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ANTHRO 207

: Archaeological History of Aotearoa New Zealand
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Examines the first 600-700 years of human settlement in Aotearoa New Zealand from an archaeological perspective, from Polynesian arrival through the early historic period. Themes include Māori origins in East Polynesia, adaptations to Aotearoa’s temperate environment, changing patterns of resource use, Māori material culture and arts, the development of fortified sites or pā, and the emergence of classic Māori society.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
227

ANTHRO 207

: Archaeological History of Aotearoa New Zealand
2023 Semester One (1233)
Examines the first 600-700 years of human settlement in Aotearoa New Zealand from an archaeological perspective, from Polynesian arrival through the early historic period. Themes include Māori origins in East Polynesia, adaptations to Aotearoa’s temperate environment, changing patterns of resource use, Māori material culture and arts, the development of fortified sites or pā, and the emergence of classic Māori society.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 60 points passed
Restriction: ANTHRO 365
228

ANTHRO 208

: Biosocial Medical Anthropology
2024 Semester One (1243)
Medical Anthropology draws on biological and social/cultural anthropology to address issues of human health and disease. A distinct subfield, it includes studies of the co-evolution of humans and diseases, human ecology, cultural constructions of health and illness, medical knowledge and healing practices, and the political economy of health. Students are asked to research, think and write analytically about these topics.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 60 points passed at Stage I
Restriction: ANTHRO 324, 372
229

ANTHRO 208

: Biosocial Medical Anthropology
2023 Semester One (1233)
Medical Anthropology draws on biological and social/cultural anthropology to address issues of human health and disease. A distinct subfield, it includes studies of the co-evolution of humans and diseases, human ecology, cultural constructions of health and illness, medical knowledge and healing practices, and the political economy of health. Students are asked to research, think and write analytically about these topics.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 100 or 102 or 60 points passed at Stage I
Restriction: ANTHRO 324, 372
230

ANTHRO 208

: Biosocial Medical Anthropology
2022 Semester One (1223)
Medical Anthropology draws on biological and social/cultural anthropology to address issues of human health and disease. A distinct subfield, it includes studies of the co-evolution of humans and diseases, human ecology, cultural constructions of health and illness, medical knowledge and healing practices, and the political economy of health. Students are asked to research, think and write analytically about these topics.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 100 or 102 or 60 points passed at Stage I
Restriction: ANTHRO 324, 372
231

ANTHRO 208

: Medical Anthropology
2021 Semester One (1213)
Medical Anthropology draws on biological and social/cultural anthropology to address issues of human health and disease. A distinct subfield, it includes studies of the co-evolution of humans and diseases, human ecology, cultural constructions of health and illness, medical knowledge and healing practices, and the political economy of health. Students are asked to research, think and write analytically about these topics.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 100 or 102 or 60 points passed at Stage I
232

ANTHRO 208

: Medical Anthropology
2020 Semester One (1203)
Medical Anthropology draws on biological and social/cultural anthropology to address issues of human health and disease. A distinct subfield, it includes studies of the co-evolution of humans and diseases, human ecology, cultural constructions of health and illness, medical knowledge and healing practices, and the political economy of health. Students are asked to research, think and write analytically about these topics.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 100 or 102 or 60 points passed at Stage I
233

ANTHRO 211

: Human Sex, Gender and Sexuality
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Explores the central anthropological topics of human sex, sexuality and gender from diverse perspectives. Topics may include cross-cultural and social conceptualisations and creations of difference; ideas about biology, gender and sexuality; how they are simultaneously socio-cultural products and forces; lived experiences and corporeal and political phenomena; reproductive politics; and global, national and local sexual and gender relations.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 100 or 30 points in Anthropology, Gender Studies, History or Sociology
Restriction: ANTHRO 215, 342
234

ANTHRO 211

: Human Sex, Gender and Sexuality
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Explores the central anthropological topics of human sex, sexuality and gender from diverse perspectives. Topics may include cross-cultural and social conceptualisations and creations of difference; ideas about biology, gender and sexuality; how they are simultaneously socio-cultural products and forces; lived experiences and corporeal and political phenomena; reproductive politics; and global, national and local sexual and gender relations.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 100 or 30 points in Anthropology, Gender Studies, History or Sociology
Restriction: ANTHRO 215, 342
235

ANTHRO 212

: Ethnographic Film and Photography
2022 Semester One (1223)
Explores uses of photography and film in the production and dissemination of anthropological knowledge. Emphasises the choices in subject matter, imagined audience, composition, construction of narrative (or not), and mode of representation that are made at all stages in the production of ethnographic images. Uses ethnographic images to reflect on construction of ethnographic texts.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 100 or ARTHIST 115 or 30 points in Anthropology, Sociology, Media Film and Television, or Communication
Restriction: ANTHRO 320, 373
236

ANTHRO 217

: Rhythm, Blues and Rock
2021 Semester Two (1215)
African-American popular music and culture from the mid-1930s through the early 1960s, including styles such as blues, R 'n' B, and early Rock 'n' Roll. Considers issues of racial and gendered representation, creativity, the popular music industry, the place of music in the development of 'youth culture' and stylistic trends. Individual performers, recordings and performances, are also examined.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
Restriction: POPMUS 206
237

ANTHRO 226

: Imperialism and Immigration in the Americas
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Examines the relationship between migration and imperialism in the Americas through the framework of critical anthropology as a discipline and through the use of contemporary case studies. This course critically engages with the role of the United States as an imperial power in and draws significantly from decolonial, post-colonial work and work produced by scholars in Latin America.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Anthropology
Restriction: GLOBAL 251
238

