Radical Anthropology talks in London

All talks held at the St Martinʼs Community Centre
43 Carol St, London NW1 0HT (2 minutes from Camden tube)
Tuesday evenings, 6.30–9.00 pm.

www.radicalanthropologygroup.org

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An Introduction to Anthropology
The Human Revolution
Autumn 2013

Symbolic culture emerged in Africa over 100,000 years ago, in a social revolution whose echoes can still be heard in myths and rituals around the world. These talks are a general introduction to anthropology, including the latest findings from genetics, evolutionary biology, primatology, cave painting research and archaeology. There is hot food in the venue and plenty of time afterwards for socialising in local pubs.

Sep 24 Decoding myths: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ and other tales Chris Knight
Oct 1 Claude Lévi-Strauss: The science of mythology Chris Knight
Oct 8 African hunter-gatherers and the moon Chris Knight
Oct 15 Darwinism and genetics: ‘the science of solidarity’ Chris Knight
Oct 22 Egalitarian societies today Jerome Lewis
Oct 29 People, animals, blood and the moon Jerome Lewis
Nov 5 The revolution which worked Chris Knight
Nov 11 Utopian disjunctures and participatory democracy in Bolivarian Venezuela Matt Wilde
Nov 19 Bronislaw Malinowski: Sex and family life in the Trobriands Chris Knight
Nov 26 Key problems in human evolution Chris Stringer
Dec 3 Women in Ice Age cave art Camilla Power
Dec 10 African hunter-gatherers’ communal singing Ingrid Lewis
Dec 17 A Christmas fairy-tale: ‘The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces’
Chris Knight

All talks held at the St Martinʼs Community Centre
43 Carol St, London NW1 0HT (2 minutes from Camden tube)
Tuesday evenings, 6.30–9.00 pm.

www.radicalanthropologygroup.org

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