The Audible Anthropologist

Dr Nicholas Herriman

Anthropologists study human culture and society. They ask “what it is to be human?”. Anthropologists answer this question by analysing diverse societies to find out what all humans have in common. To undertake this study, anthropologists have a ‘kit’ full of conceptual tools. Join the Audible Anthropologist (aka La Trobe University’s Nicholas Herriman) as we describe some of these tools and put them to use.

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The Audible Anthropologist

Episodes (26)

Jun 21, 2013 Life and Death
May 31, 2013 Mind and Matter
May 24, 2013 Modernity

The Audible Anthropologist

Jun 21, 2013
10 seconds
10 MB

Some of the West biggest moral disputes, such as abortion, life support, and euthanasia, centre on defining life and death. Anthropology shows us that while the definition of “alive” is culturally specific, one commonality many cultures appear to share is two concepts. Biological life consists in breathing, heart beating and so on. What we could call civil life consists in having ritual status or personhood. In other words, ‘being alive’ is not simply breathing. Nor is it simply having ‘civil life’. Copyright 2013 Nicholas Herriman / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.

The Audible Anthropologist

Life and Death

Dr Nicholas Herriman

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