ANTHRO 227

: Future Generations Anthropology
2025 Semester Two (1255)
This course acknowledges the colonial history of anthropology and imagines an anthropology that is relevant now and for the future, with Aotearoa-New Zealand not as just a site of study but an active producer of anthropological knowledge. Explores anthropological concepts via contemporary settings and Mātauranga Māori to demonstrate the usefulness of anthropology in addressing fundamental local and global issues.
Subject: Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 109
239

ANTHRO 234

: Popular Musics of the Pacific
2023 Semester Two (1235)
From hip hop to reggae to pop, this course explores Pacific popular music genre, artists and songs as well as relevant musical techniques, modes of distribution and processes of fusion and change. It probes the positions and possibilities of Pasifika pop musics by discussing critical questions about culture, authenticity, modernisation, consumerism, identity and musical (ex)change.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
240

ANTHRO 234

: Popular Musics of the Pacific
2022 Semester Two (1225)
From hip hop to reggae to pop, this course explores Pacific popular music genre, artists and songs as well as relevant musical techniques, modes of distribution and processes of fusion and change. It probes the positions and possibilities of Pasifika pop musics by discussing critical questions about culture, authenticity, modernisation, consumerism, identity and musical (ex)change.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
241

ANTHRO 234

: Popular Musics of the Pacific
2020 Semester Two (1205)
From hip hop to reggae to pop, this course explores Pacific popular music genre, artists and songs as well as relevant musical techniques, modes of distribution and processes of fusion and change. It probes the positions and possibilities of Pasifika pop musics by discussing critical questions about culture, authenticity, modernisation, consumerism, identity and musical (ex)change.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 30 points passed
242

ANTHRO 235

: The Anthropology of Human Remains
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Human remains reflect the lives of the dead as well as the lives of those who buried them. The course introduces students to the various ways in which we can study the dead. It covers three areas: the interpretation of mortuary practices, the interpretation of past lives from skeletal remains, and the practice of burial archaeology in the southern hemisphere.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 15 points in Anthropology or 60 points passed
Restriction: ANTHRO 367
243

ANTHRO 235

: The Anthropology of Human Remains
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Human remains reflect the lives of the dead as well as the lives of those who buried them. The course introduces students to the various ways in which we can study the dead. It covers three areas: the interpretation of mortuary practices, the interpretation of past lives from skeletal remains, and the practice of burial archaeology in the southern hemisphere.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 15 points in Anthropology or 60 points passed
Restriction: ANTHRO 367
244

ANTHRO 235

: The Anthropology of Human Remains
2020 Semester One (1203)
Human remains reflect the lives of the dead as well as the lives of those who buried them. The course introduces students to the various ways in which we can study the dead. It covers three areas: the interpretation of mortuary practices, the interpretation of past lives from skeletal remains, and the practice of burial archaeology in the southern hemisphere.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 15 points in Anthropology or 60 points passed
Restriction: ANTHRO 367
245

ANTHRO 237

: Economy and Culture
2025 Semester One (1253)
Explores economic systems cross-culturally, including modes of production, forms of exchange, and ideas about property and consumption. Questions and critiques Euro-American assumptions about human nature, social persons, and the ubiquity and morality of markets and market exchange.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Anthropology or Employment Relations and Organisational Studies
Restriction: ANTHRO 374
246

ANTHRO 237

: Economy and Culture
2023 Semester One (1233)
Explores economic systems cross-culturally, including modes of production, forms of exchange, and ideas about property and consumption. Questions and critiques Euro-American assumptions about human nature, social persons, and the ubiquity and morality of markets and market exchange.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Anthropology or Employment Relations and Organisational Studies
Restriction: ANTHRO 374
247

ANTHRO 237

: Economy and Culture
2022 Semester One (1223)
Explores economic systems cross-culturally, including modes of production, forms of exchange, and ideas about property and consumption. Questions and critiques Euro-American assumptions about human nature, social persons, and the ubiquity and morality of markets and market exchange.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Anthropology or Employment Relations and Organisational Studies
Restriction: ANTHRO 374
248

ANTHRO 241

: Anthropology of the Body
2025 Semester One (1253)
Examines cultural and historical variations in how societies understand and experience the human body. The focus will be primarily on social, historical, and political-economic approaches. Topics such as labour, sport, health, illness, sexuality, gender, and religious ritual will be considered. Explores the cultural construction and social experience of the human body in a diverse range of settings.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: 30 points in Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 354
249

ANTHRO 241

: Anthropology of the Body
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Examines cultural and historical variations in how societies understand and experience the human body. The focus will be primarily on social, historical, and political-economic approaches. Topics such as labour, sport, health, illness, sexuality, gender, and religious ritual will be considered. Explores the cultural construction and social experience of the human body in a diverse range of settings.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 100 or 30 points in Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 354
250

ANTHRO 247

: Anthropology Today: Debates in Culture
2020 Semester Two (1205)
The primary aim is to provide students with an introduction to some of the more topical and controversial themes that social anthropologists are currently engaged with. Topics include: the culture of terrorism, anthropology and cyberculture, the anthropological study of prisons, race and racism, and the politics of representation.
Subject: Anthropology
Prerequisite: ANTHRO 100 or 30 points in Anthropology
Restriction: ANTHRO 331