Module ANTH3417: Anthropology of Conflict and Law

Department: Anthropology

ANTH3417: Anthropology of Conflict and Law

Prerequisites

• ANTH 2051 Political & Economic Organisation OR ANTH 2041 Kinship OR ANTH 2091 Cultures & Classifications OR LAW 2201 Law Gender & Society OR SOCI 2092 Sociological Imaginations

Corequisites

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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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

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

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