Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) as a Logical fit for Teaching Anthropology
Thanks to a three year Community Partnerships grant, I am part of an Indigenous Action Group coordinating a community-engaged learning course with the Mississaugas of […]
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A foreign student, not yet an international learner.
by Nattha Chuenwattana, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto Mississauga “What does a foreigner have to do to master academic english?” I am always thinking about this myself as an international graduate […]
How do we prepare our students for a realistic job market? Problem-based learning
Student-centered active learning strategies are heralded in the pedagogical literature as the best way to prepare students for the ever changing job market. Technology now […]
Feminizing the Canon: Classics in Anthropology from the Perspective of Female Authors
PhD Ana Gretel Echazú Böschemeier, PPGSCol/UFRN (Brazil)[i]; PhD Izis Morais Lopes dos Reis, MPDFT/DF (Brazil)[ii];PhD Natalia Cabanillas, PPGS, FAFICH/UFMG (Brazil)[iii]; PhD Olga Rodríguez-Sierra, ICe/UFRN (Brazil)[iv]; […]
Teaching Tolerance
In the fall of 2016 and spring of 2017, four anthropologists observed how students and educators responded to the presidential election. One year on from […]
From Potlatch to Prisoner’s Dilemma: An Effective Classroom Simulation for Teaching Some Anthropological Concepts
Anthropologists who are teaching undergraduate students are faced with the challenge of not only explaining key anthropological concepts, but doing so in ways that make […]
Sensory walking: teaching methods in motion
BY: Rajko Muršič redni profesor / Prof. In teaching anthropology, it is extremely important for students not to equate ethnographic fieldwork with interviewing, especially if they had to […]
What is the role of anthropology in accepting different ways of knowing in the Academy?
This time of year always lends itself to reflection, and I can’t help but think back on 2018 as the beginning of a huge learning […]
“What is man?”: art challenging anthropology
BY: Elpida Rikou, PhD In the year 2008-2009 a group of students of the Department of Visual Arts of the Athens School of Fine Arts […]
Talking about race in text and in person: Is hiding behind a screen helpful?
BY: John Loewenthal, Oxford Brookes University It is increasingly acknowledged that many white people find it uncomfortable to talk about race – especially to large […]