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Anthropology

Stage I

ANTHRO 108
15 Points

Being Human

Archaeologists and biological anthropologists examine what it is to be human by studying primates, fossils, archaeological remains and both historical and contemporary societies. Humans are immersed in social and ecological worlds that mutually shape our bodies, actions, and understandings (including mātauranga Māori). Explores the past and present reality of being human, and the evolutionary journey to become human.

Restriction: ANTHRO 102

ANTHRO 110
15 Points

Culture and Creativity

Explores the connections between culture, creativity, and society through anthropological concepts, Mātauranga Māori, and relevant examples. It covers issues and problems faced by communities locally and globally, using a range of mediums such as whakapapa, material culture, performing arts, media and grassroots movements to illustrate how anthropology can help understand the complexities of creativity and the creation of knowledge.

Stage II

ANTHRO 200
15 Points

Archaeology: Understanding the Past

An examination of current concepts in archaeological research and their place in the development of archaeological thought. How archaeology makes use of its methods and theories to understand the past. An introductory laboratory component. This course is essential for students who may wish to continue their study of Archaeology at Stage III.

Prerequisite: 30 points in Anthropology or 60 points passed

ANTHRO 201
15 Points

Human Evolution

Explores issues fundamental to understanding humans’ place in nature from a biocultural perspective. What led to the evolution of bipedalism, large brains, and language? How do we define species in the fossil record? How can we reconstruct ancient diets and ecologies? The course will examine how new discoveries and advancements in biology are reshaping understandings of our evolutionary history.

Prerequisite: 30 points in Anthropology or 60 points passed

ANTHRO 202
15 Points

Music and Identity in World Music Cultures

Examines music's role in the construction and reinforcement of identity. Considers a range of culturally constructed concepts including class, gender and ethnicity; also considers the impact of mass mediated sound and unique nature of music in the cultural diaspora. Examples and case studies range from the ritual musics of Africa and the classical music of South Asia to East Asian pop.

ANTHRO 205
15 Points

Primate Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation

Examines the diversity of extant nonhuman primate species, including their behaviour, ecology, and conservation, and also the importance of primatology toward an understanding of our own species. Specifically, students will critically examine the results of primatological inquiries in order to gain insight into the comparative evolutionary approach, especially with respect to the applicability of such efforts to the study of humans.

Prerequisite: 15 points in Anthropology or 60 points passed

Restriction: ANTHRO 349

ANTHRO 206
15 Points

Origins of Civilisation

The shift from a hunter-gatherer way of life to one based on village life and agriculture is foundational for the development of complex society. The course considers what socio-cultural changes were involved as Holocene societies developed in different parts of the world and how the relationship between humans and the environment changed.

Prerequisite: 15 points in Anthropology or 60 points passed

Restriction: ANTHRO 322

ANTHRO 207
15 Points

Archaeological History of Aotearoa New Zealand

Examines the first 600-700 years of human settlement in Aotearoa New Zealand from an archaeological perspective, from Polynesian arrival through the early historic period. Themes include Māori origins in East Polynesia, adaptations to Aotearoa’s temperate environment, changing patterns of resource use, Māori material culture and arts, the development of fortified sites or pā, and the emergence of classic Māori society.

Prerequisite: 60 points passed

ANTHRO 208
15 Points

Biosocial Medical Anthropology

Medical Anthropology draws on biological and social/cultural anthropology to address issues of human health and disease. A distinct subfield, it includes studies of the co-evolution of humans and diseases, human ecology, cultural constructions of health and illness, medical knowledge and healing practices, and the political economy of health. Students are asked to research, think and write analytically about these topics.

Prerequisite: 60 points passed at Stage I

Restriction: ANTHRO 324, 372

ANTHRO 212
15 Points

Ethnographic Film and Photography

Explores uses of photography and film in the production and dissemination of anthropological knowledge. Emphasises the choices in subject matter, imagined audience, composition, construction of narrative (or not), and mode of representation that are made at all stages in the production of ethnographic images. Uses ethnographic images to reflect on construction of ethnographic texts.

