Reading and Research Groups
Reading and Research Groups at UCL Anthropology
Our approximately 100 research students form a vital part of the intellectual life of the Anthropology Department at UCL. In addition to their relationship to individual supervisors, and as well as attending one or more of the Department's five weekly research seminars, research students are expected to participate in regular Reading and Research Groups (RRGs). Bringing students and staff together to exchange ideas on themes of mutual interest, our RRGs draw their membership from all parts of the Department, as well as welcoming participants from other UCL Departments and other London Colleges.
Conceived as open spaces for the exchange of ideas in groupings that cut across divides between Biological Anthropology, Material Culture Studies and Social Anthropology, the RRGs are designed also to enliven the collective intellectual life of the Department and the wider College by organising regular public events, such as workshops, conferences and debates. They are also intended as fora for the development of scholarly publications, as well as applications for the funding of collaborative research projects.
Below are listed the RRGs that will be running in the Department as of October 2012. Further groups may emerge during the year, as research students and staff develop common interests in particular fields and directions in interaction with each other. If you wish to set up your own RRG (which you are more than welcome to do), please contact Dr Martin Holbraad (m.holbraad@ucl.ac.uk), who is responsible for their co-ordination.
To join one or more RRGs you need to logon to the Departmental ‘Moodle’ system (http://moodle.ucl.ac.uk) and enrol in the corresponding Moodle module. Either search for the individual title in which you are interested, or search ‘ANTH RRG’ to view all of the options available. The same enrolment key, ‘RRG’, is needed to complete enrolment in each of the modules.
Some RRGs are open to Masters students, while others are restricted only to Research students. Masters students interested in joining a particular RRG are advised to consult the relevant RRG’s description below and, where appropriate, contact the RRG’s organiser(s) to inquire whether they can join.
Anthropology and Asian Philosophy
(link to Moodle)
Run by William Matthews
Alternate Wednesdays, 4-6pm,
Room 129
First Meeting: Wednesday 17th October, Room 129,
Anthropology
Biosocialities, Health and Citizenship
Organised by Sahra Gibbon and Alison Macdonald
Alternate Mondays, 4–5pm, Room 129, Anthropology
First meeting on 15th October 2012
Cosmology, Religion, Ontology and Culture
(CROC)
(link to
Moodle)
Run by Allen Abramson & Martin Holbraad
Alternate Fridays from 4-6pm, Room 130, Anthropology
First meeting on Friday 12th October, 4pm, Room 130, Anthropology
Crisis: Social Suffering and Temporality
(link to Moodle)
(Run by Charles Stewart, Coco
Kanters, Josh Burraway and Daniel M. Knight)
First Meeting: Friday 12th October, 2-4pm, Gordon Sq. 16-18, Room B10
Culture and Human Well-Being
(link to Moodle)
Run by Aaron Parkhurst and Alison Macdonald
Commences January 2013
A Deleuzional Reading Group
(link to Moodle)
Run by Alexandra Fanghanel & Allen Abramson
Alternate Thursdays, 1-2pm, Staff Room
First meeting: Thursday 4th October, Anthropology Reception
Human Ecology Research Group
(HERG)
(link to
Moodle)
Run by Katherine Homewood
Every Tuesday, 2-4pm, Daryll Forde Seminar Room
First meeting on Tuesday 2nd October, Daryll Forde Seminar Room
Human Evolutionary Ecology Group
(HEEG)
(link to
Moodle)
Run by Ruth Mace
Thursdays, 1-2pm, Staff Room
First meeting on Thursday 27 September, 1-2pm, Staff Room
Meshes of the Far East
(link to Moodle)
Run by Tobia Farnetti)
First Meeting: Wednesday 16th January: Room 128, 14 Taviton
Palaeoanthropology and
Comparative Anatomy (PACA)
(link to
Moodle)
Run by Christophe Soligo and Matt Skinner
Alternate Thursdays 1-2, Room 227 (Aiello Lab), Anth.
First meeting on Thursday 4th October, 1-2pm, Room 227 (Aiello Lab)
Performance, Theatre and
Ethnography of the Imagination
(link to
Moodle)
Run by Martin Holbraad
First meeting on Wednesday 17th October, 6pm, Staff
Common Room
Primate
Sexualities: Beyond the Binary
(link to
Moodle)
Run by Volker Sommer and Kathleen Bryson
Alternate Thursdays in term 1, 13-14, Room 224
First meeting on Thursday 11th October, 13-14, Room 224 (Volker Sommer’s office)
Properties and Social Imagination
(link to Moodle)
Run by Ludovic Coupaye, Adam Drazin and Susanne Kuechler
Alternate Wednesdays, 12-1pm, Room 128, Anthro.
First meeting: Wednesday 10th October, 12-1pm, Room 128, Anthro.
Reproduction Research Group
(link to Moodle)
Run by David Lawson and Sara Randall
Fortnightly for lunch, Mondays 1-2pm, Room 130
First Meeting Monday 8th October, 1-2pm, Room 130
Sustainability, Environment and
the Culture of Materials (SEM)
(link to
Moodle)
Run by Victor Buchli, Convenor: Saffron Woodcraft
Friday’s fortnightly, 1-2pm, Room 130
First meeting on Friday 14th October
Visual
Culture
(link to
Moodle)
Run by Rebecca Empson and Chris Pinney
The group will commence meetings in January 2013
First meeting TBC but probably Weds 9th January 2013
