Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ANT2040: Actor-Network-Theory

This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 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 ActivitiesGuided independent studyPlacement / study abroad
221280

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

CategoryHours of study timeDescription
Scheduled Learning & Teaching 2211 x 2-hour seminars, involving presentations, group interactive 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 study18Preparing seminar-presentation individually and as a group
Guided independent study80Reading for assignments
Guided independent study30Essay preparation: conducting research, analysing data, and writing the finished essay

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.