Listen to Camthropod podcasts and audio recordings of events from the Department of Social Anthropology:
Episode 37: Origin Studies Part 3, by Adam Hinden.
With Mike Degani, Timothy Cooper, and Marilyn Strathern (University of Cambridge)
March 2024
Episode 36:Origin Studies Part 2, by Adam Hinden.
With Andrew Sanchez, Elizabeth Turk, and Caroline Humphrey (University of Cambridge)
February 2024
Episode 35: Origin Studies Part 1, by Adam Hinden, an Irish-American researcher and musician currently based in London. His work, both for his anthropology MPhil at the University of Cambridge and in his current research with ACLED, surrounds activism and allyship among indigenous groups in Taiwan.
With Sian Lazar, Thomas White, and Iza Kavedžija (University of Cambridge)
February 2024
Episode 33. Artery: on art, authorship and anthropology. Episode 7: Emiko Agatsuma with Iza Kavedžija
Dr Iza Kavedžija (University of Cambridge) and Robert Simpkins (SOAS, London) - supported by the AHRC.
Music: Footsteps, by Robert Simpkins.
Camthropod Episode 33, February 2024
Episode 32. Artery: on art, authorship and anthropology. Episode 6: Bronagh Lawson with Kayla Rush
Iza Kavedžija (University of Cambridge) and Robert Simpkins (SOAS, London) and supported by the AHRC.
Music: Footsteps, by Robert Simpkins.
Camthropod Episode 32, November 2023
Artery: on art, authorship and anthropology. Episode 5: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh with Anonymous Anthropologist
Iza Kavedžija (University of Cambridge) and Robert Simpkins (SOAS, London) and supported by the AHRC.
Music: Footsteps, by Robert Simpkins.
Camthropod Episode 31, October 2023
Artery: on art, authorship and anthropology. Episode 4: Jesús Guevara Rico with Alanna Cant
Iza Kavedžija (University of Cambridge) and Robert Simpkins (SOAS, London) and supported by the AHRC.
Music: Footsteps, by Robert Simpkins.
Camthropod Episode 30, June 2023
The 'Political' in Northern Irish Protestant Marching Bands, by Sean French
Sean French is a third year Social Anthropology PhD student at the University of Cambridge.
Camthropod Episode 29, May 2023
Artery: on art, authorship and anthropology. Episode 3: Tuguldur Yondonjamts with Hermione Spriggs
Iza Kavedžija (University of Cambridge) and Robert Simpkins (SOAS, London) and supported by the AHRC.
Music: Footsteps, by Robert Simpkins.
Camthropod Episode 28, March 2023
Kurdish Women and Desires for Voice by Marlene Schäfers
Marlene Schäfers (Utrecht University) with thanks to the Kurdish women who so generously shared their time and consent to be recorded in Wan, Turkey, 2011-12.
Camthropod Episode 27, February 2023
Artery: on art, authorship and anthropology. Episode 2: Mzuzile Mduduzi Xakaza with Jeannine-Madeleine Fischer
Iza Kavedžija (University of Cambridge) and Robert Simpkins (SOAS, London) and supported by the AHRC.
Music: Footsteps, by Robert Simpkins.
Camthropod Episode 26, January 2023
The Future of the Anthropological Journal
Andrew Sanchez, Liana Chua, and Natalia Buitron (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 25, November 2022
Artery: on art, authorship and anthropology. Episode 1: Maree Clarke with Fran Edmonds.
Iza Kavedžija (University of Cambridge) and Robert Simpkins (SOAS, London) and supported by the AHRC.
Music: Footsteps, by Robert Simpkins.
Camthropod Episode 24, November 2022
The Recorded and the Live: Shi’i Islamic Media in Pakistan. With Charles Hirschkind, Karen Ruffle, and Abeera Arif-Bashir.
