Anthropology & Sociology
Understand and learn to question the social forces that shape human action
How do individuals experience and navigate existing social structures and institutions, and how do they imagine and build alternatives? How can we grasp social worlds from the viewpoints of their inhabitants? Anthropology explores the full range of human diversity, from pre-historic to contemporary communities. Sociology studies the institutional fabric and cultural sensibilities that characterize industrial and post-industrial societies. Both disciplines will equip you with the tools to make sense of the social arrangements that we humans create – across space and time – as we form communities and pursue meaning.
Bird’s Eye View
Sociology professor Ben Snyder studies the ethical implications of technology and surveillance. His book, Spy Plane: Inside Baltimore’s Surveillance Experiment, takes readers behind the scenes of the city’s controversial aerial policing project.
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Anthropology & Sociology
Hollander Hall, 85 Mission Park Dr.
Williamstown, MA 01267 USA
Phone: 413.597.2645