What We Leave Behind: Anthropological Archaeology

This core module provides students with a general introduction to the field of linguistic anthropology--the study of language as a key component of culture, and the study of culture as it is mediated by language.

Students who complete the module will:

1. understand how ‘language’ functions as a culturally-embedded system, and how it allows us to mean things;
2. become aware of how everyday linguistic habits construct and reinforce models of the world, including social differences and categories like race, gender, and nationality;

3. apply these theoretical understandings of language and culture to major geopolitical problems of the day.

Coordinator and lecturer: Nicholas Q. Emlen