Learning How to Wash Your Hands in Anthropology Class
Anne Schiller, George Mason University From the outset of the SARS-Covid 19 pandemic, governments and private entities worldwide launched health awareness campaigns that included instruction […]
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Practicing participant observation with a game of Uno
By Alexandra Supper, Department of Society Studies, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. In this resource post, I share an exercise I developed to practice participant observation […]
Tractatus Methodologico-Ethnographicus: A Short Introduction to the Anthropological Study of Worlds
The Tractatus Methodologico-Ethnographicus: A Short Introduction to the Anthropological Study of Worlds is an open access/creative commons introductory text on ethnography created by Emeritus Professor […]
FisherCoast Exhibition and Study Guide: Coastal Transformations
By Natalie Djohari, University of East Anglia. The FisherCoast Online Exhibition is a rich data resource for exploring the impact of coastal transformation on the […]
Finding the ‘Red Thread’: How to Revise an Inherited Course.
Most lecturers have experienced inheriting a course to teach, often at short notice or with limited ability to overhaul the structure. Increasing use of short […]
Social and Cultural Anthropology for the 21st Century: Connected Worlds
By Marzia Balzani and Niko Besnier. We are delighted to announce the publication of our textbook, designed to introduce anthropology to students who are facing […]
“Hearing Images, Seeing Sounds”: Disturbance as Pedagogy
In Issue 11, no 2, Subhashim Goswami from Shiv Nadar University, gives an account of a course he designed to give students an understanding of […]
International Development and Poetic Practice: An Online Classroom Activity
Anne Schiller – George Mason University Cultural anthropology courses frequently satisfy world cultures requirements, attracting enrollments from across the university. My 150-seat online introductory course, […]
Teaching through Tension at the Crossroads of America
Valerie Miller1, Shradha Naveen2, Amanda Waller3, Jennifer L. Johnson4 Purdue University. mill2206@purdue.edu (corresponding author) Purdue University. snaveen@purdue.edu Purdue University. wallera@purdue.edu Purdue University. jlj@purdue.edu The pandemic […]
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, […]