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Name: Artricia
What is your favorite part of NYC?
Coming from Indonesia, a country with rich artistic historicity but poor preservation methods, I particularly appreciate New York’s lively museum scenes. My top three would be Rubin, Natural History, and the Met.
What can we catch you doing outside of class?
At the moment I am the Vice President of AUSA, where I am mostly in charge of internal development, as well as advising several Indonesian organizations. I am also studying two additional languages: French, so that I can one day read anthropological writings in their original language, as well as Javanese, as it is the site of my honors thesis research project.
What drew you to Anthropology?
My first anthropology course was in the fall of 2012 at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. The course was Anthropology and the Body, which analyzes how embodiment can be a paradigm for anthropological inquiry. From that moment I am drawn to anthropology as a mode of thought. Through thinking anthropologically, I discover that one can learn how even in the particulars–or in the most idiosyncratic of cultures–there exists above all a shared sense of humanity. Indeed, together we are entangled in the “web of meanings” that we ourselves spun.