Language, art, music and culture emerged in Africa over 100,000 years ago, culminating in a symbolic explosion or ‘human revolution’ whose echoes can still be heard in myths and cultural traditions from around the world. These talks are a general introduction to social and biological anthropology, ranging over fields as diverse as hunter-gatherer studies, mythology, primatology, archaeology and archaeoastronomy. Radical Anthropology brings indigenous rights activists, environmentalists, feminists and others striving for a better world together with people of all ages who just want to learn about anthropology.
Radical Anthropology talks will be back Tuesday evenings from Sept 29, 6:30pm start. LIVE in Daryll Forde, 2nd Floor UCL Anthropology Dept, 14 Taviton St, WC1H 0BW. ZOOM ID 948 6108 7055, passcode Wawilak
Please check out our Vimeo channel for any talks you missed https://vimeo.com/user33365184
Sept 29 The science of mythology: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ and other tales Chris Knight
Oct 6 The sex-strike theory of human origins Chris Knight and Camilla Power
Oct 13 The fire of the Jaguar: Problems with perspectivism Chris Knight
Oct 20 21st century sex strikes, social reproduction struggles and liberal feminism Valya Marinova
Oct 27 Still ‘In Search of the Neanderthals’ Chris Stringer (NB venue is G6 Archaeology Institute, 31-34 Gordon Sq)
Nov 3 Associations between receipt of social support and women’s health outcomes in five contexts Anushe Hassan
Nov 10 Reading Week special event 10:45-18:00 What made us ‘hunter-gatherers of words’ UCL workshop/book launch for The Revolutionary Origins of Language
Nov 17 Neanderthal people as domestic and monumental engineers Matt Pope
Nov 24 The lunar and menstrual cosmology of the Hadzabe Camilla Power
Dec 1 Matrilineality and Power Rachel Pope
Dec 8 The trouble with tribalism: Jordan’s Bedouin, social media and the margins of the state Geoff Hughes
Dec 15 A Xmas fairytale: The Shoes that were danced to pieces Chris Knight