Module ANT3004 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT3004: Living Cities: Migration, Place and the Politics of Identities
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Lecture topics include:
- Theorising race, place & identity
- Migration and the city
- Asylum seekers, the city and the state
- Policing the city
- Urban uprising, riots
- Gang cultures
- Cultural creativity and the city: Music (for example, Reggae, Rap, Hip Hop, New Asian Dance Music)
- Outside the city: race and the country
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 | 0 |
...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 seminars, involving presentations, group discussion, and film screenings |
| Guided independent study | 18 | Preparing seminar-presentation individually and as a group |
| Guided independent study | 80 | Reading and research |
| Guided independent study | 30 | Web-based activities |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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.
Alexander, C. (2000) The Asian Gang: Ethnicity, Identity and Masculinity. Berg.
Back, L. (1996) New Ethnicities and Urban Culture: Racism and Multi Culture in Young Lives (London: UCL Press).
Cross, M. and Keith, M. ed. (1993) Racism, the City and the State, Routledge
Eade, J. and Mele, C. (2008) Understanding the City: Contemporary and Future Perspectives, Blackwell.
Hannerz, U. 1980. Exploring the City: Inquiries Toward an Urban Anthropology. Columbia University Press.
Hutnyk, J. 1999. The Rumour of Culcatta: Tourism, Charity and the Poverty of Representation. Zed books.
Low, S.M. ed. 2005. Theorizing the City: The New Urban Anthropology Reader. Rutgers University Press.
Wemyss, G. (2009) The invisible Empire: White Discourse, Tolerance and Belonging. Ashgate.
Other resources: ethnographic films, relevant documentaries and feature films
