Anthropology
Discover some of the current issues in anthropology including thoughts on religion, rituals, culture and more through lively classroom discussions.
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Shamanism in art: an anthropological approach
Course Date: Sat 2 Nov 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis course explores how shamanism and visual cultures converge in art practice, and the reasons for this successful combination.Full fee: £59.00Senior fee: £47.00Concession: £30.00 -
Introductory anthropology: humans and their cultures
Course Date: Mon 4 Nov 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetWe will examine differences in social structure and cultural attitudes to address ideas of development, tradition and resistance to change recorded by anthropologists. Designed to complement HA004: Beginners' Anthropology, but new students welcome.Full fee: £119.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £52.00 -
Anthropology of art, ethnographic film and photography
Course Date: Mon 13 Jan 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis introductory course aims to critically explore the role and symbolic meaning of art from a cross-cultural
perspective, ranging from the concept of beauty, the beliefs and rituals associated with material objects, to the human body as canvas and the role of museums.Full fee: £199.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £88.00 -
Introductory anthropology: language, culture, communication
Course Date: Mon 20 Jan 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetExplore the different ways in which humans communicate socially via culture. The course's thematic approach covers topics such as language, art, and social relations.Full fee: £179.00Senior fee: £179.00Concession: £79.00 -
Elements of anthropology
Course Date: Mon 20 Apr 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThe course explores selected areas of human behaviour to explore what pushes us to act differently from other beings. The course explores relationships with animals, nature, our own bodies, and human experience’s supernatural aspects.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £70.00 -
Anthropology of space, place and the cultural landscape
Course Date: Mon 20 Apr 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis is an introductory and interdisciplinary course which ranges beyond social anthropology to explore aspects of cultural geography, philosophy, psychology, art and architectural history, enriching your theoretical and ethnographic understanding of the cross cultural meaning of space within the built environment.Full fee: £179.00Senior fee: £143.00Concession: £79.00 -
Witchdoctors, wizards and shamans: the anthropology of shamanism
Course Date: Sat 30 May 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetClothing and dress are universal. This course examines the unique role of dress as symbolic interaction among humans, the only animals that use this kind of behaviour.Full fee: £59.00Senior fee: £47.00Concession: £30.00 -
A taste of anthropology
Course Date: Sat 27 Jun 2020
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetWhat is anthropology all about? Explore the aspects different societies have in common and focus on some particular cultures and customs.Full fee: £59.00Senior fee: £47.00Concession: £30.00 -
Beginners' anthropology
Course Date: Mon 16 Sep 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis introductory course gives you the basic tools for an elementary understanding of anthropology. We will identify methods and areas of concern that distinguish it from sociology, history and other disciplines.Full fee: £119.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £52.00
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