COOL CLASSES: "Anthropology of Human Rights: Engaged Ethnography and Anthropologist as Witness"

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COOL CLASSES: “Anthropology of Human Rights: Engaged Ethnography and Anthropologist as Witness”

Taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology Brie Gettleson, this course examines how anthropologists contribute to human rights in law and grassroots movements. Through partnerships with the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship and Philadelphia Area Creative Collaboratives, students have access to experts and activists on Native issues and storytelling, crafting expert testimony for asylum hearings, human rights archival partnerships, and prison abolition.

Our Cool Classes blog series highlights interesting, unusual, and unique courses that enrich the Haverford College experience. See what other courses the Department of Anthropology is offering.

Tailinh Agoyo from PACC partner We Are the Seeds (top left) speaking to the class (Gettleson is top right). Photo: Claire Wang ’20.

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Previous Friday, February 21, 2020

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The Athletic Department is committed to the belief that physical education is an integral component of each student’s liberal arts education and offers a wide range of athletic opportunities including intercollegiate varsity teams, club teams, intramural programs, instructional classes, and recreational activities.

The women's basketball team secured the number one seed in the conference tournament and hosting privileges throughout championship weekend. The Fords will be hosting the conference tournament for the third time in program history and the second time in four years, as Haverford previously gained the top seed following the 2016-17 regular season.

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Friend in Residence - Spring 2020

The Friend in Residence program brings gifted and experienced Quakers to campus for extended interactions with students, staff, faculty, and the community to stimulate reflection on the connections between academic pursuits and “letting one’s life speak.”

Friend in Residence Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, a Quaker South African politician and activist and acolyte of Steve Biko, will give public talks as part of her residency and is also co-teaching a class, “After the Sunset: Lessons in Transitions to Peace, the South African Example,” with Associate Professor Zolani Ngwane this semester. Photo: Courtesy of WoWwoman.com.

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