The section of Anthropolgy is quite unique, because we are situated at Moesgaard -  a stately manor with nature and forest at all sides. We have a wide range of different academic and social clubs and societies for students to join, which over the years have turned into a prosperous study environment. It can be a positive change from all the reading to get involved in student politics or the events of the different clubs and societies. Furthermore you get the opportunity to learn more about the subject and the other students from other courses and with other degrees.

Department Council of Anthropology

In the Department Council of Anthropology, University of Aarhus, we work to ensure your rights as students and strengthen the development of the learning environment, both academically and socially. Our purpose is to represent the interests of you as students, which we do by acting as a channel of communication between students, Department of Anthropology and the university through various councils, boards and committees.

The Department Council of Anthropology is an open organization, which means that everyone is welcome to attend the department council meetings, projects and events. The meetings take place approx. every 3 weeks in the period 16:30 to 18:30, where we discuss current issues and problems at school and trying to find solutions through various initiatives. Do you have something you wish to debate, or do you want to become an active member in the Department Council, you are always welcome to attend, or contact one of the members personally. We can also be contacted via our facebook group ‘Fagrådet for Antropologi og Etnografi' (where additional meeting information, time and place, also will be available) or at First Class.

If you have something to debate, we hope that you will contact us, so that we, together, can develop the academic and social environment of Anthropology.

The following are selected as contacts in the Department Council:
Contact person for students and committees: Line Beck
Contact person for teachers, student guidance, secretariat: Kristian Lindegaard Svendsen

The Danish Ethnographic Association

Do you want to be updated on the price of brides in Papua New Guinea, the catch of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands, cricket in Tahiti, love in Aarhus, the theories of Pierre Bourdieu and a lot more? The Danish Ethnographis Association is open to everone with an interest in the development of the field of anthropology.

The association offers meetings for members with lectures and talks in Copenhagen and Aarhus, where anthropologist talk about the most recent research within the field. Through debate and critical communication the association aim to give an anthropological comment to cultural- and societal development.

An annual meeeting is conducted, in which a particular topic is treated by danish and foreign researchers, primarily anthropologist, but also specialist from related fields. Members of the Danish Ethnographic Association also receive a free journal called "Jordens Folk".

Read more: www.jordensfolk.dk

Kultura

Kultura is the student club. Here it is possible to socialise with your fellow students, whether it is a discussion over a beer or after a lecture. The club gives you an excellent oppotunity to meet other students in new contexts. Only the imagination sets boundaries for the events of Kultura. Kultura is divided into three committees - Kaiko (which organise parties), Barbaren (which organise the friday-cafe) and Kula (which organise different talks and lectures). Every committee has a chairman and a treasurer, which all are students. The executive committee manage the finances and the calender. The club and most of the vents are situated at Moesgaard.

The friday-cafe "Barbaren" is housed in the canteen at Moesgaard with good musik and a nice athmosphere and the very popular danish notion of "hygge". The cafe often begins after the last lesson on fridays and sometimes ends late if there is a live-band or other kinds of entertainment.

The lecture club "Kula" is for you who want both social and academic events. Here you can enjoy lectures, talks, debates, workshops and see interesting films.

The Informant

Are you a budding writer or columnist? Or do you have flair for lay-out or do you just have lots of ideas and stories? Then you should lokk into the student paper Informanten. The editorial team are all students from different classes, which strive for a paper with a high academic level but which also has room for offbeat ideas and funny not-so-seious contributions.

The informant is issued at least once every term and is found in the lobby at Moesgaard just outside auditorium 5. The paper has many readers among students and lecturers, due to the interessting subjects and a posh lay.out. We are happy to welcome you, if you are interested contact the editor through mail on First Class. Look here for more information about the Informant.