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One hundreds years of Australian anthropology: what have we learned?

One hundreds years of Australian anthropology: what have we learned?

Update: 2025-10-28
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Anthropology is the study of human cultures, with a strained culture of its own: its practitioners have often been involved in colonial control of native populations. Australia's first anthropology department was founded 100 years ago, at the University of Sydney. A century on, can an academic discipline that has followed in the footsteps of colonisation still shed light on the world?

  • Guest: Dr Michael Edwards, Lecturer in Anthropology at The University of Sydney
  • Producer: Alex Tighe
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One hundreds years of Australian anthropology: what have we learned?

One hundreds years of Australian anthropology: what have we learned?

Australian Broadcasting Corporation