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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]
Teaching Anthropology during a Global Pandemic
By Sherry Fukuzawa Social distancing, masks, and quarantines changed the way we all live in this world. As post-secondary institutions closed their campuses and scrambled […]