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INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT

Module code: AN613
Credits: 5
Semester: 1
Department: ANTHROPOLOGY
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	Overview
	This module introduces students to anthropological perspectives on, and engagements with, the world of international development. The aim is to familiarise students with a broad range of anthropological literature on development, from 'post-development' critiques that reject development interventions outright, to anthropological practitioner critiques from inside the development apparatus. Students will gain a historical perspective on global political economy and the interactions between 'developed' and 'developing' regions of the world, and will be encouraged to consider their own position within these ongoing interactions.

Overview

This module introduces students to anthropological perspectives on, and engagements with, the world of international development. The aim is to familiarise students with a broad range of anthropological literature on development, from 'post-development' critiques that reject development interventions outright, to anthropological practitioner critiques from inside the development apparatus. Students will gain a historical perspective on global political economy and the interactions between 'developed' and 'developing' regions of the world, and will be encouraged to consider their own position within these ongoing interactions.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: evaluate the validity of existing anthropological and other social science research on a particular special topic in Anthropology and orally present relevant theoretical and ethnographic data pertaining to the topic in question and discuss critically, in essay form, recent theoretical and ethnographic works in Anthropology on the topic in question

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Assessment

	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	This module cannot be repeated.

	Pre-Requisites
	BA 2.1 or permission to matriculate based on other considerations (e.g. experience in the field). All applicants subject to full Departmental approval.

	Timetable
	This timetable is not currently available, please contact the Anthropology Department.

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