In this episode of A Story of Us, Nagarathna Balakrishna chats with renowned paleoartist John Gurche (https://gurche.com/) as he candidly reflects on his early journey into reconstructing our ancestors, shares how he blends science and art in his work, navigates the creative and ethical challenges of reconstruction, and offers thoughtful advice for aspiring students in the field.
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In this episode of A Story of Us, Nagarathna Balakrishna chats with renowned paleoartist John Gurche (https://gurche.com/) as he candidly reflects on his early journey into reconstructing our ancestors, shares how he blends science and art in his work, navigates the creative and ethical challenges of reconstruction, and offers thoughtful advice for aspiring students in the field.
In this interview, Andrew sits down with Maddison Elliott, who is graduating with her MA this semester in anthropology. They discuss The book Buzz (https://nyupress.org/9781479827381/buzz/), Maddison's MA thesis on pollinator protection, hierarchies of insects, roundtable method of teaching introductory anthropology courses, and the Wicked Science program at Ohio State (https://u.osu.edu/wicked/)!
A Story of Us
In this episode of A Story of Us, Nagarathna Balakrishna chats with renowned paleoartist John Gurche (https://gurche.com/) as he candidly reflects on his early journey into reconstructing our ancestors, shares how he blends science and art in his work, navigates the creative and ethical challenges of reconstruction, and offers thoughtful advice for aspiring students in the field.
