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


06th February 2026
By ABC Radio National with Dr Michael Edwards, Lecturer in Anthropology at The University of Sydney
Great listening for anyone who has watched anthropology evolve over the years!

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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