College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Ethnography of the Middle East
Module ARA2134 for 2024/5
Module ARA2134 for 2024/5
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA2134: Ethnography of the Middle East
This module descriptor refers to the 2024/5 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Week 1 Course overview
Week 2 Anthropologists and the Middle East
Week 3 Knowledge
Week 4 Culture
Week 5 States and subjects 1
Week 6 Reading week
Week 7 States and subjects 2
Week 8 Everyday resistance
Week 9 Revolution
Week 10 Islam and morality
Week 11 Responsibility
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 |
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22 | 78 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 11 | 11 x 1 hour lectures, which develop and explain the themes of the week |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 11 | Seminars will involve discussing question(s) relating to the themes of the week; students will be expected to play an active role and will sometimes be asked to explain/comment on texts |
Guided Independent Study | 78 | Reading, class preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/