IANT150 — Intro to Anthrolopolgy
Anthropology explores culrture as that which gives human beings their identity, and at the same time as that which differentiates them. The course introduces anthropology by showcasing two central facets of what anthropology does extremely well. First, anthropology highlights the cultural work that goes into the making of human identity: language, childhood socialization, gender, the body. We examine everyday aspects of our experience, such as food and meals, which are so basic that we take them for granted, and show that they are not natural by using a critical and comparative perspective. The second central feature of anthropology whic is highlighted in this course is in the analysis of contemporary globalisation and the complex identities of race, post colonialism and nationalism.