Module ANT2103 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT2103: Senses and Society
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Aims
The aims of this module are to introduce the relationship between the senses and lived social worlds, and to explore the how the different senses shape and are shaped social practices and cultural differences. It will discuss central topics and issues, different research agendas and theoretical orientations. With the use of specific and historically diverse examples, the module will examine key issues of current social life and how the perspective of sensory practices offers a novel understanding of the social and society.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate your knowledge of different approaches to the study of sensory practices 2. Analyse and evaluate key issues in the field of sensory practices in relation to specific themes, studies and findings |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Select relevant material and structure it in order to present coherent arguments 4. Display in written and oral form an understanding of the disciplines relation to, and difference from, other approaches and explanations offered towards the senses and society |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Undertake independent study and group work 6. Prepare focused and comprehensive written and oral presentations |
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:
• Senses and Society
• Sensory Practices and Human Experience
• Hegemony of Vision in Modern Societies
• Non-visual Practices
• Senses and Material Culture
• Sensory Diversity
• Senses and Social Inequality
• Senses and Social Exclusion
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 | 128 | 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 & Teaching | 22 | 11 x 2-hour lectures, involving presentations, group discussion, film presentations and media analysis. Please note that the last two sessions where the students present their essay projects will be held via skype (4 Hours) |
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).
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk
Web based and electronic resources:
Course materials (including lecture slides and tutorial topics/questions) will be provided on ELE prior to each lecture/tutorial.