Discipline ID
8c6cc18f-a222-48fa-b32e-f6dd2519e1a6
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SOCIAL AI THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Country
Sweden
Host Institution
Lund University
Program(s)
Lund University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
138
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
SOCIAL AI THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
UCEAP Transcript Title
SOCIAL AI
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
The course is an introduction to social theories in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The course draws reflections and theoretical comparisons between how humans engage in meaningful interactions with other humans and with social robots. The course begins with an overview of the standard and contrasting accounts of social cognition and its development, spanning from the Theory of Mind, embodied and situated approaches, and neural mirroring theories. Mainstream research paradigms to investigate human-robot interactions will be also presented. Finally, the course advances some current psychological and philosophical critical issues related to ethical, relational, and functional issues of using social robots as partners in human daily interactions.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
SASH92
Host Institution Course Title
SOCIAL AI THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Humanities and Theology
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
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BODY & SOUL: SUBJECTIVITY AND SOCIALITY
Country
Denmark
Host Institution
University of Copenhagen
Program(s)
University of Copenhagen
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Philosophy
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
118
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
BODY & SOUL: SUBJECTIVITY AND SOCIALITY
UCEAP Transcript Title
BODY & SOUL
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
The course works with texts on the category of the “person”, and it pursues ideas about the divide, or un-divide, between body and soul in different cultural contexts and historical periods. An ethnographic core of the course is the Brazilian religion Candomblé and its derivatives, and it relies on texts with topics ranging from African ideas about the person to the contemporary Candomblé and further on to the Christian tradition as for instance reflected in Pentecostalism. Texts on Western ideas about body and soul in a historical light with emphasis on European philosophical ideas and Christianity, including ideas about authenticity as elaborated in Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor's work, are also included. The course thus provides an opportunity to discuss what Webb Keane has called a “depth ontology,” and in a broader sense how the interiority orientation that has been said to characterize post-Lutheran Christianity relates to ideas about the human body. The course should be of interest to students who intend to work with anthropological approaches to subjectivity with a phenomenological inspired focus on the body, but it also deals with sociality in a perspective that relies on a performance approach. And since religion and ritual are the ethnographic core of the course, it can also be regarded as an advanced course in the anthropology of religion.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
AANA17102U
Host Institution Course Title
BODY & SOUL. SUBJECTIVITY AND SOCIALITY
Host Institution Campus
Social Science
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Anthropology
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LIVING PASTS: AUGMENTING URBAN LANDSCAPES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Country
Netherlands
Host Institution
Utrecht University
Program(s)
Utrecht University
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Computer Science
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
110
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
LIVING PASTS: AUGMENTING URBAN LANDSCAPES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE DIGITAL AGE
UCEAP Transcript Title
LIVINGPASTDIGITLAGE
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
In this hands-on course, students work in interdisciplinary teams to uncover the rich history of Utrecht and share findings with the public. Combining historical, architectural, and societal data, students develop and design an innovative application for the city of Utrecht. In the process, students cooperate across disciplinary borders, take charge of their own learning process, and experimentally assess the added value of new media and ICT. The course accumulates in presentations and interactive demos of the teams’ final prototypes.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
BETA-B3LH
Host Institution Course Title
LIVING PASTS: AUGMENTING URBAN LANDSCAPES AND CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Host Institution Campus
Utrecht University
Host Institution Faculty
Science
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
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HUMAN EVOLUTION
Country
Japan
Host Institution
Keio University
Program(s)
Keio University
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
15
UCEAP Course Suffix
A
UCEAP Official Title
HUMAN EVOLUTION
UCEAP Transcript Title
HUMAN EVOLUTION
UCEAP Quarter Units
3.00
UCEAP Semester Units
2.00
Course Description
This course covers the history of life on earth. The course covers from the very beginning of evolution that ends with beginning of the human race, starting from seven million years ago. From there, we review the path of human evolution and see how the first humans became who we are now.
