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KEY CONCEPTS IN ANTHROPOLOGY

Module code: AN652
Credits: 10
Semester: 2
Department: ANTHROPOLOGY
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	Overview
	What is culture, and what is society? This module discusses ‘big concepts’ in the early history of modern anthropology and from there traces lines through social and cultural anthropology stopping along the way to discuss, inter alia, varieties of evolutionism, functionalism, structuralism, materialism; symbolic and interpretive anthropology, feminism, post-structuralism and post-colonialism. However, this module is not devoted to intellectual histories in different schools of thought; rather the module looks at and evaluates key concepts, from function and exchange to fetish and assemblage. The module focuses on ethnographic deployments of key concepts.

Overview

What is culture, and what is society? This module discusses ‘big concepts’ in the early history of modern anthropology and from there traces lines through social and cultural anthropology stopping along the way to discuss, inter alia, varieties of evolutionism, functionalism, structuralism, materialism; symbolic and interpretive anthropology, feminism, post-structuralism and post-colonialism. However, this module is not devoted to intellectual histories in different schools of thought; rather the module looks at and evaluates key concepts, from function and exchange to fetish and assemblage. The module focuses on ethnographic deployments of key concepts.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Show detailed knowledge of key concepts in social and cultural anthropology Compare and contrast different deployments of concepts in social and cultural anthropology Describe and evaluate the use of key concepts in ethnographic writing Develop a clear theoretical position on the use of key concepts Show evidence of having acquired scholarly skills of interpretation and analysis

Learning Outcomes

Teaching & Learning methods

Assessment

	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment registration permitted? No Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment capped? No

	Pre-Requisites
	BA 2.2 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.