Module ANT2112 for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT2112: When Things Fall Apart: Social Infrastructures
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 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:
Roads
Water
Power/energy
Public health
Security
Algorithms
Borders
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule Learning and Teaching Activity | 22 | Weekly 2-hour lectures/seminars or 1 hour lecture + 1 hour seminar. |
| Guided Independent Study | 40 | Weekly reading for seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 60 | Essay writing and research |
| Guided Independent Study | 28 | Case study preparation and writing |
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.
Penny Harvey and Hannah Knox. Roads: An Anthropology of Infrastructure and Expertise. Cornell University Press, 2015.
Jason de Leon. Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail. University of California Press, 2015.
Susan Leigh Star. “The Ethnography of Infrastructure”. American Behavioural Scientist, 1999.
Huub Dijstelbloem. Borders as Infrastructure. MIT Press, 2021.
Dennis Rodgers, Bruce O'Neill. “Infrastructural Violence”. Ethnography, 2012.
