Anthropology Courses Online & In London

Mapping the World: Explore how cartography shapes space, place, and global histories.

Curious about the relationship between the anthropology of art and ethnographic museums? Our morning classroom session will provide the opportunity to understand the changing role and meaning of collecting practises in ethnographic museums, followed by an afternoon visit to explore the rich diverse collections in the African Galleries at the British Museum.

This introductory course aims to critically explore the role and symbolic meaning of art from a cross-cultural perspective, ranging from the concept of beauty, the beliefs and rituals associated with material objects, to the human body as canvas and the role of museums.

This Anthropology study day will focus on a critical examination of the politics and debates surrounding the decolonisation and repatriation of ethnographic collections at the British Museum. We will explore the changing role of museums, from 19thC collecting practices of indigenous material to consider how this cultural heritage is reframed and represented by and for whom today.

This Anthropology weekend workshop will introduce students to what anthropologists ‘do’ in the field and explore various ways to research the rich diversity of societies and human behaviour. Learners will critically address how ethnographic research methods have changed from 19thc classical to 21st contemporary data and digital research collection today and apply this to their own cultural fieldwork projects.