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3 - Interdisciplinary Anthropology

This week we are looking into interdisciplinary anthropology, asking what this means, what areas it encompasses, and how it can be influential. We will investigate a few examples like digital, medical and development anthropology and their contributions to fields beyond academia like the tech industry, public health institutions and even government policies. This lecture focuses on how anthropology can be represented to the rest for the world.   


Over the next weeks, we will explore alternative expressions of anthropological study. This week, we’re looking at the flexibility of the discipline, to show its usefulness. One of the highlights from this module is to argue that the methodology that anthropologists use for research and the skills that they have can emphasise how important the interdisciplinary aspect of anthropology is. 

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For this week’s tutorial: Please listen to the lecture and think if there are fields you personally want anthropology to be involved in. I am happy for you to bring your own readings for discussion which relate to the interdisciplinary aspect of the subject.  
Do a web search and research what kind of jobs are being offered to anthropologists and what the job; criteria is; we will be discussing these examples in class.  

Module 3: Intro

Tutorial Questions

What were you expecting this week’s topic to look like and how was it different from what you expected? 
Do you, as a student of anthropology, find this aspect to be useful within and beyond the field?  
What other ways can Anthropology be interdisciplinary? And how can we represent the subject better? 
Would you be interested in jobs in sectors that require Anthropological skills? If so, provide examples of such jobs.

Module 3: Body

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Tasnim, Z 2021, 'Interdisciplinary Anthropology'

Module 3: Files

Recommended

Atkinson, P, Coffey, A, Delamont, S, Lofland, J & Lofland, L 2001, Handbook of ethnography, SAGE Publications, accessed May 30 2021, <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781848608337> .

Hicks, D 2013, â€˜Four-field anthropology : Charter myths and time warps from St. Louis to Oxford’, Current Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 753–763.

Micozzi, M 1985, 'Introduction to medical anthropology and the anthropology of medicine: Patient care and public health', Human Organization, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 63-64.

Miller, D 2018, 'Digital anthropology', Cambridge encyclopedia of anthropology, accessed May 30 2021, <https://www.anthroencyclopedia.com/entry/digital-anthropology>.

Nolan, RW 2002, 'Part one: Anthropology and development', in Development anthropology: Encounters in the real world, Westview Press, Boulder, CO.

Shore, C & Wilson, R 2012, 'Introduction – anthropology’s interdisciplinary connections', The SAGE handbook of social anthropology, SAGE Publications, accessed May 30 2021, <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781446201077>.

Module 3: List
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Zarin Tasnim

I am interested in Digital and Sociocultural Anthropology. I look into issues of migration, ethnic studies, the influence of digital technology and AI on people as well as many other related topics.

Module 3: Team Members

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