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ANTHRO 756

: Anthropology and Intellectual Property
2024 Semester One (1243)
Examines recent anthropological contributions to debates about intellectual property. These include concepts of ownership, the objectification and appropriation of indigenous knowledge, creativity, bioprospecting, the protection of intangible cultural property, and the effects of global flows of information on persons, privacy and the ownership of ideas.
Subject: Anthropology
No pre-requisites or restrictions
352

ANTHRO 756

: Anthropology and Intellectual Property
2023 Semester One (1233)
Examines recent anthropological contributions to debates about intellectual property. These include concepts of ownership, the objectification and appropriation of indigenous knowledge, creativity, bioprospecting, the protection of intangible cultural property, and the effects of global flows of information on persons, privacy and the ownership of ideas.
Subject: Anthropology
No pre-requisites or restrictions
353

ANTHRO 756

: Anthropology and Intellectual Property
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Examines recent anthropological contributions to debates about intellectual property. These include concepts of ownership, the objectification and appropriation of indigenous knowledge, creativity, bioprospecting, the protection of intangible cultural property, and the effects of global flows of information on persons, privacy and the ownership of ideas.
Subject: Anthropology
No pre-requisites or restrictions
354

ANTHRO 759

: Kaitiakitanga: Protecting our Planet
2025 Semester One (1253)
Explores kaitiakitanga and environmental stewardship. Introduces students to contested sites in Aotearoa, New Zealand, each with their own unique stories and guardians who have a duty of care for natural environments. This is anthropology for now and the future, with locations and people not considered as sites to be extracted from but rather active co-producers of anthropological knowledge.
Subject: Anthropology
No pre-requisites or restrictions
355

ANTHRO 759

: Special Topic
2024 Semester One (1243)
Subject: Anthropology
No pre-requisites or restrictions
356

ANTHRO 760

: Anthropological Theory and the Contemporary World
2025 Semester One (1253)
An analysis of foundational and current theoretical works in social anthropology and their relevance to understanding contemporary societies and cultures. The course examines anthropological approaches to long-standing disciplinary debates and contemporary issues of wider public debate.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 714
357

ANTHRO 760

: Anthropological Theory and the Contemporary World
2024 Semester One (1243)
An analysis of foundational and current theoretical works in social anthropology and their relevance to understanding contemporary societies and cultures. The course examines anthropological approaches to long-standing disciplinary debates and contemporary issues of wider public debate.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 714
358

ANTHRO 760

: Anthropological Theory and the Contemporary World
2022 Semester One (1223)
An analysis of foundational and current theoretical works in social anthropology and their relevance to understanding contemporary societies and cultures. The course examines anthropological approaches to long-standing disciplinary debates and contemporary issues of wider public debate.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: Permission of Head of Department
Restriction: ANTHRO 714
359

ANTHRO 760

: Anthropological Theory and the Contemporary World
2021 Semester One (1213)
An analysis of foundational and current theoretical works in social anthropology and their relevance to understanding contemporary societies and cultures. The course examines anthropological approaches to long-standing disciplinary debates and contemporary issues of wider public debate.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: Permission of Head of Department
Restriction: ANTHRO 714
360

ANTHRO 760

: Anthropological Theory and the Contemporary World
2020 Semester One (1203)
An analysis of foundational and current theoretical works in social anthropology and their relevance to understanding contemporary societies and cultures. The course examines anthropological approaches to long-standing disciplinary debates and contemporary issues of wider public debate.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: Permission of Head of Department
Restriction: ANTHRO 714
361

ANTHRO 761

: Cultural Worlds in Anthropological Perspective
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Draws on both classic and cutting edge approaches in anthropology to examine how human social and cultural worlds are constituted, contested and changed. The course introduces students to a range of different anthropological perspectives on contemporary social, political and economic issues and shows how these can be addressed cross-culturally.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: Permission of Head of Department
Restriction: ANTHRO 714
362

ANTHRO 762

: Theorising Human Evolution
2025 Semester One (1253)
Investigates contemporary evolutionary theory as it applies to humans and other primates. How has the extended evolutionary synthesis changed understandings of human and primate evolution? Topics include: plasticity, adaptation, modes of selection and niche construction.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 710, 726, 751, 752
363

