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== Contributions ==
Articles, etc. that I created.

===Articles Created===
*[[Anthropology of art]] 
*[[Art destruction]]
*[[Horizontalism]]
*[[Junk art]]
*[[Allison ‘Tootie’ Montana]] 
*[[Popular education]]
*[[Popular assembly]]
*[[Jonathan McIntosh]]

===Portals Created===
*[[Portal:Anarchism]]

===In the News ===
These are articles I successfully nominated and edited to be featured on the [[Template:In_the_news|In the News]] section on the Wikipedia Homepage
*[[Homo Naledi]]

== Interests ==
I am currently interested in how [[psychology]], [[anthropology]], [[sociology]], [[gender studies]], [[media studies]], [[communication_studies]], [[history]] and similar academic fields can investigate and improve human behaviors. Details below:

=== History ===

==== Time Periods ====
*[[Pre-history]] is perhaps the area of history that needs the most attention. It accounts for the vast majority of human existence, and offers insight into our evolution.
*[[Ancient History]] can be used to understand how humans lived within our first civilizations. Many challenges we face today are quite similar to those documented thousands of years ago. 
*[[Islamic Golden Age]] is a significant period of scientific and cultural achievement that is often overlooked as part of the "dark ages" by Anglo and Western European cultures.

==== By Topic ====
*[[Maritime history]] - particularly the development of sailing and navigation techniques prior to the Age of Discovery.
*[[Polymath]] is a phenomenon less used today, but a hallmark of many of Western history's great thinkers. Also worth considering how different expressions of this are found in other cultures, such as the [[griot]].

=====History of Science & Technology=====
The [[history of science]] and [[history of technology]] are both fascinating ways to track how human civilization, prosperity, trade, creativity, and innovation flourished in different conditions in vastly different geographic regions and societies. Throughout time, centers of learning have emerged:
*[[Academy of Gundishapur]]

==== By Region ====
*I'm particularly interested in the ancient history of the Mediterranean, particularly [[Phonecia]] and [[Ancient Carthage]].

==== Future ====
Many look to history as a way to prepare for the future. In that regard, some interesting projects have been created to create artifacts that can outlast our own civilization:
*[[Voyager Golden Record]]

=== Psychology ===
Most of my interests in psychology do not fall neatly within the traditional schools of thought and often intersect [[sociology]], [[anthropology]], [[gender studies]], and other fields. However, [[social psychology]] is likely the most appropriate major school of thought to pursue these interests while [[evolutionary psychology]] and [[cultural psychology]] are less popular disciplines that I want to explore. My main interest is in social power (through direct forms like aggression / violence and indirect like dehumanization) and communication / creativity.

==== The Arts ====
* Performance and celebrity status creates a unique psychological relationship between performer and observer

==== Mass Media & Journalism ====
*One manifestation of privilege is in [[Media_bias]] and the growing psychological separation of journalists and other member of the media from the citizenry they are trying to communicate to and the "journalistic objectivity" they are sworn to.
*The arts are a unique human form of behavior with potential for human wellness, yet also maladaptive health. This includes [[theatre]] (including [[cinema]]) as a forum for empathy and [[music as a coping strategy]] in [[music therapy]].
*[[Storytelling]] is a cornerstone human behavior, at the foundation of literature, theater arts and many other forms of expression and communication. [[Oral tradition]] has been the principal form in which we share knowledge, which most civilizations have only recently matured into written forms in recent centuries. Yet the technological rise and spread of writing, along with other forms of mass media and the information age, have overshadowed this.
*Through cinema and television, theater has risen to become a form of [[mass media]], alongside the internet as principal forms in which humans now consume information and learn.

==== Technology & Information ====
* How do technology and emerging tools affect our psychological well-being? Are there mental conditions that are affected by technology in unique ways?
* How is the brain's [[navigation]] function affected by the increased use of handheld GPS systems like smart phone mapping apps or video game mini-map HUD displays?

==== Culture ====
Behaviors and accepted social norms vary greatly among cultures and these can affect many forms of identity. To gain a broader understanding of psychological phenomenon, it's essential we examine the variance of this expression across members of our species.
*Why / how does the Hollywood film industry so successfully sell movies to international audiences, even when the films don't gross well in the United States?

