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AT2010: KEY DEBATES IN ANTHROPOLOGY (2017-2018)

Last modified: 27 Feb 2018 18:02


Course Overview

This course explores some of the key questions that anthropologists have debated: what it is to be human, the nature of human interaction with other humans, with non-humans, and with the environment, and the different ways that people perceive the world and act within it. Themes that will be discussed in this course include the category of the person, morality and ethics, art and aesthetics, what is power, how to engage with Otherness, and how anthropologists engage actively, outside academia, in development, health, or business.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Andrew Whitehouse

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

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

  • AT1502 Introduction to Anthropology: Questions of Diversity (Passed)
  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Programme Level 2
  • AT1003 Introduction to Anthropology: Peoples of the World (Passed)

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

This course explores some of the key questions that anthropologists have debated: what it is to be human, the nature of human interaction with other humans, with non-humans, and with the environment, and the different ways that people perceive the world and act within it. Themes that will be discussed in this course include the category of the person, morality and ethics, art and aesthetics, what is power, how to engage with Otherness, and how anthropologists engage actively, outside academia, in development, health, or business.


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:

Debate project (2,500 words) 25%
Essay (2,500 words) 25%
2 hour written exam 50%

Resit: Examination (100%).

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

Written feedback will be given on all written submissions in time for students to reflect and improve their work. Oral feedback will be given on tutorial presentations.

Course Learning Outcomes

    • Students will have a knowledge of key themes and arguments in the discipline of anthorpology, appropriate to level 2.
    • Students will acquire the skills to construct reasoned responses to theoretical problems, to formulate and clearly express arguments.
    • Students will learn to identify key elements of complex arguments, and express them in clear, brief summaries.
    • Students will learn to present work in small group settings, contribute to group discussions and sharpen presentational abilities.
    • Preparing and giving oral presentations
    • Students will learn the use of reading lists, library and internet-based information sources to assemble, review and evaluate materials related to the topics covered
    • Students will learn to write analytically and with critical insight, to correctly cite sources.
    • Students will develop skills of working cooperatively in a group to produce a joint piece of work

     

 

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