Description

This panel will consist of students from the current cohort of Social Anthropological Research (MPhil, masters of philosophy) from the university of Cambridge. This course acts as a transition to a PhD in anthropology and features a range of ages and perspectives.

It will open with a brief roundtable on our various experiences in becoming anthropologists (from various countries, disciplines, and backgrounds), outlining our research, and reflecting on our experiences. Particularly, it will examine how studying in an institution such as Cambridge (coming from other institutions) have shaped our experiences. It will provide a window into the diverse areas of inquiry we cover (from Hitchhiking in Europe, to AI in the rainforest, to LARP in the UK, to trail running in South Africa).

Using our gen-z perspective we will reflect upon what it means to do anthropology now, grappling with rising right-wing racism to TikTok. We aim to speak to a new generation of anthropological thinkers who not only want to be anthropologists but also advocates and activists.

We will then transition into a Q and A with members of the audience. We will act as a human library, using the format of an AMA (ask me anything). We will provide insight for young people on how to get into anthropology, where it can take you, and any questions anyone has about anthropology and the academic journey from a cohort of gen-z social researchers. We want to show, while anthropology is an older discipline, it has life in it yet.