Teaching

AN XYZ: Course Name: Multispecies Ethnography 

Semester: X

Offered: 2024

This course introduces multi-species perspectives emphasising the interconnectedness of human beings and other non-human life forms. There is a need to extend anthropological inquiry beyond humanity as we cannot completely fathom the human condition without studying multi-species entanglements. To explore existing social and ecological challenges, anthropological accounts must decentre the humans and accommodate interspecies assemblages.

 By the end of this course, students will be able to understand the posthuman turn in anthropology, various theoretical and methodological aspects of multispecies ethnography, and be familiar with the contemporary debates and latest research in the field.

AN 523: Course Name:  Medical Anthropology 

Semester: VI

Offered: 2024

This course provides an overview of Medical Anthropology. The course will also introduce the interdisciplinary scope of medical anthropological approaches and methods. The students will learn the major theoretical frameworks and key areas of empirical research in contemporary medical anthropology. Further, the course will discuss the cultural context of Health and Illness Behaviour, the social aspects of medical systems, ethnomedicine, and medical pluralism.

AN 123: Course Name: Foundations of Community Engagement 

Semester: III

Offered: 2025

This introductory course focuses on skilling the students on the elements of praxis through critically unpacking the concepts of community engagement and linking learning with community service.   By the end of the course, the students would be acquainted with core values and principles of community engagement, associated processes and methods, and their application.