Course Offering Winter 2027 This course explores games and play from the perspective of archaeology. It includes the evidence for play in the archaeological record, the representation of the past and archaeologists in games, and the complex relationships we form with the past through popular media. A variety of tabletop roleplaying, digital, and board games […]
Course Offering Fall/Winter 2026-27 This course considers religion and science from a cross-cultural anthropological perspective to explore and understand how different social groups in different cultural and historical contexts come to know and understand the world around them. This course will examine a wide range of classical and contemporary anthropological, cross-cultural approaches to some large […]
Course Offering Fall/Winter 2026-27 This course explores childhood across cultures from an anthropological perspective. Through ethnographic case studies, students examine how societies define growing up and how social, cultural, political, and economic factors shape childhood and youth. The course highlights anthropological approaches to childhood, revealing both universal patterns and culturally specific practices in children's lives […]
Course Offering Winter 2027 This course introduces students to graphic anthropology, defined as the use of visual techniques in the practice of anthropology at any stage of the research process: when conducting ethnographic fieldwork, when analyzing data, and when disseminating anthropological knowledge. This course will draw on graphic ethnographies and traditional text-based sources to cover […]
Course Offering Fall/Winter 2026-27: Course Director- L. Davidson - lmdavids@yorku.ca This course is a unique opportunity to explore the diverse applications of anthropological knowledge and skills outside of traditional academic settings. Through a combination of seminar discussions, guest speaker presentations, and workshops, this course delves into the practical, real-world impact of anthropology in various professional […]
Not offering in Fall/Winter 2026-27: This course examines anthropological perspectives on the politics of labour as impacted by race and gender. This class will focus on ethnographic texts and films. We will take a national as well as transnational perspective in examining the everyday experiences of workers. What counts as work? Why are women of […]
Not Offering in Fall/Winter 2026-27: This course considers anthropological perspectives on the history of migration from the South Asian subcontinent, and will examine the configuration of South Asian cultures, identities, and politics. We will explore anthropological theories migration to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom and will examine how both the country of […]
Course Offering Winter 2026: This course examines the changing relationship of Indigenous peoples and archaeology. Previously marked by conflict, but now by cooperation, this relationship is improving as artifacts and ancestors are repatriated, and as archaeologist focus on the lived experiences of past people.
Not offering in Fall/Winter 2026-27: This course explores the merging of sound studies and anthropology, with a focus on how social actors understand their environments through sound. We will consider how anthropologists frame their work through sound, in an effort to further understand how anthropology may contribute to knowledge about sonic ecologies, and how anthropological […]
Not Offering in Fall/Winter 2026-27: This course interrogates the relationship between media and culture. It focuses on media representations in different cultural contexts in order to develop critical analytical skills for understanding the processes through which identities and social inequalities are produced, contested and transformed.