Category: Blog
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Did matriarchy ever exist?
On Tues May 14, 6:30pm (London time), Chris Knight, founder of Radical Anthropology Group and author of Blood Relations: Menstruation and the origins of culture, is speaking LIVE in the Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor of the UCL Anthropology Dept. You can also join us on ZOOM (ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak) Chris discusses…
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The sensory ecology of deception in human societies
On May 7, 6:30pm London time, evolutionary anthropologist Will Buckner looks at the role of deception and mimicry from hunting, to ritual and shamanic practice. He is speaking LIVE in the Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept. You can also join us on ZOOM (ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak). Will writes: “Humans…
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The supply chain capitalism of AI
On April 30, 6:30pm, Ana Valdivia, Lecturer in AI, govt & policy at the Oxford Internet Institute will speak LIVE in the Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor of UCL Anthro Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW. Everybody welcome and you can join on ZOOM (ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak). Ana writes: “Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
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Shifts in kinship from matrilaterality to patrilaterality in a Miskitu village
On Tues April 23, 6:30pm LOndon time, Mark Jamieson, Senior Lecturer at University of East London, will speak LIVE in the Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor of the UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW. You can also join us on ZOOM (ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak). Drawing on many decades of fieldwork…
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Gender and ritual power among African hunter-gatherers
On Tues April 16, at 6:30pm, Camilla Power, for many years Senior Lecturer at University of East London and Research Fellow at University College London, is speaking LIVE @UCLAnthropology, in the Daryll Forde Room (2nd Floor). You can also join on ZOOM (ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak). Camilla explores the relation of sex and…
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Trust, digitality and the hunter-gatherer cradle of language
On Tuesday March 19, 6:30pm London time, Chris Knight will be speaking LIVE @UCLAnthropology in the Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor, Dept of Anthropology, UCL, 14 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BW (please use the Archaeology Institute entrance, Gordon Square). You can also join us on ZOOM (ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak). Chris writes: “For…
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Building Well Together
On Tuesday March 12, 6:30pm London time, Shakti Lamba will be speaking LIVE @UCLAnthropology in the Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor, Dept of Anthropology, UCL, 14 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BW (please use the Archaeology Institute entrance, Gordon Square), Before her talk, Shakti presents a video exhibition from 5:45 to 6:30pm in Room 129, (floor…
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Hunter-gatherers of words
On Tues March 5, 6:30pm London time, Cedric Boeckx will be speaking LIVE @UCLAnthropology in the Daryll forde Room, 2nd Floor, Dept of Anthropology, UCL, 14 Taviton St London WC1H 0BW (currently please use the Archaeology Institute entrance). You can join us on ZOOM (ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak). Cedric Boeckx is Research Professor…
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Batek Shamanism: healers, warriors and cosmopolitical diplomats
On Tues Feb 27, 6:30pm (London time), Ivan Tacey will be speaking LIVE @UCL Anthropology, in the Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor, Dept of Anthropology, 14 Taviton St, London WC1H 0BW. You can join us on ZOOM (ID 384 186 2174 passcode Wawilak). Ivan Tacey is a sociocultural anthropologist specialised in Southeast Asia.. His research…
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Now We Are in Power: The Politics of Passive Revolution in 21st.C Bolivia
On Tues Feb 20, 6:30pm (London time) Angus McNelly adn Matthew Doyle will be speaking LIVE in the Daryll Forde Room, 2nd Floor, UCL Anthropology Dept. You can join us on ZOOM (ID 384 186 2174 Passcode Wawilak). Angus McNelly is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Greenwich. Matthew Doyle is Lecturer…