AN248 Half Unit Not available in 2011/12
Ethnography of a Selected Region
This information is for the 2011/12 session.
Teachers responsible
Availability
BA/BSc Social Anthropology and BA Anthropology and Law. Also available to General Course students and as an outside option. Pre-requisites
Undergraduates taking this course should have completed an introductory course in social anthropology unless granted exemption by the teacher.
Course content
The course will focus on one (or two) specific culture/ethnographic areas through an examination of classic and contemporary ethnographic works. Topics to be covered in relation to this specific area may include colonialism and post-colonialism; kinship, gender and personhood; custom/tradition, belief and practices and the social organisation of religion; power, unity and difference; hierarchy and egalitarianism; modern politics and the state; the impact of globalisation.
Teaching
Lectures weekly MT (10 x 1-hour), classes weekly MT (10 x 1-hour). Revision sessions in the Summer Term.
Formative coursework
Students will have an opportunity to write tutorial essays on topics from the course which will be formatively assessed.
Indicative reading
Assessment
Two hour unseen examination in the ST (80%) and one essay of 2,000-2,500 words (20%). ^
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