¿ªÐÄ¹í´«Ã½

We are anthropologists. Anthropologists study humans and our biological relatives in all places and all times. To do this work is to consider the diversity and complexity of life in biological, cultural, and historical contexts. We explore this as scientists and we value and work towards it in our own community. We collaborate with communities around the world, with whom we are privileged to develop partnerships while we research critical social, biological, and environmental problems.

Anthropology matters – it is a unique way of knowing the world. For this reason, who we are also matters. In the field and in our community of scholars, we bring together people of different races, cultures, ethnicities, indigeneities, genders, classes, sexualities, religions, dis/abilities, nationalities, citizenship statuses, and other identities, experiences, and perspectives. We are actively training the next generations of anthropologists to be teachers, researchers, writers, and advocates for and partners to the communities with whom we work. We are committed to scholarly ethics and responsibilities; to engaged, rigorous empirical science; and to constantly refining and expanding how we understand the human experience.

As such, anthropology is a discipline always in formation, reflecting critically on its past and working in the present to contribute to a more equitable future for peoples locally, regionally, and globally. We support initiatives that nurture and welcome groups who have been actively discriminated against and oppressed. Human experiences of dispossession, inequity, racism, and violence are things we can help identify and study, and they are anthropologically knowable. We believe it is important to investigate the full range of human experiences, including inhumanities and injustices. Anthropology is the science of humans, and we are committed to the flourishing of all people.

The Department of Anthropology

University of Colorado Boulder

3/13/2025