Prerequisite: ARTHIST 115 or 30 points in Anthropology, Communication, Media and Screen Studies, or Sociology

Restriction: ANTHRO 320, 373

ANTHRO 213
15 Points

Questioning Race and Racism

Multiple anthropological frameworks explore the scholarly and popular understandings of race and racism, and question contemporary perspectives. Why do these concepts have such social and political potency? What are the impacts of concepts of race and practices of racism and anti-racism on individuals, families, communities, nation-states and empires, in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific, and elsewhere?

Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Anthropology and 15 points in BA courses

Restriction: ANTHRO 105

ANTHRO 217
15 Points

Rhythm, Blues and Rock

African-American popular music and culture from the mid-1930s through the early 1960s, including styles such as blues, R 'n' B, and early Rock 'n' Roll. Considers issues of racial and gendered representation, creativity, the popular music industry, the place of music in the development of 'youth culture' and stylistic trends. Individual performers, recordings and performances, are also examined.

Restriction: POPMUS 206

ANTHRO 220
15 Points

Kaumātuatanga: Ageing in Aotearoa

Examines contemporary and historical understandings of kaumātuatanga and kaumātua roles in Māori society. Topics include: leadership within Māori society; tuakana-teina, gendered roles and complementarity; whanaungatanga and important relationships; health inequities and policies; emerging health partnership models; and the diversity of kaumātua groups.

Prerequisite: 30 points from Anthropology, Māori Studies or Sociology

Restriction: ANTHRO 376

ANTHRO 226
15 Points

Imperialism and Immigration in the Americas

Examines the relationship between migration and imperialism in the Americas through the framework of critical anthropology as a discipline and through the use of contemporary case studies. This course critically engages with the role of the United States as an imperial power in and draws significantly from decolonial, post-colonial work and work produced by scholars in Latin America.

Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Anthropology

Restriction: GLOBAL 251

ANTHRO 227
15 Points

Future Generations Anthropology

This course acknowledges the colonial history of anthropology and imagines an anthropology that is relevant now and for the future, with Aotearoa-New Zealand not as just a site of study but an active producer of anthropological knowledge. Explores anthropological concepts via contemporary settings and Mātauranga Māori to demonstrate the usefulness of anthropology in addressing fundamental local and global issues.

Restriction: ANTHRO 109

ANTHRO 234
15 Points

Popular Musics of the Pacific

From hip hop to reggae to pop, this course explores Pacific popular music genre, artists and songs as well as relevant musical techniques, modes of distribution and processes of fusion and change. It probes the positions and possibilities of Pasifika pop musics by discussing critical questions about culture, authenticity, modernisation, consumerism, identity and musical (ex)change.

ANTHRO 235
15 Points

The Anthropology of Human Remains

Human remains reflect the lives of the dead as well as the lives of those who buried them. The course introduces students to the various ways in which we can study the dead. It covers three areas: the interpretation of mortuary practices, the interpretation of past lives from skeletal remains, and the practice of burial archaeology in the southern hemisphere.

Prerequisite: 15 points in Anthropology or 60 points passed

Restriction: ANTHRO 367

ANTHRO 236
15 Points

Special Topic

ANTHRO 237
15 Points

Economy and Culture

Explores economic systems cross-culturally, including modes of production, forms of exchange, and ideas about property and consumption. Questions and critiques Euro-American assumptions about human nature, social persons, and the ubiquity and morality of markets and market exchange.

Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Anthropology or Employment Relations and Organisational Studies

Restriction: ANTHRO 374

ANTHRO 241
15 Points

Anthropology of the Body

Examines cultural and historical variations in how societies understand and experience the human body. The focus will be primarily on social, historical, and political-economic approaches. Topics such as labour, sport, health, illness, sexuality, gender, and religious ritual will be considered. Explores the cultural construction and social experience of the human body in a diverse range of settings.

