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The RAI's Education Outreach Programme has launched a new website called Discover Anthropology

Discover Anthropology is an educational site for anyone curious about anthropology and wanting to learn more about the subject. The website provides information on studying anthropology, careers, volunteer and gap year experiences, museums, events and educational resources for students, teachers, career advisors and the general public.

We are continually looking for new ways to update and improve Discover Anthropology, if you have any suggestions please email Nafisa Fera, the RAI's Education Officer at education@therai.org.uk

Another chance to get a taste of anthropology! The University of Wales, Lampeter in association with the Royal Anthropological Institute is organising a special Wales Anthropology Day on the 27th June 2007. Like the London Anthropology day, it will consist of lots of different workshops run by anthropologists to give you a chance to get a feeling for the full range of topics anthropology covers. The workshops will be run by staff and students from Lampeter as well as from Cardiff, Aberystwyth and Sheffield. Workshops will include "You are what you eat: the anthropology of food," "Understanding the dead: the role of forensic anthropology," and "Body Talk: Sexuality, Tatoos and Body Modification." One of the sessions will be hosted by BBC staff who worked on the TRIBE series (BBC Wales). Full info and booking forms are available on www.walesanthropologyday.co.uk

Sign up for the waiting list here

Book a free place here

Bookings for the London Anthropology Day 2007 will open on the 16th April . Enter your email here to get sent a reminder sent to you on the 16th

Friday 9th March, 6.30-10pm.
The October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, W1N 3AL.
Download Leaflet & Poster (pdf -297kb)

Want to find out more about anthropology and have a good night out?

In the week of the anniversary of Ghana’s independence, the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Discover Anthropology outreach programme brings you a special evening of film screenings by visual anthropologists and a chance to explore the October Gallery’s exhibition “From Courage to Freedom” of work by 3 West African artists.

Main screening 7-8pm: Future Remembrance: Photography and Image Arts in Ghana by visual anthropologists Tobias Wendl and Nancy du Plessis.

This documentary explores the social, economic and spiritual aspects of the work of Ghanaian photographers, sculptors and painters, ranging from the elaborate backdrops created by studio photographers to the powerful life-size sculptures commissioned by families who want to remember their dead loved ones.

After the main screening visitors can watch short films on Ghana by anthropology students, explore the gallery and chat to anthropologists.

To book a free place:
Telephone: 0207 3877 0455
E-mail: Gem Jones

This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

The next Royal Anthropological Institute International Festival of Ethnographic Film will be held at Leeds Met University from 1st-4th July 2009. The festival is open to everyone. Full details at www.raifilmfest.org.uk

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science the Royal Anthropological Institute is opening up its meeting room to show a collection of films from its film library everyday from 12th-16th March at 4pm.

Venue:
50 Fitzroy Street,
London, W1T 5BT.
Download Leaflet (pdf - 649kb)

All films start at 4pm. To book a free place at any of the films Contact Gem Jones

Monday 12th March

Adhiambo - Born in the Evening
Ruth Prince, Wenzel Geissler, Ruth Tuchtenhagen, 66 Minutes, 2001

An intimate account of a woman's life, motherhood, children and illness in rural western Kenya, which also provides an insight into the nature of ethnographic fieldwork and medical anthropology. Wenzel Geissler and Ruth Prince will be on hand to talk about the making and use of the film.

Tuesday 13th March

Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism
Gary Kildea and Jerry Leach, 50 Minutes, 1974

This multi-awarding film commissioned by a local political organisation explores the link between sport and politics in Papua New Guinea where the game of cricket first introduced by British Missionaries was transformed into a political ritual.

Wednesday 14th March

Sisters in Law
Kim Longinotto, Florence Ayisi, 104 minutes, 2005

Set in Cameroon, Sisters in Law is a warm, involving portrayal of the work of the Vera and Beatrice, a female State Counsel and Court President as they try to help women to change their lives. This film was recently screened as part of More4’s TRUE STORIES. Kin Longinotto is known for her insightful, compassionate studies of women’s lives, and the pull between tradition and change.

Thursday 15th March

Steel Lives
Massimilliano Mollona, 49 minutes, 2001

This documentary demonstrates that anthropology is not only concerned with “far way” places and people as it looks into the working lives of men in what remains of the Sheffield Steel Industry.

Friday 16th March

Duka’s Dilemma
Jean Lydall, Kaira Strecker, 87 minutes, 2001

Jean Lydall has been making films with the Hamar community of southern Ethiopia since the 1970s. In 2001 she returned with her daughter and grandson to follow the continuing life story of Duka, whose husband had taken a second wife.