ANTHR 4143

ANTHR 4143

Course information provided by the 2019-2020 Catalog.

How do humans live with the ruins we create? What lifeways and lifeforms do ruins sustain? What forces cause the remnants of late modernity to endure or erode? Through the lens of archaeology, anthropology, philosophy, cultural geography, art, and architecture, this interdisciplinary seminar interrogates ruination as a condition of the human experience—one that has intensified in the afterlife of modernity, and one whose study might help us cope with advancing planetary decline, even as we work to curb it. For longer description and instructor bio, visit societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu/courses


Permission Note Enrollment limited to: 15 students.

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none
  • 16921 ANTHR 4143   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person