ANTH 217: Culture and Communication
Instructor: Dr. Daisy Rosenblum Term 1 Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Description: The study of communication; the relation between communication and its cultural context with emphasis on verbal and non-verbal communication, cross-cultural communication, and cultural differences in the use of oral, literate, and electronic media.
ANTH 376: Diasporas and Belonging: Anthropological Perspectives
Instructor: Dr. Helena Zeweri Term 1 Mondays & Wednesdays 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Description: Examines how multiple generations of migrants find, build, and reimagine what community and belonging are beyond the confines of the nation-state. Centres ethnographies of diasporic identity and personhood. Recommended: at least one 200-level social science course (e.g. ANTH, SOCI, GEOG, […]
ANTH 303I: Archaeology of the Eastern Arctic
Instructor: Dr. Samantha Walker Term 2 Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Description: This course introduces students to the study of ancient and historic societies in the North American Arctic and Greenland, with emphasis on Pre-Dorset and Dorset (Paleo-Inuit), ancestral Inuit (Thule), and historic Inuit peoples. Students will emerge from the course with […]
ANTH 303F: Sounding it Out: Music and the Making of Diasporic Life
Instructor: Dr. Lennon Mhishi Term 2 Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm Description: Exploring the intersections of music and socio-cultural life in the negotiations of place and belonging in the African Diaspora. What is the place of music in the histories and formations of African diasporic consciousness and legibility? How do communities, through […]