Anthropology 340 - Seminar: Topics in Anthropology: Anthropology of the Future

Topics course: In a landscape transformed by the pandemic, climate change, tightening borders, and surveillance and artificial intelligence technologies, what form will anthropology assume and what role will it play in the near future? In this seminar, we focus on three major forces – health, climate change, and technology – to show how the discipline is being transformed by them. We also examine how anthropology is, in turn, responding by treading a delicate balance between domestic and international issues, and specialist knowledge and non-specialist audiences in these domains to rearticulate its relevance for future societies.

Instructor Permission Req. Not open to first-years, sophomores