Navigating the Digital Turn (Again): ChatGPT and Large Language Models in Anthropological Education

The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT into anthropological teachingpresents a host of questions, problems, and possibilities. This chapter aims to provide acomprehensive introduction to how anthropologists may use LLM-powered chatbots like ChatGPT inhigher education. Concretely, I identify three primary avenues of practical LLM application: teacherpreparation, student homework, and student supervision, each offering unique opportunities andchallenges.To navigate this new digital turn in anthropological education, this paper advocates for anaffordance-based view of GenAI, understanding its potential and limitations while being acutelyaware of its role in shaping new social and political contexts for learning and teaching. Through thislens, the chapter calls for a balanced integration of AI in academia, aligning technologicaladvancements with core values of anthropological education in exploration of hybrid educationalmodels.