Program

The program’s lines of research bring together theoretical and methodological approaches of relevance to contemporary debates within and outside the discipline.

Environment, development and sustainability:

This line articulates an interest in the ways in which humans relate to theirThis line articulates an interest in the ways in which humans relate to theirenvironment and its non-human agents, as they mutually constitute eachother. It encompasses a comparative consideration of the heterogeneousways of conceiving human ecology and life in general. The line inquires,among other themes, into environmental conflicto, development andsustainability, dynamics of extractivism, climate change, conservation andhabitability in the Anthropocene.

Governance and diversity::

This line develops interests in the problematization of different socialThis line develops interests in the problematization of different socialprocesses related to governance, political activism, and resistance, withparticular attention to the emergence of economic, political, ethnic, racial,and gender diversity. More specifically, this line articulates research aroundthe political dimensions of life, essential for the understanding ofcontemporary society, and includes topics such as structural violence,migration, social movements, democracy and citizenship, transitionaljustice, among others.

Kinship, religion and everyday life:

This line articulates questions on everyday life that are essential for antis line articulates questions on everyday life that are essential for anunderstanding of contemporary society, namely from the point of view ofintimate relations, domesticity, family, and the religious imagination. Morespecifically, the line places a diversity of themes at the forefront, such asconsumption, kinship, religión, the experience and concept of body, andmaterial culture, among others.

The international dimension of the Doctorate has established alliances as the focus of its development:

a) Institutional Development Grant del Wenner-Gren Foundation

The Wenner-Gren Foundation is the largest private, non-profit foundation that supports anthropological research worldwide. Since 2008, the Foundation has had a type of financing called the Institutional Development Grant (IDG), aimed at strengthening institutions and the internationalization of doctoral programs.

b) Double Degree with the University of Edinburgh

The Doctorate of Anthropology has a double degree agreement with the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. Each of the programs may annually admit a máximum of one double-degree PhD student. For more information, consult the Program Manager.

c) Academic Senate and Alliance with the Centro de Estudios Interculturales e Indígenas (Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies) – CIIR

The faculty of the senate and also the School of Anthropology have close links with CIIR. In this sense, the academic faculty has several previous international collaboration experiences with centers of excellence in anthropology worldwide. In addition, CIIR is constantly developing activities with international academics, from which the Doctorate program continues to benefite.

En el documento descargable encontrará el plan de estudios, la secuencia curricular y la malla curricular.

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To be a Doctoral candidate, the student must meet the following requirements:

1. Have completed a minimum of two semesters in the Program.
2. Have passed all the academic courses that make up the Program (50 credits in minimum courses and 30 in electives).
3. Have their Doctoral Thesis Project approved.
4. Have passed the Candidacy Exam, consisting of defending their Doctoral Thesis Project before the Candidacy Committee, within a period not exceeding 5 semesters from the moment of entering the program. In case of not meeting this deadline, the student will be failed and will be eliminated.
5. The candidate may fail the Candidacy Exam only once.

Exit Requirements

1. Have the program’s study plan approved, according to the VRA Resolution that approves it.
2. Have their Doctoral Thesis approved by the Thesis Committee in its written version.

Graduation Requirements

1. Have completed the exit requirements.
2. Have completed a minimum of four semesters in the Program.
3. Have the oral defense of their Thesis approved.
4. Have delivered the corresponding copies of their Doctoral Thesis, including, if applicable, the modifications requested by the Thesis Committee.
5. Have accredited a command of English at an advanced level, equivalent to the superior score of B2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and in accordance with the operationalization protocol established by the Graduate School of the Vice-Rectory for Research.
6. Have passed the Research Ethics and Integrity Workshop, the Teaching Skills Development Workshop and another transversal skills workshop (all with the acronym CPD).
7. Have their curricular activity Teaching Activity (ANT3040) approved).
8. Be the main author of a scientific article sent to a journal, or mainstream book in case of doing a Thesis in traditional format, and of two scientific articles if the Thesis is developed in article format (ANT3041)
9. Have passed the curricular activity International Internship (ANT3042)
10. Have carried out at least two annual follow-up activities while the student was in good standing within the Program.
11. Not be registered as a debtor of any kind with the University.
12. Have entered the final manuscript of the dissertation approved by your Thesis Committee in the repository of the UC Library System.
13. Comply with any other administrative requirements that the Program stipulates.