Language(s) of Instruction
Japanese
Host Institution Course Number
N/A
Host Institution Course Title
JINRUIGAKU A
Host Institution Campus
Keio University
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Economics
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CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
English Universities,University of Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
114
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE
UCEAP Transcript Title
CULTURE&REPRESENT
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course focuses on the anthropological master trope of culture and on the political dimensions of representing culture or cultures. Students consider how anthropological understandings of culture, as well as anthropologists' modes of analyzing and representing it in anthropological work, developed over the 20th century, partially in conversation with other disciplines. The course also analyzes how culture operates as a key idea in the public domain, used by politicians, communities, human rights activists, artists, scientists, museum curators, and others in relation to a wide range of issues and debates when distinctions between "ourselves" and "others" are at stake. Finally, the course examines some activities within the cultural domain (such as music, dance, theater, and verbal artistry) which have a performative dimension, and consider how anthropologists have approached these activities to address questions about structure and agency, embodiment, experience, art and aesthetics, creativity, and power and protest.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
L6075
Host Institution Course Title
CULTURE AND REPRESENTATION
Host Institution Campus
Sussex
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Anthropology
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INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LAW
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of London, Queen Mary
Program(s)
Summer at Queen Mary
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Legal Studies
International Studies
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
148
UCEAP Course Suffix
S
UCEAP Official Title
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LAW
UCEAP Transcript Title
INTL IMMIGRATN LAW
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
In an era of massive influx of migrants and refugees, this course examines a series of key topics related to international immigration and refugee law, and the challenges posed from a legal perspective. The course explores the main legal instruments in place concerning asylum, migration, human smuggling and trafficking, such as the 1951 Refugee Convention (Geneva Convention) and 1967 Protocol or the 2000 Palermo Protocols attached to the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Regional sub-systems, such as the EU legal framework are explored by focusing on themes such as the legal migration, detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants, and deportation and criminalization of migration. In order to provide a holistic approach to the examined topics, selected national legislation and case law are explored as well. The course includes field trips to institutions and NGOs (such as the AIRE Centre, Immigration Law Practitioners' Association, Amnesty International UK, the UNHCR, etc) in order to gain valuable insights into the practical dimension of migration and refugee law.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
Host Institution Course Title
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LAW
Host Institution Campus
Queen Mary University of London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Law
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PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University College London
Program(s)
University College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
150
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
UCEAP Transcript Title
PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course provides general knowledge of the fossil evidence for human evolution within a dynamic palaeobiological frame. Students learn about the different hominin taxa, through an analysis of the origin, evolution, and consequences of the major physical and behavioural adaptations of humans. Lectures introduce the different hominins by addressing the key evolutionary milestones associated with human origins such as changes in the type of locomotion, diet, precision grip, body size/proportions, life history pattern, brain size and shape, and the development of language and culture.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ANTH0012
Host Institution Course Title
PALEOANTHROPOLOGY
Host Institution Campus
University College London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Anthropology
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MUSICS OF THE WORLD IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Country
New Zealand
Host Institution
University of Auckland
Program(s)
University of Auckland
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
13
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
MUSICS OF THE WORLD IN EVERYDAY LIFE
UCEAP Transcript Title
MUSIC WORLD LIFE
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course looks at the ways that people and cultures construct meaning for musics, and the ways they understand and transform those meanings. We look at how we make decisions about music and its production and the kinds of value that we all attach to different kinds of music; the personal, communal, religious, patriotic, emotional and economic roles that music may play in the lives of musicians, composers and listeners; and we consider examples and case studies are drawn from around the globe, encompassing contemporary urban and remote village settings.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ANTHRO 103
Host Institution Course Title
MUSICS OF THE WORLD IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Host Institution Campus
Auckland
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Anthropology
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO EURASIAN SOCIALIST AND POST-SOCIALIST SOCIETIES
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University College London
Program(s)
University College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
145
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO EURASIAN SOCIALIST AND POST-SOCIALIST SOCIETIES
UCEAP Transcript Title
EURASIAN SOCIETIES
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
The course helps students understand, through ethnographic, political, documentary, and historical material (written and film), key themes of the past 150 years in the former Soviet empire, including revolution, collectivization, socialism, Cold War, gender, art, propaganda, lifestyle, religion, nationalism and identity, and more.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ANTH0056
Host Institution Course Title
ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO EURASIAN SOCIALIST AND POST-SOCIALIST SOCIETIES
Host Institution Campus
University College London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Anthropology
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POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Country
Denmark
Host Institution
University of Copenhagen
Program(s)
University of Copenhagen
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science
Anthropology
UCEAP Course Number
102
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
UCEAP Transcript Title
POLITICAL ANTH
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
This course introduces and discusses key theoretical and thematic developments in the subfield of political anthropology. The course begins by providing a genealogical history of classical political anthropological studies of stateless societies, while situating these foundational studies in relation to relevant themes in political philosophy. It then engages with themes such as state power, national identity, globalization, colonialism, post-colonialism, global capitalism, neo-liberalism, violence and conflict. A crosscutting subject throughout the course is the ways in which political forms and practices are situated in local as well as global contexts, as well as a focus on how anthropology legitimates its own role as a critical discipline in the world outside of academia.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
AANB05081U
Host Institution Course Title
POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, INTRODUCTORY COURSE
Host Institution Campus
Social Sciences
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Anthropology