Module ANT3037 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT3037: Actor-Network-Theory
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
• Origins of ANT
• Experience and Social Facts
• Strong programme, Edinburgh School
• Laboratory Studies
• Sociology of Objects and Technology
• Illness
• Disability
• Human/Animals
• A new Sociology?
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching | 22 | Eleven 2-hour lectures, involving presentations, group discussion, film presentations and media analysis |
| Guided independent study | 18 | Preparing seminar-presentation individually and as a group |
| Guided independent study | 80 | Reading for assignments |
| Guided independent study | 30 | Essay preparation: conducting research, analysing data, and writing the finished product |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Course materials (including lecture slides and tutorial topics/questions) will be provided on ELE prior to each lecture/tutorial.
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.
Basic reading:
Latour, B. (2015) Re-Assembling the Social. AN Introduction to ANT. Oxford: OUP
Law, J. (1991) (ed.) A Sociology of Monsters. Essays on Power, Technology and Power. London: Routledge.
Law, J. & Hassard, J. (1999) Actor Network Theory and After. Sociological Review Monographs/Oxford: Blackwell.
Mol, A. (2002) The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice. Durham/London: Duke University Press.
Schillmeier, M. (2010) Rethinking Disability. Bodies, Senses and Things. London: Routledge
