ARCL 140 | Bones: The Origins of Humanity
Instructor: Dr. Heather Robertson Summer 2025 Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Description: This course introduces evolutionary theory, genetic processes of evolutionary change, and various human and animal adaptive strategies. We will cover a variety of methods and techniques scientists use in human evolution studies such as genetic analysis, fossil classification, human osteology, […]
ANTH 518A: Museum Methods
Instructor: Dr. Naomi Kawamura Summer 2025 July 14 – July 19, 2025 | 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Description: Analytical approaches to the study of museums and collections. Methods of field collecting, collections research, laboratory procedures, visitor studies, social organization of museum and related cultural industries, exhibit and program evaluation techniques and the ethics of […]
ANTH 435: The Japanese Tea Ceremony – Ethnography of Practice, Performance & Ritual
Instructor: Dr. Milllie Creighton Summer 2025 Monday & Wednesday 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Description: An exploration of Chanoyu, Japanese Tea Practice, as a culturally embedded ritual, performance, and aesthetic form, and as a way of understanding underlying elements of Japanese culture. This course has a studio component and a nominal fee may be charged.
ANTH 378: Anthropology of Media
Instructor: Dr. Amirpouyan Shiva Summer 2025 Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Multi-Access Description: How do media shape our lives—and how do we, in turn, shape media? In Anthropology of Media (ANTH 378), we explore the cultural dimensions of media production and consumption—from social media and film to street art and classical painting. […]
ANTH 360: Introduction to Ecological Anthropology
Instructor: Dr. Tracey Heatherington Summer 2025 Mondays & Wednesdays 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Hybrid Description: From climate justice and food sovereignty to Standing Rock and Extinction Rebellion, today’s anthropologists engage many important debates related to culture and environment. This course introduces how we understand human ecology and environmental issues “from the bottom up”, in […]