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AT5561: ROADS, MOBILITY, MOVEMENT, MIGRATION (2024-2025)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:07


Course Overview

In this course students will be introduced to the topical themes in contemporary anthropology:  roads, automobility, car cultures, migration, road narratives, and roads in film and literature. The course is based on the notions of movement and mobility and will incorporate the ethnographic material from the North, including Scotland and Siberia.  During the course students will conduct their own research on the road of their choice. The course includes: a fieldwork element, screenings of documentary films about roads, and weekly student-led discussions.  

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Tatiana Argounova-low

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

  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

In this course we explore concepts of movement and mobility, topical themes in contemporary anthropology. This course ranges over such themes as roads, automobility, car cultures, migration, trafficking, road narratives, and roads in films and literature, gradually building towards theoretical conceptualization of roads. The course will rely on the ethnographic material from the North, including Scotland and Siberia. Students will conduct their own original research on the theme of road. Short fieldwork and documentary films about roads are incorporated in the course. One lecture and one student-led seminar per week.    


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

Road Project Podcast

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
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Up to 10 minutes of audio recording

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Tutorial presentation and seminar moderation

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10 minutes presentation and moderation of discussion, questions and answers session

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Road Project Extended Essay Plan

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Word Count: 1,000

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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
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Feedback Word Count 4000
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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Feedback Word Count 4500
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualApplyCan identify and link critical issues related to economics, demographics, politics, environmental issues of mobilities and connect these issues to ethnographic material and anthropological literature.
ProceduralCreateProduce coherent and reasoned arguments in presentations and discussions on the topics of mobility and anthropological debates in the area.
ConceptualEvaluateCan explain and critically assess major theories applied in readings on the topic, reflect and apply the theoretical issues raised in anthropological approaches for study of roads and mobility.
ReflectionCreateStudents will learn how to formulate viable anthropological research questions.
ProceduralEvaluateStudents will learn how to conduct a literature search and write a literature review.
ReflectionCreateStudents will learn how to design an anthropological research project.

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