Module ANT1005 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT1005: Introduction to Social Anthropology: Exploring Cultural Diversity
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Lecture topics for this module may include:
- Kinship and the construction of relatedness
- Gendered difference
- Of witches and fallen gods: thinking in different modes
- Senses of place, qualities of time: questioning ontologies
- Anthropology in the Anthroposcene
Typical questions for formative assignments and tutorial presentations are:
1. Why study kinship? How would social anthropologists answer this question?
2. Why did Captain Cook have to die? And why have anthropologists argued about it?
3. People across the world perceive different qualities of time. Without clocks, would we be living unstructured lives?
4. What does it mean to say that the belief in witchcraft is rational?
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | 123 | 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 lectures, involving group discussion and film screenings |
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching | 5 | Five 1-hour tutorials |
| Guided independent study | 33 | Weekly reading for lectures and tutorials |
| Guided independent study | 18 | Preparing tutorial presentation individually or in pairs |
| Guided independent study | 27 | Research and writing of formative essay |
| Guided independent study | 40 | Exam preparation (reading, library-based research) |
| Guided independent study | 5 | Web-based activities |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ARD - Anthropology Review Database
Internet Anthropologist
Anthrobase
SOSIG: Social Science Information Gateway
Anthropology Resources on the Internet
Other Learning Resources
ethnographic film
