Communitas is Victor Turner's concept for the experience of intense feelings of social togetherness and belonging. Although communitas is a social form that brings people together outside "normal" social structures, it also strengthens these same structures.
Starting Winter 2006, students working on their Senior Projects (ANTH 410, 411, and 412) and anthropology faculty will meet weekly to share and discuss their anthropological research in progress in an informal and supportive setting. Other anthropology students, particularly those enrolled in our Theory and Methodology Series ANTH 324, 325 and 326, are encouraged to participate. The goal of the weekly meetings is to support students in their senior projects and create communitas.
This spring we will meet from 12 to 1PM on Tuesdays in the APS Lower Level Lounge.