Module ANTH44015: Thinking Anthropologically

Department: Anthropology

ANTH44015: Thinking Anthropologically

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To explore the history and some of the recent developments in the theory of socio-cultural anthropology
• To enable students to assay critically theoretical debates in socio-cultural anthropology and to engage with them in their research
• To enable students to understand how anthropological fieldwork is influenced by the researcher's theoretical orientation

Content

• Selected issues in the theory of socio-cultural anthropology

Learning Outcomes

• Broad knowledge of selected issues in the theory of socio-cultural anthropology
• Broad knowledge of the history of socio-cultural anthropology
• An understanding of how anthropological fieldwork is influenced by the researcher's theoretical orientation

• To develop ability to formulate theoretically informed research aims
• To develop ability to present an effective argument (both orally and in writing) that demonstrates an awareness of the complexity of selected theoretical issues

• Communication: students will be taught how to communicate clearly (both orally and in writing) their understanding of the material they have read
• Improving their own learning and performance: students will learn to use a variety of web tools for searching the primary and secondary literature

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

• Different types of taught sessions

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

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■ 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