Prerequisite: 30 points in Anthropology

Restriction: ANTHRO 354

ANTHRO 248
15 Points

Special Topic

Prerequisite: 30 points in Anthropology

ANTHRO 250
15 Points

World-view and Religion

Anthropological approaches to religion and world-view. Includes cross-cultural approaches to meaning, belief, religious experience, ritual and myth. Issues of religion, ideology, syncretism, symbolism in social conflict and change. Considers local and world religions.

Prerequisite: 30 points in Anthropology, Sociology or Theological and Religious Studies

Restriction: ANTHRO 319

ANTHRO 252
15 Points

Global Heritage Management

Globally, archaeological features and historic monuments are increasingly threatened by urban development, looting, antiquities trafficking, and effects of climate change. Using an archaeological perspective, state-of-the-art recording technologies, community partnerships, legislation, management systems, and the role of museums in conservation and exhibition will be examined. Case studies from Aotearoa, Pacific and elsewhere illustrate major issues, contradictions, and controversies, alongside effective heritage management.

Prerequisite: 30 points in Anthropology

Stage III

ANTHRO 301
15 Points

Contemporary Research in Music and Culture

A seminar-style course covering a range of current topics and methods in ethnomusicology. Examines selected theories, methods, and perspectives on the roles and meanings of musical activity in contemporary human culture. We will view music as a symbolic component of cultural expression and as both focus and paradigm for cultural structures and behaviours.

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 202 or 30 points at Stage II in Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice

Restriction: ANTHRO 219

ANTHRO 306
15 Points

Pacific Archaeology

The archaeology of the Pacific region, including colonisation, settlement patterns, interisland trade, traditional navigation, cultural change, emergence of complex societies and ethnohistory.

Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II

Restriction: ANTHRO 706

ANTHRO 317
15 Points

Field Methods in Archaeology

Participation in a field school involving an intensive introduction to all aspects of excavation and subsequent laboratory analysis and report preparation.

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 200 passed with a grade of B- or higher

Restriction: ANTHRO 737

ANTHRO 319
15 Points

World-view and Religion

Anthropological approaches to religion and world-view. Includes cross-cultural approaches to meaning, belief, religious experience, ritual and myth. Issues of religion, ideology, syncretism, symbolism in social conflict and change. Considers local and world religions.

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 203 or 30 points at Stage II

Restriction: ANTHRO 250

ANTHRO 321
15 Points

Equality and Inequality

Examines conceptualisations, realities and consequences of equality and inequality cross-culturally. Considers whether there are egalitarian societies and whether inequality is inevitable. Covers types and systems of inequality such as slavery, gender inequality, caste and class, as well as differences between economic and political inequality, and between equality of opportunity and equality of results.

Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II

ANTHRO 329
15 Points

Music of East Asia: Tradition, Modernity and Globalisation

Explores East Asia from the ethnomusicological perspective and illuminates how music negotiates boundaries and constructs varying identities in China, Japan, and Korea, while affirming a distinct cultural identity generally referred to as "East Asian". Using different musical practices of East Asia as case studies, it examines multiple approaches and methodologies used in studying East Asian music.

Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II

ANTHRO 337
15 Points

Birth, Death, and Disease: Anthropological Demography

Examines how human populations change over time, what factors underlie patterns of disease and death, and why demography is so important to the study of epidemics. The course will explore the use of demographic methods and theories of demographic and epidemiological transition to examine fertility, morbidity, mortality, and migration from an anthropological perspective, with a particular focus on infectious disease dynamics.

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 201 or 30 points in Anthropology at Stage II or above

ANTHRO 340
15 Points

Heritage Conservation in Aotearoa

Addresses the main principles of heritage conservation focusing on the rationale rather than treatment methods. Special emphasis is given to the fields of: conservation of place, archaeological, architectural, ethnographic and fine art conservation. Provides students with a cultural orientation to conservation where issues are examined through several contexts, including anthropological studies and conservation science.

Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Anthropology

ANTHRO 345
15 Points

Directed Study in Anthropology

A directed reading and individual study course, offered in exceptional circumstances, to prepare students in the methodologies of a selected sub-discipline of Anthropology, with the agreement and under the supervision of appropriate staff.

Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Anthropology and permission of Major/Specialisation Leader

ANTHRO 348
15 Points

Perspectives on Human Growth

Adopts evolutionary and biocultural perspectives in examining patterns of human growth and maturation. Human developmental patterns are placed within an evolutionary framework using evidence from non-human primates and earlier hominid remains. Variability within and among human populations in growth and developmental timing is considered in terms of genetics interacting with physical, biotic and social factors.

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 201 or 60 points in Anthropology

ANTHRO 349
15 Points

Primate Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation

Examines the diversity of extant nonhuman primate species, including their behaviour, ecology, and conservation, and also the importance of primatology toward an understanding of our own species. Specifically, students will critically examine the results of primatological inquiries in order to gain insight into the comparative evolutionary approach, especially with respect to the applicability of such efforts to the study of humans.

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 201 or 60 points in Anthropology

Restriction: ANTHRO 205

ANTHRO 351
15 Points

Special Topic

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 203 or 30 points at Stage II in Anthropology

ANTHRO 352
15 Points

Special Topic: Applied Anthropology

Examines how anthropology has been used in interventions that affect people’s lives, and how anthropology has contributed to public policy and public discourse. Considers ethical, methodological and theoretical complexities of anthropology’s engagement in development and advocacy. Finally, the course will consider how anthropologists fit into the bigger picture of transnational governmentality, policy and economy.

Prerequisite: 60 points in Anthropology

ANTHRO 353
15 Points

Archaeology in Practice

Introduces standard laboratory methods for analysing artefacts and generating material culture data to answer questions about the past. Quantitative observations, classification, and hypothesis testing will be emphasised. Course content will be relevant to a range of archaeological research, including research in heritage management contexts. Analysis of Australasian and Pacific Island materials will form the basis of laboratory work when possible.

Prerequisite: B- or higher in ANTHRO 200 or 201

ANTHRO 354
15 Points

Anthropology of the Body

Examines cultural and historical variations in how societies understand and experience the human body. The focus will be primarily on social, historical, and political-economic approaches. Topics such as labour, sport, health, illness, sexuality, gender and religious ritual will be considered. Explores the cultural construction and social experience of the human body in a diverse range of settings.

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 203 or 30 points at Stage II in Anthropology

Restriction: ANTHRO 241

ANTHRO 357
15 Points

Gender, Sexuality and Popular Music

Explores the ways in which gender and sexual identities are both reflected in and modified by mainstream popular music: from 'girl power' to boy bands; from outwardly gay and lesbian artists to the gay appropriation of heterosexual female divas; from the camp masculinity of heavy metal to lesbian rock and riot grrrls; from women-hating gangster rappers to powerful women in the recording industry.

Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II

Restriction: POPMUS 306

ANTHRO 360
15 Points

Special Topic

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 200 or 201 or 203 or 219 or 120 points passed

ANTHRO 366
15 Points

Medicine, Power and Politics

Anthropological examination of the interplay between cultural values, local and national politics, and international health programs and initiatives. Examines how experiences of medical care and ideas of illness and health vary across different cultural groups and socio-cultural settings.

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 203 or 30 points at Stage II

ANTHRO 367
15 Points

The Anthropology of Human Remains

Human remains reflect the lives of the dead as well as the lives of those who buried them. The course introduces students to the various ways in which we can study the dead. It covers three areas: the interpretation of mortuary practices, the interpretation of past lives from skeletal remains, and the practice of burial archaeology in the southern hemisphere.

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 200 or 201 with a minimum B– grade

Restriction: ANTHRO 235

ANTHRO 370
15 Points

Special Topic

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 200 or 120 points passed

ANTHRO 372
15 Points

Biosocial Medical Anthropology

Medical Anthropology draws on biological and social/cultural anthropology to address issues of human health and disease. A distinct subfield, it includes studies of the co-evolution of humans and diseases, human ecology, cultural constructions of health and illness, medical knowledge and healing practices, and the political economy of health. Students are asked to research, think and write analytically about these topics.

