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 ActivitiesGuided independent studyPlacement / study abroad
22780

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

CategoryHours of study timeDescription
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities1111 x 1 hour lectures, which develop and explain the themes of the week
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities11Seminars 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 Study78Reading, class preparation

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/