Radical Anthropology talks
Location
Online event
These talks are an introductory course for those who are interested in what it means to be human. Participation is free and open to all.
About this event
Owing to Covid, we will be ZOOM only for the forseeable future. To guarantee a place, please book your ticket in good time, at least one day in advance of your selected talk. We will email you the ZOOM ID and passcode on the morning of the event.
Language, art, music and culture emerged in Africa over 100,000 years ago, culminating in a symbolic explosion or ‘human revolution’ whose echoes can still be heard in myths and cultural traditions from around the world. These talks are a general introduction to social and biological anthropology, ranging over fields as diverse as hunter-gatherer studies, mythology, primatology, archaeology and archaeoastronomy. Radical Anthropology brings indigenous rights activists, feminists, environmentalists and others striving for a better world together with people of all ages who just want to learn about anthropology.
Spring Term, 2022
The Real Dawn of Everything
January 11 Women's resistance sparked the human revolution Chris Knight
January 18 Blood Magic: Synchrony and cycles Chris Knight
January 25 The grammar of world mythology (1) 'The Trickster' Chris Knight
February 1 Participatory technocracy: Islam, activism and Jordan's marriage crisis Geoff Hughes
Feb 8 The grammar of world mythology (2) 'Jack-and-the-beanstalk' Chris Knight
February 15 The grammar of world mythology (3) 'The wives of the Sun and Moon' Chris Knight
February 22 The Revolution will not be fossilised Duncan Stibbard Hawkes
March 1 Predation and monstrosity among Malaysian Indigenous peoples: History, violence and ontology Ivan Tacey
March 8 Modern matriarchal studies and matriarchal politics. A short introduction Heide Goettner-Abendroth
March 15 Hadza ogresses, mountains, trees and giants Camilla Power
March 22 Biosocial perspectives on the premenstrual experience Gabriella Kountourides
March 29 'NO!' How women spoke the first word Chris Knight and Jerome Lewis
April 5 River of fleece, river of song Denise Arnold