ANTHROPOLOGY BSc

Anthropology examines the complexity and diversity of human experience past and present through evolutionary archaeological social cultural and linguistic perspectives As such Anthropology is a truly interdisciplinary venture that spans the natural sciences social sciences and humanities This broad mandate has led to the division of the discipline into three broad areas of research Archaeology Evolutionary Anthropology and the study of Society Culture and Language Archaeologists study the material remains of the human past Archaeological methods range widely from the study of artifacts to the analysis of plant and animal remains and Archaeological research covers a vast expanse of time from the earliest stone tools to the complex record let by modern industrial society Archaeologists also grapple with a range of theoretical issues including material culture culture change identity and ritual Many archaeologists today also work in collaboration with local communities and engage with the questions of archaeological ethics Evolutionary Anthropology is the study of the biological diversity of humans the history of this diversity and the biological relationships between humans and non-human primates Major foci in Evolutionary Anthropology include Human Biology the study of modern humans Osteology the study of the human skeleton Paleoanthropology the study of human evolution and Primatology the study of non-human primates Evolutionary anthropologists integrate biological and social variables in their explanations of the effects of evolution on humans and other primates At the core of the study of Society Culture and Language is the question of how we humans organize our lives together and why we do so in such vastly different ways The orientation is global and contemporary We explore social relations relations between kin and neighbours between genders and generations between ethnic groups and nations between rich and poor between people and the natural environment that sustains them and between people and their gods We also explore the production and communication of meanings through rituals images memories symbols and linguistic codes Topics include environment power ideology identity subjectivity media sexuality ethics affect activism health cities work and international development

Duration: 13

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