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Postgraduate Handbook 2007-2008 (archived)

Module ANTH54730: Fieldwork and Interpretation

Department: Anthropology

ANTH54730: Fieldwork and Interpretation

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Open	4	30	Available in 2007/2008		Durham

Pre-requisites

None

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

None.

Aims

To give students a comprehensive view of anthropological field methods and the interpretation of ethnographic data.

Content

Relation of explanatory theories to methods of research.
Learning and interpreting everyday life: participant observation (everyday life as field research), noticing, querying, note-taking.
Eliciting and interpreting texts: life histories, narratives, myths and religious texts.
Eliciting and interpreting accounts of social life: semi-structured and unstructured interviews, questionnaires, geneologies, family histories, participatory social research.
Eliciting and interpreting categories and symbols: participatory mapping, semantic domains, indigenous knowledge, kinship terminologies.
Using qualitative software tools.
Using IT resources to source methods and explinations and to create new sources.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

Subject-specific Skills

Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Lecrures, practicals and project work.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Seminars	22	Weekly	2 hours	44
Preparation and Reading				256
Total				300

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Research Project Report	100%	Research Project Report	5000 words	100%

Formative Assessment

Seminar presentation and contribution of project plan and bibliography to departmental website on anthropological field methods.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.