Through an interactive app that blends anthropology and technology, PhD student Samantha Porter transforms the Minneapolis Institute of Art into a puzzle room for its patrons.
“I’m using every facet of what I’ve learned.” By combining the skills learned in her anthropology degree, design, and her interest in health care, Monica Looze has found her ideal profession at Mayo Clinic.
The US court system may not seem like a place that could shape how those practice their religion—but assistant professor Aisha Ghani’s research has found that the way Islam is brought into court can affect Muslim practices in America.
Anthropology involves the comprehensive study of human experience. The most basic questions anthropologists ask are “How are humans the same, and how are they different in all times and in all places on earth?” but also “What distinguishes the human from other species and how do different humans understand that difference?” Anthropologists explore these questions by examining people through biological, archaeological, linguistic, and social lenses.
How is homophobia measured in Haiti? Cultural anthropology assistant professor Erin Durban-Albrecht has spent a decade studying LGBTQ rights in the Caribbean nation and found that there is still progress to be made.
“Traditional medicine is not just something from the past,” says cultural anthropology student Wei Ye. “It’s constantly evolving and changing.” Ye has been exploring how traditional Chinese medicine changes when it’s placed in Kenyan culture.
Cultural anthropologist Karen Ho has recently been appointed director of CLA’s Race, Indigeneity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies initiative, which involves the cultural and social frameworks she has used in her research on the culture of finance. “[There are] a lot of intellectual and social synergies between anthropology and the study and critique of power, race, ethnic, and gender studies.”
Kat Hayes and anthropology students are working with Gordon Parks High School to bring archaeology to the classroom. They have the perfect location for their teaching and research: the green space right next door.
Learn how Hannah Novillo, a recently graduated University of Minnesota alum, used the skills she obtained from cultural anthropology classes at the U to score two amazing jobs outside of a traditional anthropological field.
The UMN Anthropology Club is proud to put on our 40th annual Undergraduate Anthropology Conference, "The Anthropology of Science Fiction." This conference is a one day event on Saturday,...
This Graduate Diversity Recruitment Weekend is designed for students who are historically under-represented in Anthropology and Geography, Environment and Society graduate programs and who...
