Teaching

Here are the courses I teach across Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD programs in Anthropology. If you have any specific questions about the courses, please feel free to reach out. I shall respond as soon as possible.

AN 554: Course Name: Multispecies Ethnography 

Semester: MA X 

Offered: Winter Semester (January- June)

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 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: MA VI

Offered: Winter Semester (January- June)

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 (GEC Course)

Semester: III

Offered: Monsoon Semester (July-December)

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.

AN 526: Course Name: Ethnography 

Semester: MA III

Offered: Monsoon Semester (July-December)

Ethnography has its origin in socio-cultural anthropology and is popular among scholars and in other disciplines from Social Sciences and Humanities. 

By the end of this course, students will be able to understand various theoretical and methodological aspects of ethnography and gain a comprehensive understanding of how to conduct ethnography. The course includes practical exercises and reading ethnographic texts to explore and understand ethnography as embedded in socio-cultural anthropology

AN 803: Course Name:  Research and Publication Ethics 

Semester: PhD I

Offered: Monsoon Semester (July-December)

The course equips students with knowledge and practical skills in ethics specific to anthropological research, and in principles and practices of research integrity. It focuses on ethical planning, conduct, analysis, and communication of anthropological inquiry, emphasising responsibilities toward human participants, communities, and nonhuman others. The course builds capacity to carry out ethnographic and other anthropological methods ethically and to make context-sensitive ethical decisions throughout their doctoral research .