Welcome to the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology

Anthropology [and Archaeology] demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that one
would not have been able to guess
Margaret Mead

We aim to introduce undergraduates to the rich past and complex present of human activity; especially in Southern Africa. We aim to develop these undergraduates into graduates of high calibre who can hold their own anywhere in the world. As a research entity, we publish research of international standing. We also strive to be of service to the many publics in Southern Africa and beyond.

On this website you will find information about:

Anthropology and archaeology as subjects
Undergraduate and postgraduate courses
Our staff and postgraduates – their research interests and publications
A gallery with pictures of field schools and Departmental activities
News, events, community engagement and seminars

News

From Department of Anthropology & Archaeology

This wide-ranging talk takes the issue raised by Walter Benjamin in "The work of art in an age of mechanical reproduction" to our age of digital communications. How might we open up space for some of the progressive potential of the new technologies while at the same time criticising their alienating aspects? This question is particularly acute for a younger generation of students and researchers who have grown up with these technologies.

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From Department of Anthropology & Archaeology

Dr Fraser McNeill, Senior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria's Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, will discuss his new publication, and the process of publishing a book with academic publishers. A book launch will follow the seminar where copies of the paperback version will be available for purchase.

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From Department of Anthropology & Archaeology

Archaeologist Innocent Pikirayi has arguably spent more time researching the history of Great Zimbabwe than any other living individual.

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From Department of Anthropology & Archaeology

The growing debate between economic anthropologist David Graeber and Austrian economist Robert Murphy.

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From Department of Anthropology & Archaeology

Robert P. Murphy on economic anthropologist David Graeber's new book.

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Read the tuksarchaeology blog

http://tuksarchaeology.wordpress.com/

Recent articles and blogs

Archaeologists find graves containing bodies of 5,000 slaves on remote island
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/08/slave-mass-graves-st-helena-island

Archaeologists rush to the V&A to dig up 19th Century ship wreck.

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Team-racing-to-dig-up-Waterfront-ship-20120209

Social movements and the solidarity economy

Prof Keith Hart, Emeritus Professor Anthropology UP

Edited transcript of an improvised talk for a seminar organized by Jean-Louis Laville and Geoffrey Pleyers, EHESS, Paris, 2 February 2012.

What do the Tunisian people want from their election?

Prof Keith Hart, Emeritus Professor Anthropology UP

Posted on 05 October 2011

44 years later, Tally's Corner is revealed

By John Kelly

Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 26, 2011; 7:03 PM

Notes from the Wisconsin Budget Rallies

Posted by SUNTAweb on February 28, 2011

Jane Collins

Saba Mahmood: Democracy is not enough - Anthropologists on the Arab revolution part II

03:24:29 am, 22/02/11

Posted by Lorenz on www.antropologi.info

Scientists: Oldest human found in Alaska is a child, cremated 11,500 years ago

By Brian Vastag

Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 24, 2011; 4:57 PM

What about presenting research findings with cartoons? Take a look at here http://anthrocomics.wordpress.com

00:49:00 am, 27/02/11

Posted by Lorenz on www.antropologi.info

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