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AT4558: EMOTION, SELF AND SOCIETY (2024-2025)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:07


Course Overview

This course addresses the anthropological study of emotion and self. It covers the different theoretical approaches to emotion, self and subjectivity. The broad questions addressed revolve around the cultural construction of emotion and self, and the entanglement of psychodynamic processes and power in the formation of the subject. The topics covered include anger and fear, grief and compassion, personhood, technologies of self and subjectification, identification and melancholia.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Arnar Arnason

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either Programme Level 4 or Programme Level 5
  • Either Anthropology (AT) or Sociology (SO)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

Yes

One or more of these courses have a limited number of places. Priority access will be given to students for whom this course is compulsory. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions for more details on this process.


Course Description

The course will address the anthropological study of emotion and self. It will cover different theoretical approaches in this area of anthropology. It will discuss the question of the cultural construction of emotion and selfhood. It will discuss the politics of emotion in general and compassion in particular. Throughout an emphasis will be put on the links between subjection and power.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 3000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseDemonstrate a critical understanding of empirical research informed by particular theoretical approaches.
ConceptualAnalyseProduce coherent and reasoned arguments in written work and class discussions about topics related to anthropological theories in the area.
ConceptualApplyDescribe and critically employ theoretical ideas in the area of emotion and self.
ConceptualUnderstandDemonstrate understanding of major theoretical approaches in contemporary anthropology.
ConceptualUnderstandDemonstrate understanding of the major developments in anthropological work on emotion, self and society.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the importance of a comparative and critical approach in anthropology.

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback Word Count 1500
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualAnalyseDemonstrate a critical understanding of empirical research informed by particular theoretical approaches.
ConceptualAnalyseProduce coherent and reasoned arguments in written work and class discussions about topics related to anthropological theories in the area.
ConceptualApplyDescribe and critically employ theoretical ideas in the area of emotion and self.
ConceptualUnderstandDemonstrate understanding of the major developments in anthropological work on emotion, self and society.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the importance of a comparative and critical approach in anthropology.
ConceptualUnderstandDemonstrate understanding of major theoretical approaches in contemporary anthropology.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resubmission of Failed Elements

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Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandDemonstrate understanding of the major developments in anthropological work on emotion, self and society.
ConceptualUnderstandDemonstrate understanding of major theoretical approaches in contemporary anthropology.
ConceptualApplyDescribe and critically employ theoretical ideas in the area of emotion and self.
ConceptualAnalyseProduce coherent and reasoned arguments in written work and class discussions about topics related to anthropological theories in the area.
ConceptualAnalyseDemonstrate a critical understanding of empirical research informed by particular theoretical approaches.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the importance of a comparative and critical approach in anthropology.

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