Anthropology in Schools brings ‘Anthropology and Development days’ to secondary school classrooms across the North East of England. Coordinated by Dr Emma Gilberthorpe, Durham University postgraduates will be raising awareness of the discipline of Anthropology and teaching pupils about issues such as poverty, free trade, sustainable development and economic dependency. The project, funded by the Higher Education Academy, also offers the postgraduates practical teacher training.
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Anthropology and Development: Engaging Processes and Practices at Postgraduate, Undergraduate and Pre-University Levels.
A research project funded by The Higher Education Academy (C-SAP)
Background
Anthropology is not currently a subject taught at secondary schools, so many people choosing to do a degree in Anthropology do so with a background knowledge informed by a variety of sources. In this project we are examining what those sources are and are taking anthropology to secondary schools in North-East England to generate knowledge of anthropology and issues of growing global concern (poverty, international development, free trade, resource extraction). Dr Emma Gilberthorpe, social anthropologist at Durham University, is managing the project, which sees the current MSc in Development Anthropology students, Kate Coleman, Sarah Einloth, Oli Filler, Steve Orchard, Stephanie Snaith, develop and deliver ‘Anthropology and Development Days’ at local secondary schools to engage pre-university students in discourses of development.
Aims
The project aims to examine how anthropology and development are articulated at various levels; to maximise student engagement; improve the postgraduate learning experience; evaluate ways of generating global awareness through the medium of anthropology at pre-university level; and improve employability at postgraduate level though providing experience and practical training. The project also aims to enhance undergraduate students’ knowledge of the link between development discourse and employability by highlighting the vocational aspects of anthropology, whilst introducing anthropology as a vocational subject to pre-university students.