Module ANT2005 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT2005: Current Debates in Anthropology: Practice
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Aims
The primary aim of the module is to further build on students' existing knowledge of anthropological theory, and introduce them to a body of concepts and approaches developed by practitioners of this dynamic subject in response to conducting fieldwork in a changing world. The module also aims to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to enable them to understand and evaluate the differing views expressed by established anthropologists in relation to key theoretical debates. Through constructive seminar discussions they will be also be empowered to feel confident in utilising anthropological theory as a tool for analysing their own research.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. display a detailed knowledge of specific theoretical concepts and methodological approaches in anthropology and the intellectual debates concerning them; 2. display an informed awareness of, and sensitivity to, human diversity, and a reflexive appreciation of its scope and complexity; 3. evaluate the ethical implications of anthropological research in relation to a selection of ethnographic case studies and in relation to the Association of Social Anthropologists' Ethical Guidelines for Good Research Practice; |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. demonstrate a competence in using major theoretical perspectives and concepts in anthropology via the application of appropriate theoretical models in the analysis of ethnographic case studies; 5. demonstrate a recognition of the politics of language, indirect forms of communication, forms of power, theoretical statements and claims of authority, and an ability to analyse them; 6. demonstrate the ability to plan, undertake and present scholarly work that shows an understanding of anthropological aims, methods and theoretical considerations; |
| Personal and Key Skills | 7. express your own ideas in writing, summarize the arguments of others, and distinguish between the two; 8. engage in constructive discussion in group situations; and 9. evaluate your strengths and weaknesses in learning and study skills and to take action to improve your capacity to learn. |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Crate, Susan A. and Mark Nuttall (2016) “Introduction: Anthropology and Climate Change,” in S. A. Crate and M. Nuttall, eds., Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions, Routledge.
Bharadwaj, Aditya (2012) “Enculturating cells: the anthropology, substance, and science of stem cells,” Annual review of anthropology 41 : 303-317.
Abramowitz, Sharon (2014) “Ten Things that Anthropologists Can Do to Fight the West African Ebola Epidemic,” Somatosphere: Science, Medicine, and Anthropology September [http://somatosphere.net/2014/09/ten-things-that-anthropologists-can-do-to-fight-the-west-african-ebola-epidemic.html].
Holmes, Seth M and Castañeda, Heide (2016) “Representing the ‘European refugee crisis’ in Germany and beyond: Deservingness and difference, life and death,” American Ethnologist 43 (1): 12-24 [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/amet.12259/full].
Shore, Cris and Susan Wright (2015) “Governing by numbers: audit culture, rankings and the new world order,” Social Anthropology 23 (1): 22–28.
Hylland Eriksen, Thomas (2016) |”Waste,” in Overheating: An Anthropology of Accelerated Change, Pluto Press, chapter 6.
Juris, Jeffrey and Razsa, Maple (2012) "Occupy, Anthropology, and the 2011 Global Uprisings," Hot Spots, Cultural Anthropology website, July 27, 2012 [https://culanth.org/fieldsights/63-occupy-anthropology-and-the-2011-global-uprisings].
Bunten, Alexis Celeste (2008) “Sharing culture or selling out? Developing the commodified persona in the heritage industry,” American Ethnologist 35 (3): 380-395.
Checker, Melissa, et al (2011) “‘Year That Trembled and Reel’d’: Reflections on Public Anthropology a Decade after 9/11,” American Anthropologist 113 (3): 491-497.
Green, Sara, et al (2016) “Brexit Referendum: ?rst reactions from
Anthropology,” Social Anthropology 0 (0) 1–25 [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1469-8676.12331/epdf].