Prerequisite: ANTHRO 201 or 30 points at Stage II in Anthropology

Restriction: ANTHRO 208, 324

ANTHRO 373
15 Points

Anthropological Images

Explores the use of visual images in the production and dissemination of anthropological knowledge. Examines the choices made in the production of photographs and films, and the politics of representation. The examination of choices made in producing images will be used to consider choices made in the production of anthropological texts.

Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Anthropology

Restriction: ANTHRO 212, 320

ANTHRO 374
15 Points

Economy and Culture

Explores economic systems cross-culturally, including modes of production, forms of exchange, and ideas about property and consumption. Questions and critiques Euro-American assumptions about human nature, social persons, and the ubiquity and morality of markets and market exchange.

Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Anthropology or Stage II in Employment Relations and Organisational Studies

Restriction: ANTHRO 237

ANTHRO 376
15 Points

Kaumātuatanga: Ageing in Aotearoa

Examines contemporary and historical understandings of kaumātuatanga and kaumātua roles in Māori society. Topics include: leadership within Māori society; tuakana-teina, gendered roles and complementarity; whanaungatanga and important relationships; health inequities and policies; emerging health partnership models; and the diversity of kaumātua groups.

Prerequisite: 45 points from Anthropology, Māori Studies or Sociology including 30 points at Stage II

Restriction: ANTHRO 220

ANTHRO 377
15 Points

Whiteness in the Settler State

Examines the concept and construct of “whiteness” within the construct of the "settler state" through the lens of critical anthropology. Explores the development of white supremacy as an ideology and expression of social and political power and provides students with the conceptual and intellectual frameworks to consider the invisibility of whiteness as a social habit.

Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Anthropology

ANTHRO 399
15 Points

Capstone: Anthropological Science

Provides students with an opportunity to demonstrate their integrated knowledge and growth in the major. Students are encouraged to make connections between their academic learning in anthropological science and the professional world. Specific topics will vary by year, but will feature projects designed to incorporate both independent and collaborative work, as well as the potential for public engagement.

Prerequisite: 30 points passed at Stage III in Anthropological Science or Academic Head approval

Postgraduate 700 Level Courses

ANTHRO 708A
15 Points

ANTHRO 708B
15 Points

Cultural Resource Management in Archaeology

Covers all aspects of cultural resource management as it relates to archaeological sites and heritage with a particular focus on New Zealand archaeology and Māori heritage. There is an emphasis on site identification, recording and interpretation in the field. Legal aspects and the roles of archaeologists and iwi in cultural resource management are also covered.

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 708 A and B

ANTHRO 709
15 Points

Applying Anthropology

Considers the diverse fields in which Anthropology may be applied to peoples and cultures in the contemporary world, including, for example: environmental and development issues; land and resource conflicts; mediation and advocacy; human rights; cultural heritage; social policy; business and industry; communications; marketing; medical investigations; museums and other representational activities. Addresses practical and ethical issues that arise in these areas.

ANTHRO 713
30 Points

Special Topic in Biological Anthropology

ANTHRO 718A
15 Points

ANTHRO 718B
15 Points

Interpreting Biocultural Data

A survey of the design, implementation, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of research in biocultural anthropology. It provides a holistic overview of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to biocultural anthropological scholarship.

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 718 A and B

ANTHRO 719
30 Points

ANTHRO 719A
15 Points

ANTHRO 719B
15 Points

Ethnographic Practice and Design

Based on seminars, workshops and field research, the course prepares students to understand the foundations of anthropological ethnography and the ethical issues it entails, and to become proficient ethnographers in the field, in archives and at the desk. The course provides instruction and practice in research design and proposal writing in socio-cultural anthropology.

