Aliya Renee Khan
Aliya Renee Khan

Aliya Renee Khan

Adventurer, vegetarian food enthusiast, lover of all things colorful. Advocate of sustainable and ethical consumption and believer in human resilience.

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Aliya Renee Khan
Jul 17, 2018 · 5 min read

Introduction: A Scattered Array of Unedited Thoughts

To me, the word ‘passion’ is overused and somewhat elusive in the world we live in today. Throughout the three tightly-packed, suffocatingly busy years of college I have lived through so far, I have struggled with and against that word.

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Aliya Renee Khan
Sep 25, 2018 · 10 min read

An Exploration of Free Will from an Anthropological Perspective

Aliya Renee Khan
Sep 25, 2018 · 5 min read

Book Review: Wasabi for Breakfast: A Poignant Exploration of Sexism and Racism Across Societies

Written for ANTHRCUL 202: Ethnic Diversity in Japan, taught by Professor Jennifer Robertson in Winter 2018

Aliya Renee Khan
Sep 25, 2018 · 7 min read

Biopower and the Opioid Crisis in the United States

Written for ANTHRCUL 327: Medicine and Healing, taught by Professor Liz Roberts in Fall 2017

The expansion of biomedical technologies in recent years has introduced an array of faceless organizations and systems…

Aliya Renee Khan
Sep 25, 2018 · 12 min read

Zen and the ‘West’: Situating the Tradition Within an Increasing Pattern of Cultural Exchange, Scientific Discourse, and ‘Modernization’

In reality, the idea of a “mono-ethnic” culture has never existed. An example can be seen in Japan…

Aliya Renee Khan
Sep 25, 2018 · 13 min read

Human Rights and New Media: Promoting ‘Slacktivism’ or Impact?

“Right now, there are more people on Facebook than there were on the planet 200 years ago.” (Kony 2012 2012). This is the opening narration of Kony 2012, a short film released by the American NGO Invisible Children that…