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SL3504: GLOBAL CHALLENGES IN AN ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE (2016-2017)

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Course Overview

This course addresses major global challenges of the contemporary world as they emerge is specific local contexts. It offers an understanding of these challenges from a local point of view. The challenges the course will discuss include: global warming and rising sea levels; the ecological crisis; oil and energy; war and terrorism; religion and politics; sexual violence; the economic crisis; mining in post-colonial contexts; animal rights; the war on drugs; human rights and global justice; animal rights; science and the state.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Old Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Arnar Arnason

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

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

  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

  • SL3003 Global Challenges in an Ethnographic Perspective (Studied)
  • SL3004 Global Challenges in an Ethnographic Perspective (Studied)
  • SL3503 Global Challenges in an Ethnographic Perspective (Studied)

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course addresses some of the major global challenges of the contemporary world and discusses them as they are appear in people's everyday lives through ethnographic descriptions. This involves looking at global challenges as they emerge is specific local contexts and an attempt to understand the challenges initially from a local point of view. The challenges the course will discuss include: global warming and rising sea levels; the ecological crisis; oil and energy; war and terrorism; religion and politics; sexual violence; the economic crisis; mining in post-colonial contexts; animal rights; the war on drugs; human rights and global justice; animal rights; science and the state.

Contact Teaching Time

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

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


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

1st Attempt

  • 1000-word proposal for a research essay (20%)
  • 4000-word research essay (80%)
Resit
  • 1000-word proposal for a research essay (20%)
  • 4000-word research essay (80%)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

Feedback will be provided promptly. Students will receive extensive feedback on their proposal on the basis of which they then write their essay. Sessions will be organised on writing a proposal and on writing a research essay. Feedback will consist of extensive commentary on both proposals and essay informed by the University Common Grading Scale.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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