Anthropology
Oxford University
The Oxford Anthropology Podcast brings together talks by internationally renowned scholars and cutting edge researchers. Their lectures explore a wide range of human experience and feature case studies from around the world.
We are grateful to the speakers and staff and students from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography who have made this podcast possible.
We are grateful to the speakers and staff and students from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography who have made this podcast possible.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jul 25, 2011 • 16min
Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Maize, Men and New Medical Models
This presentation by doctoral student Kristina Baines was delivered at the Medical Anthropology at Oxford conference 10 Years at the Intersections. It focuses on embodied ecological heritage and health in Southern Belize.
Jul 25, 2011 • 14min
Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Building Partnerships - a career path in research coordination and capacity building
This presentation by Dalia Iskander, a previous student of Anthropology at Oxford, was delivered at the conference Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections on 23 June 2011.
Jul 25, 2011 • 14min
Medical Anthropology at Oxford: Beyond Language - Public Health Policy and Cultural Competency
This presentation by Hannah Graff, a previous MPhil student at Oxford, was delivered at the conference Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections on 23 June 2011.
Jul 25, 2011 • 7min
Medical Anthropology at Oxford: 10 Years at the Intersections - opening comments
Professor Stanley Ulijaszek (School of Anthropology, Oxford) introduces 10 Years at the Intersections, a conference to celebrate 10 years of Medical Anthropology at Oxford. The conference took place 23-24 June 2011.
Jul 25, 2011 • 45min
Human Sciences Symposium 2011: The Impact of Exceptional Early Cognitive Environments on Musical Development
This presentation by Prof. Adam Ockelford was delivered at the 2011 Human Sciences Symposium on The Musical Brain held on 26 February in Oxford. It focuses on case studies of blind and autistic children.
Jul 25, 2011 • 30min
Human Sciences Symposium 2011: The Musical Brain - Opening Presentation
On 26 February 2011, the Human Sciences Symposium focused on the The Musical Brain and the links between music, evolution and human psychology. This podcast is the opening presentation by Dr Iain Morley on Music and its Evolutionary Context.
Jun 6, 2011 • 47min
Social evolution in primates and other animals
In this lecture, Dr Susanne Shultz (Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, Oxford) examines the social evolution of primates and other animals (10 March 2011).
Jun 6, 2011 • 1h 4min
Late Pleistocene Demography and the Appearance of Modern Human Behaviour
In this seminar for the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, Professor Mark Thomas (University College London) discusses the origins of modern human behaviour (18 May 2011).
Jun 6, 2011 • 55min
Marett Memorial Lecture 2011: Beauty and the beast
In this year's Marett Memorial Lecture, Professor Terence S Turner (Cornell University) discusses 'Beauty and the beast: Humanity, animality and animism in the thought of an Amazonian people' (6 May 2011).
Mar 18, 2011 • 48min
Dept Seminar: Heritage, hiking and the eradication of miracles
In this Anthropology Dept seminar (4 February 2011), Dr Ian Reader (University of Manchester) discuss consumerism and the sanitisation of pilgrimage from Shikoku to Santiago.
