HNS Auditorium, beginning at 7:00 pm.

Dr. Potter conducted Anthropological field work for his Ph.D. dissertation at Syracuse University among the urban Biscayo people of the central Philippine Islands.   Since then he has taught and concentrated his efforts on the “exotic culture of academe” as professor and administrator, in New York, Ohio, Virginia, Mississippi and Georgia.

Rather than presenting a formal lecture, Dr. Potter asked that a panel simply ask him questions about his fieldwork, which he describes as a “powerful experience.”  Three members of the History and Philosophy Department with Anthropology backgrounds: Drs. Timothy May, Tamara Spike, and Jack Wynn, will serve as the panel. 

Dr. Potter studied the Biscayo people in an urban environment, and also taught at Silliman University in Dumaguete, Philippines.  Silliman is a non-Catholic university, closed by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in his Martial Law decree in 1972.  It was later re-opened and is operating today.

The presentation is geared to discuss Dr. Potter’s cross-cultural experiences and the effects of those years on both the Anthropologist and the people he studied.  There will be time for questions from the audience after the panel’s questions have been covered. 

Anthropology and Archaeology students who attend this presentation, then write (and submit)  a one-page summary, including your reactions, will receive up to 5 points of extra credit on your course grade.