Restriction: ANTHRO 753

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 719 A and B, or ANTHRO 719

ANTHRO 724
30 Points

Special Topic in Social Anthropology

ANTHRO 727
30 Points

ANTHRO 727A
15 Points

ANTHRO 727B
15 Points

Ethnographies of Music-making

Advanced theories and methodologies for the ethnomusicological analysis of live musical performances and other behaviours across all genres and cultures. Primary attention is given to ethnography and participant-observation supported by analysis of industrial, cultural, musical, and mediated phenomena.

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 727 A and B, or ANTHRO 727

ANTHRO 728
30 Points

Topic in Ethnomusicology

ANTHRO 729
15 Points

ANTHRO 729A
7.5 Points

ANTHRO 729B
7.5 Points

Special Studies in Anthropology

A directed reading and individual study course to prepare students in the methodologies in a selected sub-discipline of Anthropology, under supervision of appropriate staff.

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 729 A and B, or ANTHRO 729

ANTHRO 732
15 Points

Reading Medical Ethnography

Examines the social anthropological practice of ethnography of health and illness in community and clinical settings, including 'non-Western' and 'Western' cultural contexts, through critical readings of recent ethnographies in medical anthropology. Considers ethnographic and anthropological theory, ethics, methodology and application.

ANTHRO 733
30 Points

ANTHRO 733A
15 Points

ANTHRO 733B
15 Points

Research in Popular Music Culture

Advanced ethnomusicological theories and methodologies for the analysis of data that are obtained from mediated performance, archival sources, material culture and recorded music and image.

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 733 A and B, or ANTHRO 733

ANTHRO 735
30 Points

Special Topic in Anthropology

ANTHRO 736
30 Points

ANTHRO 736A
15 Points

ANTHRO 736B
15 Points

Special Studies in Anthropology

A directed reading and individual study course to prepare students in the methodologies in a selected sub-discipline of Anthropology, under supervision of appropriate staff.

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 736 A and B, or ANTHRO 736

ANTHRO 739
15 Points

ANTHRO 739A
7.5 Points

ANTHRO 739B
7.5 Points

Special Studies in Anthropology

A directed reading and individual study course to prepare students in the methodologies in a selected sub-discipline of Anthropology under supervision of appropriate staff.

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 739 A and B, or ANTHRO 739

ANTHRO 742
15 Points

Contact and Colonialism

A seminar focused on critical understanding of the political, social and economic expansion of European countries around the world and its cultural consequences. Themes may include: cultural encounter, causes and effects of colonisation, interpretations of the other by colonisers and colonised, Creole cultures, slavery, race, resistance and accommodation, gender, demography, environmental impacts.

Restriction: ANTHRO 720

ANTHRO 746
15 Points

The Archaeology of the Anthropocene

Calls for the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch, recognise long-term, consequential effects of human societies, regardless of size, economics or socio-political complexity, on environments, organisms and ecosystems. When did the Anthropocene begin? How do we track socio-natural interactions over deep time? What might the past offer the future? This course explores how archaeology contributes to these and related questions.

ANTHRO 747
15 Points

Doing Biocultural Research

Focuses on ethical research methods in anthropology, from study design and consultation to dissemination of findings. We will examine various ethical dimensions of biocultural research and the relevant guidelines, codes of ethics, and laws that apply to such research. Students will propose a research project involving human participants and draft an institutional ethics board application.

Restriction: ANTHRO 718

ANTHRO 748
15 Points

Human Osteology

Advanced method and theory in human osteology. Coursework is a combination of seminars and practical workshops covering the areas of biocultural frameworks, ethics, taphonomy, human identification, dental anthropology, palaeopathology and biomolecular approaches. Work is focused upon method and theory as applied in the southern hemisphere.

Restriction: ANTHRO 730

ANTHRO 749
15 Points

Advanced Primatology

A practical and theoretical exploration of the methodological principles and research methods in contemporary primatology. Students build a working understanding of behavioural data collection and analysis, as well as developing tools for the assessment of populations and habitats.

