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ANTH 110APublic Life and Contemporary Issues

5 creditsGE IMUndergraduateStudent Option

How can cultural anthropology help us to understand current events unfolding locally, nationally, and globally? Students learn how to "read" newspapers differently--that is, through the lens of cultural analysis. The world of everyday politics and society, as it unfolds in debates happening right now, forms the topical substance of the course.

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When it runs

Fall 2026Open Fall 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Mon Wed Fri 9:20am–10:25am
Cowell Clrm 131A. L. TsingClosed 22/0

Winter 2026Open Winter 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 9:50am–11:25am
PhysSciences 130A. L. KramerOpen 49/50

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Anna Tsing3.1 / 53.2 / 538%21
Alexandra Kramer3.9 / 52.7 / 579%22

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