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The issues<\/h1>\n

Students in the class are divided into 4 or 5 topics (2 groups per topic). Each group reads and discusses scholarly articles generally related to the assigned topic, ultimately producing a product that shows how anthropological analyses can help us understand humanitarian and development issues better.\u00a0At the end of each semester, the students have a chance to meet with professionals in these sectors and discuss their ‘findings’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Until 2021, students wrote blog posts in their small groups. Since then, the class has experimented with different final products: lesson plans for Year 10 students (2021-2022), non-textual ‘exhibit’ objects (2022-2023), and tabletop games (2024-2025), for example. Take a look below!\u00a0<\/p>\n