Module ANT3024 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT3024: Anthropology of Forced Migration
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 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:
- Introduction: Anthropology of Forced Migration, Key Themes
- Anthropological Knowledge: Ethics, Challenges, and Contributions
- Categories and legal frameworks
- Internal displacement and statelessness
- Humanitarianism
- Aid Regimes: Camps, Biopolitics, and Humanitarian intervention
- Refugee economies and urban refugees
- Gender and Forced Migration
- Belonging and Identity
- Possible Fieldtrip to RSD (Refugee Support Devon)
- Representations
- Beyond Bare Life
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | 124 | 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 and Teaching | 22 | Eleven 2 hour seminars |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 4 | Film and documentary screenings |
| Guided Independent Study | 20 | Preparing seminar presentations individually and in groups |
| Guided Independent Study | 74 | Reading and research |
| Guided Independent Study | 30 | Web-based activities |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Journal of Refugee Studies
Refugee Survey Quarterly
Forced Migration Review
American Anthropologist
Cultural Anthropology
American Ethnologist
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual class presentations | 10 minutes | 1-6, 8-10 | Oral |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio of seminar responses | 30 | 9 responses (200 words each) | 1-9 | Oral and written |
| Essay | 70 | 2,250 words | 1-9 | Written |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio of seminar responses | Portfolio of seminar responses (9 x 200 words) | 1-9 | August/September re-assessment period |
| Essay | Essay (2,250 words) | 1-9 | August/September re-assessment period |
