Teaching Syndemics
Merrill Singer, PhD, University of Connecticut The COVID-19 pandemic brought enhanced global attention to the anthropological concept of syndemics. A pivotal moment occurred when Richard Horton, […]
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Excavation and Education: Lessons Learned as Teaching Assistants in the Schreiber Wood Project Field School
Mitchell Ma, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto and Susannah Clinker, PhD Student, University of Toronto The Schreiber Wood Project (SWP) field school, led by Professor […]
Transformation of Ethnology and Anthropology in Belgrade, Serbia
Bogdan Dražeta Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnology and Anthropoloy, University of Belgrade Teaching at the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology, which is a part […]
The Virtual Mystery Webtool: Open access online Hybridized Problem-based Learning
Sherry Fukuzawa, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada As blended course modalities increase, assessment methods incorporating active learning practices such as problem-based learning (PBL) must also […]
Bringing Anthropological Concepts to Life in a Virtual Peer Exchange
By Shelene Gomes, University of the West Indies, & Lara Watkins, Bridgewater State University Students can read about culture, but hearing peers narrate personal experiences […]
Consumer Anthropology and AI: Teaching Business School Students
Robert J. Morais, Columbia Business School In the fall of 2023, I integrated generative artificial intelligence (AI) into my Columbia Business School course, Market Intelligence: […]
A Classroom Research Project with Lasting Meaning
ELIZABETH KEATING, Professor of Anthropology & Graduate Faculty, Human Dimensions of Organizations, The University of Texas at Austin Teaching through research is recognized as one […]
Multimodal ethnographies for teaching anthropological sensibilities
Anna Apostolidou PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Anthropology, Ionian University Given the history of our discipline, it seems rather peculiar that anthropologists are not more […]
Active learning as a pedagogical strategy to enhance the learning of anthropology
Marilou Polymeropoulou, University of Oxford, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Active learning is a well-established pedagogical strategy in secondary and tertiary education where independent […]
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 […]