Past work

UCL Anthropology has a long and proud history of delivering innovative and field-defining research, positioned at the forefront of anthropological thought. Here is some of our past work.

The International Space Station as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-119.

Anthropologies of Revolution // Examining revolutionary politics in relation to varying conceptions of what it is to be human.
ETHNO-ISS // An ethnography of an extra-terrestrial society: the International Space Station.
Fashioning Material Britain // Exploring how ideas, nanotechnology, geometry, and mathematics animate materials, generate tactile environments, and mediate human relations.
PhotoDemos // Investigating how communities across nine countries use photography to shape identities and political possibilities.
Why We Post // A global anthropological research project studying the uses and consequences of social media.

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Image: The International Space Station as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-119 (NASA)