10.1 Introduction

This chapter was created from an assignment given in Dr. Martínez´s class in Spring 2024.  The assignment was as follows: The article “Can Anthropology Save the World ” by Scheper-Hughes was written in 2016.  It needs an update.   Given all you have learned this semester,  write an addition to her article (from 2016 – now).  At least 1-2 pages and should show significant knowledge of Scheper-Hughes’s article and content in this course.  From this assignment came some student work that truly showed anthropological inquiry, understanding of complex issues and a true global perspective that needed to be showcased.  For this reason, Demetri and I decided to have Nancy Scheper-Hughes’s 2016 commencement address in conversation with 1st year anthropology students in 2024.