Anthropology

Courses

Anthropology courses approach seemingly “natural” ideas such as indigeneity, race, gender, sexuality, and class as cultural constructions that change over time. They critically examine, for instance, the international division of labor, growth of the media, and global commodification of culture. Many classes apply this anthropological perspective to a variety of sources, ranging from traditional ethnographies to novels, travel literature, music, films, and new forms of electronic media. The program has a film library, which includes ethnographic and experimental films, and some recording equipment for the purposes of student research. The program also administers a student research and travel fund, the Harry Turney-High Fund, to support work on Senior Projects.

Recent Senior Projects in Anthropology

• “Blasian and Proud: An Examination of Race and Identity among Half Black and Half Japanese Youth in Japan”
• “A Geography of Grief: An Exploration of the Significance of the Northern New Mexican Landscape in the Grieving Process”
• “Managing Motherhood Online: Authority, Assemblage, and Fetal Personhood”
• “Material Politics of the Bicycle”