Studying Philosophy and Social Anthropology enables you to engage with the world’s major philosophies and thinkers, as well a holistic study of people’s ideas, beliefs, practices and activities in a wide range of local, global and transnational settings. What is philosophy? Why is it important? Is it relevant? As a student of Philosophy at Kent, you do not so much learn about philosophy as learn to do it yourself. This includes not only studying major philosophies and philosophers, but also contributing your own ideas to an ongoing dialogue. You develop the ability to connect the most abstract ideas to the most concrete things in our experience. Social anthropologists study how and why we do the things we do, for example, how we work, use technologies, and negotiate conflicts, relationships and change. The School of Anthropology and Conservation is a research-led environment offering a wide range of modules, with a particular strength being the opportunity to study visual anthropology, with both theoretical and practical classes. Staff research interests include political struggle and resistance, post-conflict reconstruction, cultural transmission, indigenous knowledge, religious identity and transformation, mental illness, environmental politics, rural social transformation, law and legal pluralism, science and technology, public anthropology and advocacy. This degree programme is an ideal combination for anyone wanting to appreciate the breadth and complexities of our ideas, whether thought, written or spoken, and how they are communicated on individual, social and global scales.