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Over the holidays, try talking to your relatives like an anthropologist

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par Elizabeth Keating, Professor of Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts

How is it possible to spend so much time with your parents and grandparents and not really know them?

This question has puzzled me as an anthropologist. It’s especially relevant for the holiday season, when millions of people travel to spend time with their families.

When my parents were alive, I traveled long distances to be with them. We had the usual conversations: what the kids were doing, how the job was going, aches and pains. It wasn’t until after my parents died, though, that…

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