Arts - Anthropology Adelaide University

Overview

The Arts - Anthropology course from Adelaide University examines the human experience in all its diversity.

You'll apply anthropological concepts to real-world contexts, working on ethnographic case studies, interactive assignments and hands-on projects. You’ll be taught by dedicated staff with significant experience in ethnographic fieldwork, both locally and internationally.

Explore the anthropology of race, gender, religion, sexuality and disability. Interrogate issues of terror, pain, suffering and war. Examine cross-cultural understandings of health, healing, emotion, grief, mental illness and dreams.

Investigate what informs our choices in consumption - food, fashion, music - and how visual media like art, photography and film shape perceptions and experiences of cultural differences.

Debate with peers and challenge assumptions about reproductive technologies, organ transplantation and what constitutes a good end-of-life experience. Understand ethical, social and cultural issues within a global context, joining international discussions on harm reduction and environmental sustainability. Learn how to use your growing knowledge and skills to drive positive social change.

You’ll access mentoring and networking opportunities through fieldwork, community collaboration and internships aligned to your interests.

Your courses will cover big themes in anthropology including:

• Consumption and taste
• Violence and crime
• Identity and discrimination
• Life, death and culture
• Emotion, mind and person
• Health and medicine

• Media.

Career opportunities:

Skills gained through studying human cultures, such as cross-cultural competency and applied research methods, are highly sought after by organisations worldwide. As a digital anthropologist, you could explore how YouTube and TikTok are transforming communication. You might help government officials connect and consult with Aboriginal communities. Perhaps you’ll preserve and celebrate different cultures with vibrant festivals and community programs.

You could also be a:

• Cultural anthropologist
• Ethnographer
• Market researcher
• Diversity and inclusion officer
• Research analyst
• Policy advisor
• Museum curator
• Community outreach coordinator
• Corporate anthropologist.