ANT232: Foundations of Cultural Anthropology
A self-paced introduction to cultural anthropology that teaches you how anthropologists study human diversity, from kinship and ritual to economics, power, and globalization. You'll learn core theory, practice ethnographic methods, and read classic and contemporary case studies. By the end you'll be able to analyze any social world — including your own — with an anthropological eye.
What Is Anthropology?
Orient yourself to the discipline, its four fields, and the central idea of culture.
The Guardian of What Is Anthropology?
8 questions · 3 hearts · 30s per question
How Anthropologists Know: Ethnographic Method
Learn the craft of fieldwork and start practicing it in your own environment.
The Guardian of How Anthropologists Know: Ethnographic Method
8 questions · 3 hearts · 30s per question
Language, Symbols, and Meaning
Explore how humans build shared worlds through communication and symbolic systems.
The Guardian of Language, Symbols, and Meaning
8 questions · 3 hearts · 30s per question
Making a Living: Economy, Ecology, Exchange
Study how societies organize subsistence, property, and the circulation of goods.
The Guardian of Making a Living: Economy, Ecology, Exchange
8 questions · 3 hearts · 30s per question
Social Organization: Kinship, Gender, and Power
Analyze the structures through which people are related, ranked, and governed.
The Guardian of Social Organization: Kinship, Gender, and Power
8 questions · 3 hearts · 30s per question
Globalization and Contemporary Anthropology
Apply anthropological tools to migration, medicine, markets, and digital life.
The Guardian of Globalization and Contemporary Anthropology
8 questions · 3 hearts · 30s per question
Synthesis and Independent Ethnographic Project
Consolidate the course by producing an original piece of anthropological analysis.
The Guardian of Synthesis and Independent Ethnographic Project
8 questions · 3 hearts · 30s per question
The Final Boss
ANT232 Final Exam: Foundations of Cultural Anthropology
The Final Boss
15 questions · 4 hearts · 30s per question