Dai Cooper: The Anthropology Song – A little bit anthropologist

It’s a small hit on Youtube: more than 27,000 people already watched the video in which anthropology student Dai Cooper sings about her passion for anthropology. I can do and say many things about why anthropology is important, why it is fun and why it is relevant for society, but I don’t know anyone who has explained it so clearly. She is invited to sing the song at the upcoming AAA-meeting. Lorenzo (who else?) at antropologi.info did an interview with her:
Interview: Meet Dai Cooper from The Anthropology Song!

– Why do you address your parents in the song?

– I love my parents, and they’re definitely the people who have supported me the most through my education. They always pay really close attention to the things I’m passionate about, and I’m really grateful for that. At the same time, it’s challenged me to ask myself some of the same questions that they’ve had so what exactly is Anthropology, anyway? Why are you studying it again? and I think in many ways the song addresses some of those same questions. So the song is sincerely dedicated to them.

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– Really inspirational ones! I was just expressing happiness and inspiration through the song, and apparently that’s made a lot of other people happy and inspired too, which is wonderful. Anthropology to me is all about human connexions, and it’s been so amazing to feel like people from all over the world have been feeling those connexions with each other through the song.

I will use the song in some of the courses I teach. And now it is time for you to watch and listen of course:
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Also read the lyrics and the comments over at Youtube.