Restriction: ANTHRO 730

ANTHRO 753
15 Points

Ethnographic Research

Students learn observational, ethnographic and quantitative social anthropological research methods by designing and carrying out a small class research project. Ethical and methodological issues are introduced.

Restriction: ANTHRO 711, 734

ANTHRO 756
15 Points

Anthropology and Intellectual Property

Examines recent anthropological contributions to debates about intellectual property. These include concepts of ownership, the objectification and appropriation of indigenous knowledge, creativity, bioprospecting, the protection of intangible cultural property, and the effects of global flows of information on persons, privacy and the ownership of ideas.

ANTHRO 758
30 Points

Special Topic in Archaeology

ANTHRO 759
15 Points

Kaitiakitanga: Protecting our Planet

Explores kaitiakitanga and environmental stewardship. Introduces students to contested sites in Aotearoa, New Zealand, each with their own unique stories and guardians who have a duty of care for natural environments. This is anthropology for now and the future, with locations and people not considered as sites to be extracted from but rather active co-producers of anthropological knowledge.

ANTHRO 760
15 Points

Anthropological Theory and the Contemporary World

An analysis of foundational and current theoretical works in social anthropology and their relevance to understanding contemporary societies and cultures. The course examines anthropological approaches to long-standing disciplinary debates and contemporary issues of wider public debate.

Restriction: ANTHRO 714

ANTHRO 762
15 Points

Theorising Human Evolution

Investigates contemporary evolutionary theory as it applies to humans and other primates. How has the extended evolutionary synthesis changed understandings of human and primate evolution? Topics include: plasticity, adaptation, modes of selection and niche construction.

Restriction: ANTHRO 710, 726, 751, 752

ANTHRO 763
15 Points

Contemporary Bio-Anthropology

Explores the ethical dimensions of new and innovative approaches to the study of the behaviour and biology of humans and other primates. What emerging developments help us to understand the complexity of human and alloprimate lives? And what ethical dilemmas do they raise? Topics include: biocultural dynamics, multi-species entanglements and health in past and contemporary societies.

Restriction: ANTHRO 710, 726, 751, 752

ANTHRO 766
15 Points

Landscape Archaeology

Uses geographic information systems (GIS) and other computer programmes to examine the spatial organisation of data, and the relationship of archaeological sites, features and artifacts to other archaeological remains, and the environment. The social processes underlying these spatial configurations will be a particular focus.

Restriction: ANTHRO 703

ANTHRO 767
15 Points

Special Topic

ANTHRO 777
15 Points

Theory in Archaeology

A critical analysis of the history of archaeological method and theory focusing on issues in the philosophy of science, systematics, and major schools of thought from Antiquarianism to post-modernism.

Restriction: ANTHRO 700

ANTHRO 780
30 Points

ANTHRO 780A
15 Points

ANTHRO 780B
15 Points

Research Project - Level 9

Restriction: ANTHRO 782

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 780 A and B, or ANTHRO 780

ANTHRO 782
30 Points

Research Essay - Level 9

Restriction: ANTHRO 754, 780

ANTHRO 790
60 Points

ANTHRO 790A
30 Points

ANTHRO 790B
30 Points

Dissertation in Anthropology

A topic in one of the sub-disciplines of Anthropology to be selected in consultation with a supervisor.

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 790 A and B, or ANTHRO 790

ANTHRO 792
45 Points

ANTHRO 792A
22.5 Points

ANTHRO 792B
22.5 Points

Dissertation in Anthropology - Level 9

A topic in one of the sub-disciplines of Anthropology to be selected in consultation with staff.

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 792 A and B, or ANTHRO 792

ANTHRO 796A
60 Points

ANTHRO 796B
60 Points

Thesis - Level 9

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 796 A and B

ANTHRO 797A
60 Points

ANTHRO 797B
60 Points

Research Portfolio - Level 9

To complete this course students must enrol in ANTHRO 797 A and B

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