How can we use research and the tools and theories of anthropology to actively build better worlds? In this course, we will look at historical examples, contemporary antiracist and anticolonial approaches, and future possibilities of anthropological and interdisciplinary scholarship to bring about positive change to our world. In a context of globally resurgent fascism, racist backlash, disastrous effects of the climate crisis, and continuing imperialism and (neo)colonialism, we will collectively construct an approach to research and scholarship that aims to dismantle those systems of oppression. Together, we will: look at the concepts of (neo)colonialism, race and intersectionality to understand how the world came to be what it is like today; address the historical and contemporary development of the role of activism in anthropology, focusing on feminist, antiracist, and decolonial critiques and practices; delve into the practices and theories of creating better worlds, e.g. through repair and reparations for colonialism and slavery, speculative worldbuilding, and radical imagination; develop our own vision of an activist anthropology; and create a framework for applying this vision to a real-world case study that students will select. Black and Indigenous anthropologists and scholars, and especially women of color, will be centrally featured in this course.   Assignments will include a short essay on an activist ethnography; a manifesto of activist anthropology; and a final project to apply your manifesto, practice with ethnographic methods, and develop strategies to challenge a particular system of oppression of your choosing. Although our thematic focus will be on intersectional feminism, antiracism and decolonization, the theories and practices we will discuss can be used to both further understand and find ways to counteract social injustices in general.