Anthropology of Childhood Practicum

(1 Credit Hour) · Undergraduate

This course will begin with reading David Lancy’s work, The Anthropology of Childhood, in order to form a good intellectual background in this sub-discipline of anthropology. Then, at Notre Dame’s Shaw Center for Children and Families, students will participate in practicum through one hour of childcare a week of the children of single mothers in addiction recovery while the mothers are in addiction recovery group. The class will then arrange times to discuss the childcare in light of the anthropology of childhood.