ANTHROPOLOGY, PRIMATES AND ETHNOPRIMATOLOGY ONLINE COURSE
philip linder
ANTHROPOLOGY, PRIMATES AND ETHNOPRIMATOLOGY October 2024
LEARNING OPPORTUNITY: Anthropology, Primates and Ethnoprimatology Online Course with Philip Linder O’Donnell, begins Thursday, October 3, 2024.
Hiring Organization: Philip Linder O’Donnell
OVERVIEW:
From the Ecuadorian Amazon, Philip Linder continues the online course: Anthropology, Primates and Ethnoprimatology. The original student cohorts of the first two courses are encouraged to continue and participate with course content, guest lecturers and in 2025, a field school in Sucumbios, Ecuadorian Amazon for ethnoprimatology methods and theories. For new students, the cost of tuition, despite inflation remains $100 USD.
The course first aims at a very brief introduction for students to the scientific discipline of anthropology before sharing in-depth understanding of the Order Primates and Anthropology’s new specialization, Ethnoprimatology. The format is recorded lectures divided into three modules. Projects, exercises, readings and assessment exams accompany each module. Optional check-in Zoom meetings will be scheduled twice each week to accommodate students in varied time zones.
The instructor of the course is Philip Linder O’Donnell who taught anthropology courses (Cultural Anthropology and Human Origins and Prehistory) at universities in the USA for 7 years. He is a PhD student in Anthropological Studies at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland remotely and part-time, currently on break until he can afford to pay tuition, with the intent to resume next September. His dissertation research will explore ethnoprimatology in the Ecuadorian Amazon where he lived from 2020-2022, and again since July of this year. While there he has observed human interactions with 8 species of wild nonhuman Primates (NHPs). He led tours of undergraduates to see captive primates at the Indianapolis Zoo where he observed primates for decades. Recently he spent 14 months as lead caregiver of squirrel monkeys at a Primate sanctuary in Florida.
Anthropology, Primates and Ethnoprimatology is the best online course focusing on Ethnoprimatology on the planet! With the disclaimer that it the first and only online course focusing on ethnoprimatology in the world that I am aware of, it is still a great opportunity, experience, and adventure.
SOME LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
After completion of the course students should be able to show knowledge about the basics of the field of anthropology and the types of research and analyses practiced in the discipline.
A broad understanding and appreciation for primate species, including our own can be achieved with introductions to classifications, behavioral ecology, evolutionary histories, predation, conservation, and more! Primates around the world face unprecedented threats to their viability and many are close to extinction in the wild.
Participants will have the chance to learn about the field of ethnoprimatology, key researchers, strategies, methods, theories, ethical considerations, how to create a proposal and much more.
It is hoped that a greater appreciation for the place of humans on our Earth can be realized, that we are a part of nature and not separate from it and that humans and NHPs have a long- shared evolutionary history of living side by side. One of the most important challenges we face is to live the most harmoniously we can with all species as there is increasingly more encroachment upon habitats on the Earth we all share.
OTHER FEATURES:
I am currently an independent instructor and do not offer credit but possibly you could get credit through your university as an independent study.
Get a certificate and transcripts for successful completion of the course.
Cool projects like Create a Primate!
Recorded and live Zoom meetings with the instructor and guest interviews with anthropologists, primatologists and ethnoprimatologists. Past guests include Leslie Sponsel who coined the term ethnoprimatology and first described it, Kerry Dore who studied the human Primate interface on St. Kitts island, George Gmelch, expert ethnographer, and Ulrich Reichard, gibbons researcher and expert on the gibbons of Khao Yai, Thailand. Future guests to be announced.
Live virtual fieldtrips to fieldsites in Sucumbios with hotspots aiding the process, to appreciate culture, and observe the human-NHP interface. And actual in person field school in ethnoprimatology in January, 2025 with tuition for this course contributing to the entire cost. Details to be announced later.
Books, articles and other reading materials you can keep as well as access to the course.
A website and discussion forum for students to communicate.
The “Home Tree” will likely be the Google Classroom platform that can be accessed easily on computer or phone and link to the other components, Canvas, YouTube, Google Drive Library, etc.
Whether you are a student contemplating anthropology, primatology or ethnoprimatology as a major, graduate school or career, or are already studying or participating, this could be a great opportunity to explore what is available or to supplement your thirst for knowledge. Anyone who shares an interest in and love for primates may enjoy this course. Lifelong learners will also love the content for learning’s sake and perhaps happy career changes will be realized!
REQUIREMENTS:
Only an interest and enthusiasm for learning about Anthropology, Primates and Ethnoprimatology.
COSTS:
All books, articles and other reading materials will be provided and it costs $100 to register.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Thursday, October 3, 2024.
Class is without pressure as you work at the pace you choose.
For registration and more information, email Philip Linder O'Donnell at plinder...@yahoo.com or contact on WhatsApp at +1 352 681 2778