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Ruby French '21 shares her experiences majoring in anthropology and encourages students new to anthropology to take courses that might be challenging and speak up in class.What inspired you to choose Anthropology? Do you have a specific area of interest? I was first introduced to anthropology when I took a course on chimpanzees with Professor...
Grady Owens '21 is a dual major in History and Asian Studies, with a minor in Anthropology. He shares his experiences as he prepares to graduate from Cornell.What inspired you to minor in Anthropology? Do you have a specific area of interest? I had taken three anthropology courses with Professor Magnus Fiskesjö and one anthro/archaeology...
Anthropology Major Arianne Seenauth '21 reflects on her experiences at Cornell and shares advice for students new to anthropology.What inspired you to choose Anthropology? Do you have a specific area of interest?I have grown up very lucky to have parents with the means and desire to travel and have been doing so from a young age. This...
The Prehistory of Power: Archaeological Visions of the PoliticalThis seminar examines the prehistory of power as seen in archaeological approaches to political life. We will consider the impact of political theory on archaeology and the reverberations of archaeological research upon modern regimes and revolutions. Our focus will be on a critical...
It's the End of the World As We Know ItLiving in the contemporary moment means living with reminders that the end of the world – at least as we know it – is looming. From the global ecological crisis to evangelical apocalyptic visions, and from nuclear threats to the changes wrought by automated work, people are brushing up against the limits...
Connor Griffiths '21 is majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies and minoring in Anthropology. He is interested in Medical Anthropology and hopes to think like an anthropologist in any and all spaces he occupies. He shares his experiences and advice as he prepares for graduation.What is your major?I am an Interdisciplinary Studies major in the...
Audrey Rytting '21 is a math major minoring in anthropology. She shares her experiences.What is your major?I am a Mathematics major (Applied Math Concentration)What inspired you to minor in anthropology? Do you have a specific area of interest?I decided to minor in Anthropology after taking a few of the classes offered. I took Stone Age...
Izzy Comella '21 is majoring in Biology and Society and minoring in Anthropology. She shares her experiences as she prepares to graduate from Cornell.What is your major? My major is Biology and Society (BSOC), with a concentration on the relationships between humans and animals.What inspired you to minor in anthropology? Do you have a...
Anthropology Major Harper Tooch '21 reflects on her experiences at Cornell.What inspired you to choose Anthropology? Do you have a specific area of interest? I was first inspired to major in anthropology when I have in fifth grade after learning about the excavation of Jamestown and watching Indiana Jones for the first time. I think...
March 5: Kathryn Mariner (University of Rochester) "Field, Interrupted" March 12: Sofia Villenas (Cornell University) "Pedagogy and the Imaginary in Everyday Social Movement: Notes on Ithaca, NY." March 26: Dána-Ain Davis (The Graduate Center, CUNY) "The Labor(s) of Reproduction: Doulas as Radical Birth Workers." April 9: Rebekah ...
What does it mean to think with genetic medicine? Since the early 2010s, Pan-African research initiatives have ushered in a so-called “genetic revolution” in Africa, and made Tanzania a hub for sickle cell disease research and care on the continent. Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disease, especially common in Africa and across the...
NYC Manhole Covers: History and How They’re Made (audio) Untapped New York, 2/20/2021, Natasha RahejaIn protesting Myanmar coup, young Myanmarese Americans find inspiration from past generations NBC News, 2/13/2021, Magnus FiskesjöBacked by powerful allies, Myanmar generals take cues from U.S. events A&S Communications, 2/8/2021, Magnus...
FacultyLori Khatchadourian and Adam Smith received an emergency grant from the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) to establish a program of heritage monitoring in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The project will use satellite-based observation to detect and, hopefully, deter attacks on cultural heritage in the region. Kurt...
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce that Arianne Seenauth was awarded an Engaged Learning in Anthropology Scholarship. She will use funds from this scholarship to conduct research in New York City and virtually in Puerto Rico for her honors thesis. Arianne is a senior majoring in anthropology and minoring in Spanish. She...
There are still seats available in these NEW anthropology courses...Food and WorkANTHR 3325 Day/time: MW 11:25am - 12:40pm Mode: Online Instructor: Sarah Besky This course will explore key topics in the critical study of labor and capitalism through the lens of food. Questions of race, gender, and class, but also toxicity, settler...
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce that Prinita Mukherjee was awarded an Engaged Learning in Anthropology Scholarship. She will use funds from this scholarship to conduct research in Singapore for her honors thesis. Prinita is a senior majoring in anthropology. She describes her research project below:My research project...
ANTHR 3325 Day/time: MW 11:25am - 12:40pm Mode: Online Instructor: Sarah Besky This course will explore key topics in the critical study of labor and capitalism through the lens of food. Questions of race, gender, and class, but also toxicity, settler colonialism, as well as production and reproduction can all be read in the landscapes of...
ANTHR 4476Day/time: R 12:25pm - 2:20pmMode: OnlineInstructor: Noah TamarkinGrounded in anthropological and interdisciplinary analyses of policing, prisons, and security, this course aims to account for how carcerality shapes our worlds. Attentive to specificity and variability across place and time, we will consider how carceral logics...
ANTHR 4424Day/time: M 4:30pm - 8:30pmMode: In personInstructor: Natasha RahejaThis seminar explores the history and theory of ethnographic film. Keeping in mind broader issues of cross-cultural representation, we consider the evolution of ethnographic film as a genre for representing “reality”, embodied practices, and anthropological...
ANTHR 4418Day/time: W 2:40pm - 4:35pmMode: OnlineInstructor: Lucinda RambergWhat are the poetics and politics of ethnographic writing? How is this genre, what many would call the signature of cultural anthropology, distinct from other modes of scholarly writing? What are its possibilities, limits and effects? In this course we will read...
ANTHR 4402Day/time: T 12:25pm - 2:20pmMode: OnlineInstructor: Sofia VillenasDescription: This seminar examines public schools and other educational spaces as sites where knowledge, learning, learner, and identities are produced and contested. It explores how power and cultural norms work in educational settings, and the unintended teaching...
ANTHR 4250Day/time: F 12:25pm - 2:20pmMode: OnlineInstructor: Adam SmithThis studio-style seminar provides an in-depth examination of the principles and practices of archaeological research design. We will examine all aspects of the research process, from concept formation, to methodology, to ethical practice and data management. Over the...
ANTHR 4235Day/time: M or R 11:20am - 1:15pmMode: In personInstructor: Frederic GleachRes ipsa loquitur -- the thing speaks for itself. This common expression captures a widespread belief about objects' roles in human lives, but deciphering what objects have to say is actually a complex cultural process. An object rarely has a single...
ANTHR 4176Day/time: F 12:25pm - 2:20pmMode: OnlineInstructor: Saida HodzicLiberal feminists and political theorists argue that sentiments such as compassion and empathy have the capacity to alert us to suffering, injustice, and oppression, and thus incite transformative political action. This interdisciplinary seminar explores the...
ANTHR 4100Day/time: M 12:25pm - 1:15pmMode: OnlineInstructor: Sofia VillenasThis capstone course is intended for students who are completing the Public Service Studies minor. It provides an academic space to support students' reflection on their culminating experience with their community partners and community-based projects. Students...