PERCEIVING CULTURAL DIFFERENCE

Course Code

AT 2002

Credit Points

30

Course Coordinator

Dr N Porath

Pre-requisites

Either AT 1002 or AT 1501

Overview

This course builds on 'Introduction to Anthropology 1' and 'Introduction to Anthropology 2' by focusing on kinship, gender and social relatedness, symbols and metaphors, ways of speaking, the relations between how people talk and how they think, language and the study of signs, and power and ethnicity. The course also provides basic training in anthropological writing and bibliographic research.

Structure

2 one-hour lectures and 1 one-hour tutorial per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour examination (60%), in-course assessment (30%) and tutorial participation grade (10%).

Resit: 1 two-hour examination (100%) if tutorial participation grade is a pass.