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London Anthropology Day 2014 Pre-registration is now open! www.lad2014.eventbrite.com
Anthropology is being taught at an increasing number of schools and colleges in Britain. Watch this video to find out what students and teachers think about the A-level Anthropology course!
London Anthropology Day 2013 Photos are now online!
Thank you again to everyone for coming along to the event and making it such a great success!
For those of you who wanted the admissions slides from the London Anthropology Day 2013 careers talk you can find them on this section of the LAD website as a PDF file. Please note that the slides are meant to act as an indication of what is available- for more extensive information it is advisable to look at the universities' web-pages.
“Really engaging sessions, especiallyenjoyed going out into museum in Bodies and Performance and the careers talk.” Chloe
Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers, the universities, British Museum staff and to all the participants for coming today it was a brilliant event! Photos to come soon!
We are very much looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow at the British Museum's Clore Centre for London Anthropology Day . Please make sure to check in at registration when you come even if you are coming in a bit late!
Thanks and see you tomorrow!
We are very happy to have Chloe, Haleema, Natasha and Cherilyn as our four chosen film makers for London Anthropology Day. If you would like to be interviewed on the day about the event, please get in touch with Nafisa at education@therai.org.uk to arrange a meeting time with the film makers.
Q2P is an amazing film by Paromita Vohra which will be screened and discussed at the London Anthropology Day this year. Here is a link to the trailer and the Director's Statement.
Q2P DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT:
How did one make a film about toilets which wouldn’t instantly have people giggling? How did one make a film about toilets and gender – indeed why would one – if it was just going to state in some sense the obvious? The obvious being: women don’t have enough public toilet...s, and this says something about the perception of their presence in public spaces?
The film began with some of these questions, which led me to a slightly simpler one – why did I want to make a film about toilets? Because, I realized, everyone pees, everyone shits and yet everyone is silent about it.
As time went by the effort was to make a film which would go beyond that obvious thing to make some connections and offer a way of thinking about the city and the world we want to remake as we rebuild our cities. To speak not just of the toilets, but of the city via the toilet.
There’s a reason why I felt it necessary to undertake the endeavour. It’s also because despite whatever folks say to the contrary, it’s always an effort for people of other disciplines to see art as a place for suggesting ideas and ways of thinking. People’s idea of film, especially the documentary form, is that it is illustrative, somehow a carrier of ideas generated elsewhere, when in fact the creative endeavour is really a way of seeing and of seeking conversation in the world. To me, the film is a continuation of my engagement with this approach.
Due to the overwhelming number of registered participants we are closing London Anthropology Day registration early. Last day of registration is Thursday 27th June at 5:00pm
We have a wonderful opportunity for 4 lucky participants to shoot their own film exploring their discovery of anthropology and experience of London Anthropology Day.
This is a chance for you to work with the Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI) and a professional videographer to make your own creative film which will be published by the RAI and distributed through various online and offline communication platforms.
You don’t have to have any previous exposure to anthropology... or video shooting experience, just a willingness to be creative, have fun and enjoy communication through visual means.
At the end of the project we will have a special screening and Q&A event at the RAI with all the film makers.
If you are interested please email education@therai.org.uk for an application form asap.
Entry deadline is Tuesday 25th June 2013
Unfortunately due to the large number of applications we will only be able to contact shortlisted candidates.
Thanks and Best,
Nafisa
Just a quick reminder- Registration for London Anthropology Day 2013 will close next Friday 28th of June 2013.
We have some fantastic workshops this year for London Anthropology Day. Take a look at the programme below. Details of workshops and registration can be found on the website.
9:30-10:30 Registration and Refreshments
10:30-10:50 Welcome and Introduction (BP Lecture Theatre)
... 11:00-11:50 First Workshop Session
• One Lump or Two?
• A Walk on the Dark Side
• Seeing things differently through sound
• How culture changed genetic evolution and vice-versa
• About the house: exploring the nomadic tent
• Human Evolution-7 million years in the making
• What does it mean to be hungry?
• Museum Gallery Tours
11:50-12:50 Second Workshop Session
• How do mobile phones change the world
• The Anthropology of Toilets
• Planning your future: explore biological anthropology
• Anthropological Approaches to sex, gender and desire
• Social Anthropology and International Development
• Brains, Bones and Genes: what makes us human?
• You are what you don’t eat
• Museum Gallery Tours
13:00-13:50 Lunch Break
14:00-14:50 Third Workshop Session
• How do mobile phones change the world
• The Anthropology of Toilets
• Planning your future: explore biological anthropology
• Anthropological Approaches to sex, gender and desire
• Social Anthropology and International Development
• Brains, Bones and Genes: what makes us human?
• You are what you don’t eat
• Museum Gallery Tours
15:00- 15:50 University Admissions and Careers in Anthropology
16:00 Finale
London Anthropology Day 2013 will be the biggest LAD to date with 25 universities participating including: Birkbeck, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Brunel, Cambridge, Durham, Exeter, Goldsmiths, Kent, Liverpool John Moores, LSE, Manchester, Oxford, Oxford Brookes, Queen's University Belfast, Roehampton, SOAS, Southampton, Sussex, Southampton, UCL, UEL, UEA, and University of Wales Trinity St. David!
Registration is open for London Anthropology Day 2013! We recommend you book your workshops as soon as possible in order to ensure you get your first or 2nd choice. Registration and booking information can be found on the LAD website: www.londonanthropologyday.co.uk
Join the RAI for our multimedia events and activities called Bodies in Motion. Find out about skateboarding, Parkour, Jamaican Dancehall and more! Visit: www.discoveranthropology.org.uk for more information
Sport Cultures is a free anthropology event taking place in Brighton on November 5th as part of this year's ESRC Festival of Social Science. Come along and find out how sport affects communities around the world and influences political and socioeconomic change. For more information and to book your place visit www.discoveranthropology.org.uk
Our new LAD trailer is now online on our website and Youtube channel check it out: http://www.youtube.com/royalanthro and let us know what you think!
