Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:07
Through a series of lectures and a mix of tutor and student led tutorials, this course focuses on the sometimes difficult history of anthropology and the circumpolar north. Misconceptions (sometimes intentionally created) about the people who live there and their relationships to the environment have informed both state policy and anthropological theory and now is the time for a new anthropology of the north to set the record straight. Students will be encouraged and expected to do their own research on topics of their own choosing and bring these insights back to the course through lively tutorial discussions.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course will explore cultures of the circumpolar Arctic and sub-Arctic focusing on ethnographies from various northern regions: Scandinavia, Canada, America, Russia. We will investigate the idea of the North with reference to the concepts of frontier, movement, flow. We will critically assess stereotypes applied to describe diverse areas of the circumpolar region. The central themes of the course enquiry include: environment; exchange and food; alcoholism; identity; movement.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Able to differentiate between state and industrial interests in northern resources using research from outside the course materials and present analysis in writing and during group discussions. |
| Conceptual | Create | Ability to respond to current media portrayals of northern lifeways using course materials and independent research and create a response suitable for publication in the comments of the popular press. |
| Factual | Understand | Ability to reflect on the history of anthropology in the circumpolar north using the course materials and communicate effectively about the subject. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 70 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback | Word Count | 3000 | ||
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Able to differentiate between state and industrial interests in northern resources using research from outside the course materials and present analysis in writing and during group discussions. |
| Conceptual | Create | Ability to respond to current media portrayals of northern lifeways using course materials and independent research and create a response suitable for publication in the comments of the popular press. |
| Factual | Understand | Ability to reflect on the history of anthropology in the circumpolar north using the course materials and communicate effectively about the subject. |
There are no assessments for this course.
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Understand | Ability to reflect on the history of anthropology in the circumpolar north using the course materials and communicate effectively about the subject. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Able to differentiate between state and industrial interests in northern resources using research from outside the course materials and present analysis in writing and during group discussions. |
| Conceptual | Create | Ability to respond to current media portrayals of northern lifeways using course materials and independent research and create a response suitable for publication in the comments of the popular press. |
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