As engaging as anthropology courses on campus may be, nothing beats having a field experience. The department offers plenty of field opportunities for students, from an archeaology field school to study abroad courses. This issue of Anthropolog highlights three current Anthropology offerings: exploration seminars in Tahiti and South Africa, and a new agroecology and permaculture field school on a Colorado farm.
Professor Devon G. Peña teaches popular classes on agroecology, the anthropology of food, and food justice movements. Peña brings a unique perspective to these subjects, as both an academic and a practicing farmer. A hands-in-the-dirt, drive-a-tractor, flood-irrigate, and pull-out-the-weeds-by-hand-or-hoe biodynamic farmer. Read article.
From August 27 to September 20, 2013, Associate Professor Laada Bilaniuk will join linguistics Lecturer Clarissa Surek-Clark in leading an exploration seminar to Johannesburg, Durban, and Zululand in South Africa. This seminar aims to advance students’ knowledge of the politics of multilingualism, language contact and variation, and language and identity in South Africa. Read article.