Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

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 “naturally inclined” to employ multimodality in their research and teaching. Introduction: Multimodal anthropology and the politics of invention.

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Teaching Anthropology

DECEMBER 16, 2023

In preparation for a class based my 2022 article in Teaching Anthropology, Toward a Pedagogy for Consumer Anthropology: Method, Theory, Marketing , I provided ChatGPT with the following prompt: Use the research findings below to create 12 marketing ideas for Duncan Hines cake mix. Teaching Anthropology.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Teaching prompted us to reassess our skills and rediscover the motivations that led us to pursue archaeology originally. Watching these moments in the field school was eye-opening and convinced us that teaching isn’t just about sharing knowledge; it’s also about keeping our own love for learning alive. Orchard at its core.

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Teaching Anthropology

APRIL 13, 2024

Initially the VMP was run through the course learning management system to release a unique anthropological case scenario to each PBL group, comprised of three weekly clues culminating in a larger VM report at the end of the term. The VMP content spans the subfields of biological anthropology (evolutionary, primatology), and archaeology.

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Teaching Anthropology

JUNE 12, 2023

London Anthropology day, 30 th June 2023, British Museum Are you fascinated by different cultures? Discover what anthropology is all about by popping along to the British Musuem for London Anthropology Day. You’ll gain hands-on experience of what it is like to study anthropology. Curious about human evolution?

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Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

How might we recognise and engage with understandings of trauma, and what implications might this have for anthropological research and teaching? This Teaching Anthropology Special Issue will explore approaches to trauma-informed anthropology and to consider key emerging discussions around trauma-informed approaches more broadly.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Erin-Lee Halstad McGuire, Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada My Introduction to Anthropology course concludes with a unit on sustainability, which covers topics like globalisation, food security, and diet. This mattered to me as I teach at a Canadian institution. Taylor & Francis.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 9, 2025

An anthropologist and poet reflects on a journey of return that tells a larger story about human connection, acts of Indigenous solidarity, and the potential for repair within anthropology. IN 2023, I BEGAN the process of consultation toward repatriation on behalf of the anthropology department. While the U.S.

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Teaching Anthropology

AUGUST 6, 2024

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Teaching Anthropology

JULY 24, 2024

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Teaching Anthropology

MAY 8, 2023

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 and critical thinking are nurtured.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Intersectional Anthropology. Here, I share about my class, “Intersectional Anthropology,” and reflect on some of the ways it has played into my career, while also acknowledging my privileges as a person who holds a Ph.D. When I say “able to,” I mean the opportunity to earn the qualifications to teach in a university classroom.

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Teaching Anthropology

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

RAI MAJOR CONFERENCE: ANTHROPOLOGY AND EDUCATION, 25 June – 28 June 2024, Senate House, University of London (in person conference). But as our teaching practices continue to change, a bigger question is emerging: how are these changes reconfiguring what anthropological knowledge is and how it is produced?

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

By Erin-Lee Halstad McGuire, Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, Canada. Image: Group work banner image by StockSnap from Pixabay The post An Archaeological Adventure first appeared on Teaching Anthropology.

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Teaching Anthropology

AUGUST 15, 2024

With the growing accessibility of generative AIs, haptic technologies and open-source software, this Teaching Anthropology Special Issue asks; ‘how is anthropological knowledge production changing in this fast growing socio-technological era?’ What is the ‘anthropological text’ in light of generative AI?

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The courses covered many domains—design, medicine, the environment—but most featured an anthropological flair, and most of the organizers had an anthropology background. I titled my course—one of the four core courses—“Tears of the Earth: An Anthropological Thinking Experiment.”

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Teaching Anthropology

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

To his point, I find the current slew of handwashing videos on YouTube and other sites to be excellent resources for anthropology class projects, and utilize several in an activity that nurtures introductory students’ skills in critical thinking and observation.

