Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2014-2015 (archived)

Module ANTH3417: Anthropology of Conflict and Law

Department: Anthropology

ANTH3417: Anthropology of Conflict and Law

Type	Open	Level	3	Credits	10	Availability	Available in 2014/15	Module Cap	None.	Location	Durham

Prerequisites

<If other modules, please enter module code using 'Righ Click, Insert module_code' or enter module title>ANTH 2051 Political & Economic Organisation or ANTH 2041 Kinship & Belief Systems or HUSS 2191 Cultures & Classifications or LAW 2201 Law Gender & Society or SOCI 2092 Sociological Imaginations

Corequisites

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Excluded Combination of Modules

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Aims

Students should acquire a thorough grounding in the history and development of anthropological studies of law OR politics
Students should understand the potential application of anthropological studies in governance and policy development

Content

Legal anthropology
Political anthropology
Conflict and power
Cross-cultural conflict management processes
Ethnography of conflict
Theories of Law

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Critically and comparatively analyse and evaluate anthropological literature on politics and law through the selection and application of appropriate explanatory theory.
Apply subject related knowledge from the course to the evaluation of current local world affairs.
Develop the ability to pursue independent research in anthropology and related fields.
Students will develop a sound grasp of a range of key ethnographic works on conflict management.
Students will learn differences in concepts of law within legal anthropology.
Students will learn about specific types of legal systems.

Subject-specific Skills:

Critically and comparatively analyse and evaluate anthropological literature on politics and law through the selection and application of appropriate explanatory theory.
Apply subject related knowledge from the course to the evaluation of current local and world affairs.
Develop the ability to pursue independent research in anthropology and related fields.
Critically compare and evaluate ethnographic work in legal anthropology.
Built on literature searching skills to develop enhanced ability to filter relevant works.

Key Skills:

Communicate complex abstract ideas through written work.
Plan, organise and manage time to meet deadlines.
Show initiative to independantly find resources on their chosen assessment topics to independantly apply to the evaluation of theory.
Be computer literate to produce word processed material and access data.

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

Lectures - guide student reading and introduce key concepts
Seminars - develop students' critical evaluation and comparison skills
Essays - test students' ability to critically analyse appropriate literature and develop a logical argument based on evidence.
Unseen Exam

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Lectures	8	Distributed across Term according to the pedagogical strategy	1	8
Seminars	7	Scheduled to follow lectures 2-8	1	7
Preparation & Reading				85

Summative Assessment

Component: Coursework		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Essay	3000	100%

Formative Assessment:

Essay Plan (2 sides of A4 paper) + formatted bibliography

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University