Anya Duxbury

About Anya Duxbury

Anya Duxbury is an undergraduate student of Anthropology at Queen’s University Belfast. She is currently studying Business at Alma College, Michigan on a scholarship granted by the British Council until April 2022. Her thesis is titled “Commodity or Community? A Study of the Impact of Advertisements on Instagram Mothers”, where she explores how mothers navigate authenticity and profit-making on Instagram. She has also done work on intergenerational knowledge sharing in the Gozitan wine industry. She is determined to use my anthropology in her career, advocating for its inclusion in all aspects of society and the working world. Anya firmly believes that she can make a little part of the world better through Applied Anthropology.

A love letter to anthropology

Anthropology is my true love; some would even say I’m evangelical about it. But Anthropology has fallen out of favour in academia and in the public eye. It’s been cut from academic institutions across the USA and the UK. Funding for projects and study has declined. People have no idea what Anthropology is. In part, I believe this is because of the focus within Anthropology on the divide between academic and applied work. Without addressing this fracture, Anthropology cannot move forward and become respected again. I issue a call to all of Anthropology: To undergraduate students - Ask your professors what they’re [...]