Fourth Conference on Anthropology and Education

We are just days away from the 4th Annual Conference on Education and Anthropology and are looking forward to welcoming our attendees to Teachers College!

The 4th Conference on Anthropology & Education considers how anthropological epistemologies/methodologies contribute to and expand research for education. We highlight ethnography, both as a tool for inquiry as well as a theory about gaining knowledge about people by following their/our lives and conditions closely and seeing what are rarely automatic, mechanically predictable responses. Presentations explore the value of anthropology and ethnography for educators and policy makers.

We are excited to welcome our keynote speakers:

Susan D. Blum, Professor of Anthropology at The University of Notre Dame

Marjorie Elaine Faulstich Orellana, Professor of Urban Schooling at University of California, Los Angeles

Lalitha Vasudevan, Professor of Technology and Education at Teachers College Columbia University

We are pleased to invite conference attendees to “Documenting Transformations”, a multimodal ethnography exhibit in Zankel 214. This exhibit will be open both days of the conference. It showcases photographs, sketches, drawings, audiovisual materials, sounds, and artifacts collected, generated and/or produced by faculty and students who are engaging ethnographic projects in the everyday exchanges in which people educate themselves and others about the worlds in which they live. 

More conference details can be found on the Anthropology for Education Conference Website.