Teaching Empathy with Anthropology
BY: Mitchell Ma, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto Empathy is defined as sharing and understanding others’ emotions. Although the ability probably predated the human species, […]
Articles by Alison Macdonald
Introducing Anthropology – updated second edition.
By Laura Pountney and Tomislav Marić In 2015, the first edition of Introducing Anthropology was published after many years of research, teaching and writing. Both […]
Anthropology withdrawal symptoms
by Tomislav Marić, Assistant Headteacher, Bentley Wood High School Since I have stopped teaching A level anthropology in 2018 (and this was not because of […]
New Open-Access Resources and a Free Course on Smartphones, Ageing and Health.
by Georgiana Murariu, Public Dissemination Officer at UCL Anthropology. How have smartphones impacted on intergenerational relationships? What material issues affect smartphone use? How are smartphones […]
New Teaching Resources from the RAI Public Anthropology Fellows
By Laura Haapio-Kirk and Jennifer Cearns, RAI Leach Fellows in Public Anthropology. When we first applied to be public anthropology fellows for the RAI back […]
Feeling theory in the classroom
by: Olivia Barnett-Naghshineh https://www.oliviabarnettnaghshineh.com/ Anthropology as a discipline has an almost inherent assumption that our methodology makes every experience or social phenomena potentially knowable through […]
Welcome to Teaching Anthropology 2021
As the incoming editors of Teaching Anthropology we’d like to say hello and give you a sense of our future direction. We want to expand the practical content, sharing resources, experiences and reflections that will directly help others in their teaching. Our vision for Teaching Anthropology, and its online platform, is that it becomes both a record of the evolution of anthropological teaching and a go to hub for pedagogical inspiration.
Podcasts as a teaching and learning tool in Anthropology.
By Paula Lacerda (UERJ – Brazil) and Carolina Parreiras (USP – Brazil) When the Covid-19 pandemic hit us and face-to-face classes became impossible, we were […]
Share your teaching innovations with us!
We are looking to expand our Resources page with content driven by teaching practices. We invite Guest Authors who want to share innovative teaching methods, […]
Teaching with Postcards
As restrictions on face to face fieldwork continues to impact teaching, our archives reveal an interesting array of alternative, novel approaches. Have you considered teaching […]