Every year, we have a certain number of students transferred into the anthropology department from different disciplines. How do they know about anthropology in the first place? Why would they make the decision to transfer? Is life as an anthropology student different from what they expected? Are transfer students more engaged in department events? In this episode, two students Jolin and Yuanchi share their stories.

(This episode is conducted in Putonghua.)

01’30 Why did you decided to transfer?

11’34 First contact with anthropology

23’12 Expectation vs Reality

34’14 The engaging transfer students?

Credit: Opening and Closing Music “Pleasant Porridge” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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About the Series: Hi, anthro speaking. Welcome everyone to “Anthropology Says”, I am Linus, host of this podcast series. Anthropologists spend a lot of time chatting with our interlocutors, participating in their routines, and building a relationship deeper than a typical interviewer-interviewee one. “Chatting” in this sense can teach us things beyond our expectation. Through interactions in a casual setting, this series will focus on the less theoretical side of the anthropology life and showcase the ideas and stories of those of us in anthropology. To me, anthropology is full of sentiments and fun, which I hope to share in these episodes. Thank you for listening 🙂