==== Gender ====
[[Gender]] is increasingly being studied, in no small part for the role of [[sexism]] in our social practices.  
*[[Men%27s_studies]] and the study of masculinity can help use solve behaviors than lead to this phenomenon. A very important question remains to be answered here: whether [[Sex_differences_in_psychology]] or [[culture]] are primarily responsible for this behavior.  
*[[Domestic violence]] and other forms of violence remain significant problems in American society. And a stark correlation is found between perpetrators of mass violence and being male. What interventions can be used to reduce this? This intersects with media in how men are told to behave and emotion in what effective strategies can be used to prevent or change behavior.
*Equal standing and political power of women remains a contentious issue for men in many cultures across the globe. Some studies have chosen to explore men's perceptions of this inequality and the concept of [[feminism]]. Some societies have made remarkable strides toward achieving gender equality, such as political developments in [[Iceland]] and [[Tunisia]].

==== Empathy, Guilt, Conflict, & Aggression ====
Psychology, can be used to aid [[conflict resolution]] in a variety of circumstances.
*[[Mediation]] is the art of finding a voluntary agreement between multiple parties, while [[arbitration]] has the power to impose a settlement. This is one form of [[restorative justice]].
*[[Family therapy]] nurtures change and development within families and couples.
*[[Dehumanization]] and [[Empathy]] barriers such as [[guilt]] (& [[collective guilt]]) defense mechanisms / maladaptive coping strategies / cognitive distortion. [[Psychopathy]] and [[autism spectrum]] that result in decreased empathy can be helpful for analysis in this area. 
*[[Objectification]] can cause a form of dehumanization, where the recipient is reduced to solely as an object of sexual gratification, for example.
*[[Privilege (social inequality)]] is a pervasive global phenomenon, problematic in trying to solve, and particularly made difficult by one of its key symptoms: those who benefit from it engage in [[self deception]] and are unwilling to acknowledge it. 
*Guilt defense mechanisms, maladaptive coping strategies, and the cognitive distortion found in abusers are of particular interest when applied on a large scale with [[collective guilt]], such as [[white_guilt]] in American culture. Historically, specific events have spawned large-scale instances of this, such as [[German_collective_guilt]]. The organized, conscious efforts around these events, whether focused on restitution or not, are notable, such as the [[Truth_and_Reconciliation_Commission_(South_Africa)]], the US [[Psychological_Warfare_Division]] and [[Information Control Division]] operations during the [[denazification]] of Germany. Past events can be potentially useful when trying to solve current large conflicts exhibiting privilege, such as the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]. 
*[[Traditional_knowledge]]

===Uptopias===

*[[Can Masdeu]]
*[[Gaviotas]]
*[[The Culture]]

== To Do... ==
If you are looking for help within the realms of art, society, or culture, I might be interested. I enjoy creating new articles more than developing pre-existing ones.  I am more inclined to work on an existing article if it doesn't already have lots of contributors.
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Arts
*[[Anthropology of visual art]]
*[[Anthropology of storytelling]]
*[[Anthropology of dance]]
*[[Anthropology of architecture]]
*[[Art and Physics]]
*[[Juha]] (the character from Arab folklore)
*[[Madonnaro]](redirects to street painting)
*[[Palestinian Art]]
*[[Prison Art]]
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Politics
*[[Good Government Councils]]

Society & Culture
*[[Cultural property]]
*[[Xochitl]]
*[[Somatherapy]]

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Arts
*[[Appropriation (visual art)]]
*[[Art for art's sake]]
*[[Documentary film|documentary]]
*[[Dabke]]
*[[Illustrator]]
*[[Protest art]]
*[[Street artist]]
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Other
*[[Holy Land]]
*[[Violence]]
*[[Zapatista_Army_of_National_Liberation]]
*[[Power_(sociology)]]
*[[Bolivarian_Circles]]
*[[Fiume]] - period of 1918
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Arts
*''[[Brought To Light]]''
*[[African aesthetics]]
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History
*[[Muriah]], India 
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Society & Culture
*[[Palestinian Dance]]
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Politics
*[[Political Mythology]]
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