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Teaching Anthropology

JANUARY 13, 2023

The “emergency remote learning (ERT)” implemented widely during the pandemic did not generally represent a thoughtful transition to an online teaching modality that prioritizes a learner-center pedagogy (Bozkurt & Sharma, 2020; Hodges et al., Emergency remote teaching in a time of global crisis due to Corona Virus pandemic.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 31, 2025

The two cultural anthropologists on our team (Hansen and Yarris) regularly teach undergraduate and graduate courses related to immigration policy, migration studies, deportation, and immigrant social movements. Lilia McEnaney is the section contributing editor for the Council for Museum Anthropology.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Teaching prompted us to reassess our skills and rediscover the motivations that led us to pursue archaeology originally. Watching these moments in the field school was eye-opening and convinced us that teaching isn’t just about sharing knowledge; it’s also about keeping our own love for learning alive. Orchard at its core.

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Anthropology.net

MARCH 15, 2025

A recent paper in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology urges anthropologists and anatomists to confront the legacy of human skeletal collections and calls for a new ethical framework that prioritizes transparency, community collaboration, and respect for the deceased. Annual Review of Anthropology, 51 , 125-142.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor Sherry is the Associate Chair and Assistant Professor Teaching Stream in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, specializing in pedagogical research in biological anthropology, and community-engaged learning with the local Indigenous community.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor Sherry is the Associate Chair and Assistant Professor Teaching Stream in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, specializing in pedagogical research in biological anthropology, and community-engaged learning with the local Indigenous community.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

Different religious orders with charitable missions in nursing, teaching, and the care of the poor received grants or capitation payments to run industrial schools for poor, orphaned, or otherwise disadvantaged children; homes for unmarried mothers and their unborn or young children, who were socially stigmatized; and orphanages.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor Stacey is Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University, specialising in the analysis of archaeological human remains. Follow Stacey on X (Twitter): @wardstaceym The post Stacey Ward first appeared on Teaching Anthropology. She was recently appointed Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor Stacey is Lecturer in Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University, specialising in the analysis of archaeological human remains. Follow Stacey on X (Twitter): @wardstaceym The post Stacey Ward first appeared on Teaching Anthropology. She was recently appointed Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. However, how do I know how inclusive I am in my teaching? The first step in making this goal of reaching diverse learners is to reflect on what it means to be inclusive in teaching, and letting that guide our teaching.

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Anthropology News

MARCH 4, 2025

As a member of a French Jewish family of Tunisian descent, this encounter left me wanting to know more about Jews from North Africa, about their relationship to Arabic, and about what that could teach us about both language competency and about colonialism and migration. First page of the short story Zouzas Delivery by Albert Hayoune.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor-in-Chief Alison is Associate Professor in Social Anthropology at the department of Anthropology, UCL. The post Alison Macdonald first appeared on Teaching Anthropology. Her academic expertise is in education and pedagogy, and her research spans primary, secondary and higher education contexts in England.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Editor-in-Chief Alison is Associate Professor in Social Anthropology at the department of Anthropology, UCL. The post Alison Macdonald first appeared on Teaching Anthropology. Her academic expertise is in education and pedagogy, and her research spans primary, secondary and higher education contexts in England.

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Teaching Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

By Erin-Lee Halstad McGuire, Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada My Introduction to Anthropology course concludes with a unit on sustainability, which covers topics like globalisation, food security, and diet. This mattered to me as I teach at a Canadian institution. Taylor & Francis.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

That would take a longer anthropological study to observe them over time. Most were attending school part time, or had previously been in school for years. Duflo doesnt know how the young street sellers learned to calculate so quickly in their heads. But Duflo was able to glean some of their strategies, such as rounding.

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Teaching Anthropology

JULY 24, 2024

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JULY 24, 2024

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Teaching Anthropology

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Editor Caroline is Professor of Human Ecology at the department of Anthropology, UCL. To find out more about Caroline click here: [link] The post Caroline Garaway first appeared on Teaching Anthropology. She has also worked with students to decolonise their curricula and develop an academic skills training programme.

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Teaching Anthropology

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Editor Caroline is Professor of Human Ecology at the department of Anthropology, UCL. To find out more about Caroline click here: [link] The post Caroline Garaway first appeared on Teaching Anthropology. She has also worked with students to decolonise their curricula and develop an academic skills training programme.

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Teaching Anthropology

AUGUST 14, 2024

By Erin-Lee Halstad McGuire, Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, Canada We are all familiar with Spurgeon’s adage: “begin as you mean to go on.” The value of icebreakers in teaching is well-studied, with recent scholarship highlighting how they can ease anxiety in student interactions (e.g. Zulkifli, C.

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