Anya Duxbury: A passion for Anthropology, the study of what makes us human
Season 2, Episode 16, Feb 01, 2022, 05:12 PM
Anya Duxbury (2019) is a recent KEHS leaver and is currently in the United States studying Business at Alma College in Michigan for a year - however, her passion is anthropology, which is the degree she's taking a short break from before she returns to Queen's Belfast to complete it next year.
In this conversation Anya talks about the subject of anthropology itself, and how discovering it almost by chance set her off in a completely different direction with her life. Anthropology is, broadly, the study of what makes us human, and Anya is particularly interested in how societal structures can influence the behaviour of the individual (Anya applies some of her learnings to the context of KES and KEHS in a case study we can all relate to!)
As you will hear, Anya is hugely passionate about the subject and has recently been appointed as the National Vice Ambassador for the UK in the Applied Anthropology Network of Europe. She believes that some of the character traits that were instilled in her at KEHS had a part to play in this appointment, and we believe these same traits mean that she has a fantastic career ahead of her!
In this conversation Anya talks about the subject of anthropology itself, and how discovering it almost by chance set her off in a completely different direction with her life. Anthropology is, broadly, the study of what makes us human, and Anya is particularly interested in how societal structures can influence the behaviour of the individual (Anya applies some of her learnings to the context of KES and KEHS in a case study we can all relate to!)
As you will hear, Anya is hugely passionate about the subject and has recently been appointed as the National Vice Ambassador for the UK in the Applied Anthropology Network of Europe. She believes that some of the character traits that were instilled in her at KEHS had a part to play in this appointment, and we believe these same traits mean that she has a fantastic career ahead of her!
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