Research opportunities for Colby students include tracking legislation during the spring legislative session, drafting legislative testimony, conducting interviews, and transcribing and analyzing field data.

Colby students also have the opportunity to take courses on the culture and politics of drug policy and the legal system.

AY236: Illegal Drugs, Law and the State

Fall 2022: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-10:45

Drawing on legal and political anthropology, we  examine the cultures of control that target the commerce and consumption of illegal drugs. We  consider the evolution of these policies as a form of statecraft, and explore their impact in a variety of historical moments and social worlds in the Americas. Case studies will include the Prohibition, cocaine, and alternative forms of political power facilitated by the drug trade.

For more information on research and courses, contact Dr. Winifred Tate in the Anthropology Department at Colby College, [email protected].

Pictured: Colby students meet with State Representative Colleen Madigan at the Statehouse cafeteria.