ANTHRO 762

: Theorising Human Evolution
2024 Semester One (1243)
Investigates contemporary evolutionary theory as it applies to humans and other primates. How has the extended evolutionary synthesis changed understandings of human and primate evolution? Topics include: plasticity, adaptation, modes of selection and niche construction.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 710, 726, 751, 752
364

ANTHRO 762

: Theorising Human Evolution
2023 Semester One (1233)
Investigates contemporary evolutionary theory as it applies to humans and other primates. How has the extended evolutionary synthesis changed understandings of human and primate evolution? Topics include: plasticity, adaptation, modes of selection and niche construction.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 710, 726, 751, 752
365

ANTHRO 762

: Theorising Human Evolution
2022 Semester One (1223)
Investigates contemporary evolutionary theory as it applies to humans and other primates. How has the extended evolutionary synthesis changed understandings of human and primate evolution? Topics include: plasticity, adaptation, modes of selection and niche construction.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 710, 726, 751, 752
366

ANTHRO 763

: Contemporary Bio-Anthropology
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Explores the ethical dimensions of new and innovative approaches to the study of the behaviour and biology of humans and other primates. What emerging developments help us to understand the complexity of human and alloprimate lives? And what ethical dilemmas do they raise? Topics include: biocultural dynamics, multi-species entanglements and health in past and contemporary societies.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 710, 726, 751, 752
367

ANTHRO 763

: Emerging Bio-Anthropology
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Explores new and innovative approaches to the study of the behaviour and biology of humans and other primates. What emerging developments help us to understand the complexity of human and alloprimate niches? Topics include: biocultural dynamics, multi-species entanglements and health in past and contemporary societies.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 710, 726, 751, 752
368

ANTHRO 763

: Emerging Bio-Anthropology
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Explores new and innovative approaches to the study of the behaviour and biology of humans and other primates. What emerging developments help us to understand the complexity of human and alloprimate niches? Topics include: biocultural dynamics, multi-species entanglements and health in past and contemporary societies.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 710, 726, 751, 752
369

ANTHRO 763

: Emerging Bio-Anthropology
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Explores new and innovative approaches to the study of the behaviour and biology of humans and other primates. What emerging developments help us to understand the complexity of human and alloprimate niches? Topics include: biocultural dynamics, multi-species entanglements and health in past and contemporary societies.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 710, 726, 751, 752
370

ANTHRO 763

: Emerging Bio-Anthropology
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Explores new and innovative approaches to the study of the behaviour and biology of humans and other primates. What emerging developments help us to understand the complexity of human and alloprimate niches? Topics include: biocultural dynamics, multi-species entanglements and health in past and contemporary societies.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 710, 726, 751, 752
371

ANTHRO 766

: Landscape Archaeology
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Uses geographic information systems (GIS) and other computer programmes to examine the spatial organisation of data, and the relationship of archaeological sites, features and artifacts to other archaeological remains, and the environment. The social processes underlying these spatial configurations will be a particular focus.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 703
372

ANTHRO 766

: Landscape Archaeology
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Uses geographic information systems (GIS) and other computer programmes to examine the spatial organisation of data, and the relationship of archaeological sites, features and artifacts to other archaeological remains, and the environment. The social processes underlying these spatial configurations will be a particular focus.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 703
373

ANTHRO 777

: Theory in Archaeology
2025 Semester One (1253)
A critical analysis of the history of archaeological method and theory focusing on issues in the philosophy of science, systematics, and major schools of thought from Antiquarianism to post-modernism.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 700
374

ANTHRO 777

: Theory in Archaeology
2024 Semester One (1243)
A critical analysis of the history of archaeological method and theory focusing on issues in the philosophy of science, systematics, and major schools of thought from Antiquarianism to post-modernism.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 700
375

ARTHIST 114

: Understanding Art: Leonardo to Warhol
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Visual intelligence is crucial in navigating the world of images that convey coded messages, and the history of ideas fundamental to all disciplines. How do we read such images? This course decodes paintings, sculptures, prints, architecture, photography and digital images, providing, tools to analyse artists from Leonardo to Warhol: experts at moving the eye around the artwork for meanings to emerge.
Subject: Art History
No pre-requisites or restrictions