Radical Anthropology Talks

October 23, 2012 18:30

Published: August 26, 2012 19:52 by Hedgehog |

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Tagged as: culture gender

Places: camden/central london

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An Introduction to Anthropology:  
FROM EVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION
Autumn Talks 2012

Sep 18    The science of mythology – Chris Knight

Sep 25    The revolution which made us human – Chris Knight

Oct 2       Werewolves, vampires and the moon – Chris Knight

Oct 9       Cultural evolution, language and robots – Luc Steels

Oct 16     Did women once rule the world? – Chris Knight

Oct 23     An introduction to archaeo-astronomy – Fabio Silva

Oct 30     Russian Futurism and Chomsky’s revolution in linguistics – Chris Knight

Nov 6      Some current issues in human origins research  – Chris Stringer

Nov 13    Bayaka singing workshop: 'I want honey, not money, honey' – Ingrid Lewis

Nov 20    Why do hunter-gatherers sing so much? – Jerome Lewis

Nov 27    ‘Woman’s biggest husband is the moon’  – Jerome Lewis

Dec 4      Did the Neanderthals have art and language? – Camilla Power

Dec 11    The origin of language: ‘The hardest problem in science’? – Chris Knight

Dec 18    A Christmas fairy tale: ‘The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces’ – Chris Knight


All talks are at the St Martin's Community Centre
43 Carol St, London NW1 0HT (2 minutes from Camden Town tube)
Tuesday evenings, 6.15–9 pm.
Plenty of time for socialising and discussion

Cost per evening: £10 waged, £5 low waged, £3 unwaged
(further discounts for whole term)

SEE RADICAL ANTHROPOLOGY WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS:

radicalanthropologygroup.org

See this link for articles on the human revolution:http://libcom.org/tags/hunter-gatherers

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