This subject focuses on global change and its impact on societies worldwide, in areas such as childhood and youth, gender and sexuality, kinship and the family, and ethnic identity. Students are introduced to key concepts in anthropology, such as culture, tradition and identity, and the methods and theories anthropologists have used over time to understand human societies. Some of the more controversial aspects of anthropology are explored, as are the exciting possibilities emerging for anthropology in the 21st century. Students taking this subject are advised to combine it with ANT1CAG.

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