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KEY CONCEPTS IN ANTHROPOLOGY I

Module code: AN670
Credits: 5
Semester: 1
Department: ANTHROPOLOGY
International:
Coordinator: Prof. Hana Cervinkova (ANTHROPOLOGY)

	Overview
	These three interlinked modules introduce some of anthropology’s most important ideas, exploring several of the analytical approaches characteristic of ethnographic inquiry today. Students learn to describe and interpret contemporary social phenomena through concepts that are unique to the anthropological tradition. Part 1: In this first of the three modules, we will focus on culture as central concept in anthropology. Tracing the place of culture and its critique and development within anthropology will enable us to engage with a number of other key categories of anthropological knowledge and knowing. This module’s ambition is to provide a short and intensive introduction to the discipline.

Overview

These three interlinked modules introduce some of anthropology’s most important ideas, exploring several of the analytical approaches characteristic of ethnographic inquiry today. Students learn to describe and interpret contemporary social phenomena through concepts that are unique to the anthropological tradition.

Part 1: In this first of the three modules, we will focus on culture as central concept in anthropology. Tracing the place of culture and its critique and development within anthropology will enable us to engage with a number of other key categories of anthropological knowledge and knowing. This module’s ambition is to provide a short and intensive introduction to the discipline.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Apply anthropological concepts to the analysis of real-world issues. Explain how cultural categories discussed are articulated across different cultures. Indicate how the key concepts discussed in the module developed in the history of anthropology as a discipline.

Teaching & Learning methods

Assessment

	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? No

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