Timothy Cooper (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 23, 1 November 2021
30 years of German unity
Laura Tradii (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 22, 29 May 2020
An Interview with Max Bolt
Kevin Yildirim and Javier Ruiz
Camthropod Episode 21, 27 February 2020
Anthropology Beyond the Academy: Public Health
Dr Sian Lazar (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 20, June 2019
Anthropology Beyond the Academy: Diplomacy
David Sneath (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 19, Thursday 21 February 2019
Circus Stories
Laura Byng (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 18, Thursday 15 November 2018
An interview with Michael Puett
Beth Turk (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 17, Friday 2 February 2018
An interview with David MacDougall
Rafael Dernbach (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 16, Friday 24 November 2017
An interview with Ilana Gershon
Oliver Balch (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 15, Friday 27 October 2017
Thinking about Vision. An investigation with visually-impaired theatre-goers and audio describers
Harsha Balasubramanian (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 14, Friday 10 March 2017
Welcome to Dataworld
Alex Taylor (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 13, Friday 10 February 2017
Wicked problems in the world of debt advice
Ryan Davey (LSE) and Carl Packman
Camthropod Episode 12, Friday 25 November 2016
Birdsong
Jonathan Woolley and Hugh Williamson (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 11, Friday 11 November 2016
An Interview with Richard Werbner
Joe Philp (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 10, Friday 28 October 2016
MIASU at 30
Dr Sian Lazar (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 9, Friday 14 October 2016
Your Local
Farhan Samanani (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 8, Friday 10 June 2016
An Interview with Tanya Luhrmann
Dr Rupert Stasch (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 7, Friday 27 May 2016
Sounds of Protest
Dr Sian Lazar (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 6, Friday 13 May 2016
Hiddo Dhawr: Singing Love in(to) Somaliland
Christina Woolner (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 5, Friday 29 April 2016
An Interview with Anna Tsing
Corinna Howland and Christina Woolner (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 4, Friday 4 March 2016
Treating English Handicaps: Spoken English Training Centres in Bangalore, India
Dr Sazana Jayadeva (Affiliated researcher, The German Institute of Global and Area Studies)
Camthropod Episode 3, Friday 19 February 2016
Save the Date
Patrick O'Hare (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 2, Friday 5 February 2016
Gogo Breeze and Radio Kinship
Professor Harri England (University of Cambridge)
Camthropod Episode 1, Friday 22 January 2016
The morals of effect in north India's goonda raj (rule of strongmen)
Dr Anastasia Piliavsky (University of Cambridge)
Senior Research Seminar, Friday 30 October 2015
Imperial Transgressions: The Histories of the Animal and Human in Race Science
Dr Sujit Sivasundaram (University of Cambridge)
Senior Research Seminar, Friday 22 May 2015
“The Revolution is Not a Wedding Reception”: queer activism and recursive anthropology
Dr Paolo Heywood (University of Cambridge)
Senior Research Seminar, Friday 1 May 2015
Mending Mother’s Kitchen: Negotiating Pentecostal Values on the Zambian Copperbelt
Dr Naomi Haynes (University of Edinburgh)
Senior Research Seminar, Friday 6 February 2015
Salvage as salvation: the moral, the political and the scales of hospitality from the middle of the sea
Dr Naor Ben-Yehoyada (University of Cambridge)
Senior Research Seminar, Friday 23 January 2015
Formal friendships in Amazonia – a reconsideration
Dr Anne-Christine Taylor (Director of Research, CNRS)
Senior Research Seminar, Friday 16 January 2015
Varieties of Pluralisms
Professor Philippe Descola (College de France)
Senior Research Seminar, Friday 28 November 2014
Inhabiting democracy: politics as a personal and cultural construction in post-Suharto Indonesia
Dr. Nick Long (LSE)
Senior Research Seminar, Friday 14 November 2014
On Freedom, Destiny, and Consequences
Dr Samuli Shielke (Zentrum Moderner Orient)
Senior Research Seminar, Friday 16 May 2014
Trading Worlds: Everyday Diplomacy on The Frontiers of South and Central Asia
Professor Magnus Marsden (University of Sussex)
Senior Research Seminar, Friday 14 February 2014
History as it is Lived: an Anthropological Perspective on Autonomy, Contingency And Historical Necessity
Professor Christina Toren (University of St Andrews)
Senior Research Seminar, Friday 22 November 2012