US: Naval Academy discovers 'culture'

[Francis Hult]

The Washington Post

 

Naval Academy discovers 'culture'

 

This summer at the United States Naval Academy, a small battle has been won in a larger campaign that might be termed a culture war.

 

Last month, the Naval Academy department then known as Department of Language Studies quietly changed its name to Department of Language and Cultures. 

 

It hardly registers as big news. But to Clementine Fujimura, the lone anthropology professor at the Annapolis campus, the change is "huge."

 

Why? "Because it's acknowledging that the Navy is accepting that we need to be teaching about culture," she said.

 

Full story:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/college-inc/2010/07/this_summer_at_the_united.html

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