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Who was Franz Boas and why should we read him today? Posted on: January 29, 2021 Franz Boas (1858-1942) is remembered today primarily as an ethnographer of Indigenous Americans and as the ‘Father of American Anthropology’. His enduring legacy, however, is that he turned anthropology to confront the question of race and, through his writing and activism, to combat racism itself. Fundamental to Boas was that anthropology should bring about social change and his arguments on race featured in the landmark Supreme Court decision in 1954 that rejected the “separate but equal” doctrine. An i...

Councilman doesn’t rule out future run for office Milton Councilman and Vice Mayor Kevin Kelly decided not to seek a third term in office this year, citing a desire to step back from town government. Kelly, 70, did not rule out a future run for office. FILE PHOTO Ryan Mavity January 22, 2021 After two terms serving on Milton Town Council, Vice Mayor Kevin Kelly, 70, will officially leave office in April after declining to seek re-election. “It has been a great honor to have served the people of Milton,” he said. “I have worked determinedly for the people of our terrific town...

Madison Courier editor Mark Campbell announced Monday the return of Madison native and award-winning journalist Bob Demaree to the newspaper’s staff.

Milton Town Council candidate Lee Revis-Plank. Milton Town Council candidate Emory West. Milton Town Council candidate Allen Sangree. Four council candidates have filed to run for two seats in this year’s Milton election. Seeking office will be Allen Sangree, former Councilman Emory West, former councilman and project coordinator John Collier, and Lee Revis-Plank.  One of the seats was held by former Councilman Charlie Fleetwood, who resigned in December due to health reasons, and the other by Councilman Kevin Kelly, who did not file for re-election. Revis-Plank has served on the board of ...

Sarah Lucas: Hurricane Doris See Lucas’s latest perverse and powerful sculptures in a video tour with artist Angela Bulloch as your guide. Richard Hamilton: Towards a Definitive Statement The British disciple of Duchamp who named pop art, painted the Troubles and inspired Roxy Music gets a well deserved survey. Philip Guston Transformation This great American artist’s hooded Ku Klux Klan characters comment so mordantly on racism it is considered too shocking by the Tate – but you can see his art here. Jennifer Packer: The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing Hear this beguiling ar...