Master of Anthropology and Planetary Futures

Anthropology for a Future PlanetThis program provides a humanities and social science lens to understand overlapping threats to social, ecological, political, economic, and health systems. It offers Australia's only combined biological and cultural approach to grasp these planetary scale problems while foregrounding anthropology's unique ethnographic method, which centres grounded and people-focused perspectives and values.Anthropology equips students with skills, case studies, theories, and tools for social engagement to grasp our planetary crises, understand their cultural histories, and fight for a better future. The Master of Anthropology and Planetary Futures engages critical social thought and research methods to step back from crisis-thinking to consider the political and social work that these threats justify and enable, and provides evidence bases for advocacy and public debate. The degree equips students to describe and theorise how planetary emergencies came about precisely due to human social engineering and the dominance of particular sets of cultural values, while also recognising that they are shaped by the creative responses of people responding to rapid transformations on their own terms.Why study Anthropology at the ANU The Master of Anthropology and Planetary Futures emphasises rigour in research methodologies to develop key analytical skills for systems thinking alongside cutting edge qualitative, fieldwork-based, and applied skills that provide solid empirical and critical foundations for future research careers. Training in methods from biological anthropology is combined with cultural anthropology's ethnographic exploration of human diversity. Together, these research-led frameworks and applied anthropology provide unexpected and badly needed alternatives.Career OptionsANU ranks among the world's very finest universities. Our nearly 100,000 alumni include political, business, government, and academic leaders around the world.We have graduated remarkable people from every part of our continent, our region and all walks of life.Employment OpportunitiesAnthropology is the study of contemporary human cultural lives. In a globalised world, cross-cultural literacy and analysis have never been more important. The Master in Anthropology and Planetary Futures is a highly sought-after program that places very strong emphasis on anthropological theory and methods with the intention of equipping graduates with the skills for work in applied research contexts in the public and corporate sectors.A Master of Anthropology and Planetary Futures will advance your career working in cultural institutions, the public service, non-government organisations, academia, or any professional area requiring an understanding of cross-cultural analysis.Learning Outcomesanalyse and engage the cutting edge of anthropological theories and ethnographic methods, and apply them to key global challenges and events;design and execute engaged and ethical anthropological research;understand the social basis and effects of planetary crises, as well as how our particular thinking and responses to crises emerges; andtranslate anthropological insights into social justice activism to address urgent social and planetary problems.