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Undergraduate Handbook 2016-2017 (archived)
Module ANTH3417: Anthropology of Conflict and Law
Department: Anthropology
ANTH3417: Anthropology of Conflict and Law
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 3 | 10 | Not available in 2016/2017 | Durham |
Pre-requisites
Corequisites
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Excluded Combinations
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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 | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| 0 | |||||
| Total | 100 | ||||
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 100% | Essay | 3000 | 100% |
Formative Assessment
Essay Plan (2 sides of A4 paper) + formatted bibliography
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.