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ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT

Module code: KD261
Credits: 5
Semester: 2
Department: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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	Overview
	The second part of this Elective stream KD261 - Anthropological Perspectives on Poverty and Development, will be offered in the second semester. KD261 is also offered as a separate, stand-alone elective to second-year Anthropology Students, under the course code AN234. This module tries to familiarise students with critical anthropological perspectives on global poverty and inequality, and the efforts to address it, using a core ethnography and shorter theoretical texts. It begins by considering the long historical process of the making of the contemporary Global South, and goes on to probe the exacerbation of global inequality in the era of globalisation. Excerpts from key texts by Worsley, Appadurai and Scheper-Hughes are among the readings assigned for the first segment of this module. The second segment is based on a close textual reading of the classic ethnography on the subject of development, James Ferguson's 'The Anti-Politics Machine'. This module is a standalone module offered in the Anthropology Department; it is also the second half of the elective stream 'Perspectives on Poverty and Development', which is a teaching collaboration between the International Development and the Anthropology departments.

Overview

The second part of this Elective stream KD261 - Anthropological Perspectives on Poverty and Development, will be offered in the second semester.
KD261 is also offered as a separate, stand-alone elective to second-year Anthropology Students, under the course code AN234.
This module tries to familiarise students with critical anthropological perspectives on global poverty and inequality, and the efforts to address it, using a core ethnography and shorter theoretical texts.
It begins by considering the long historical process of the making of the contemporary Global South, and goes on to probe the exacerbation of global inequality in the era of globalisation.
Excerpts from key texts by Worsley, Appadurai and Scheper-Hughes are among the readings assigned for the first segment of this module.
The second segment is based on a close textual reading of the classic ethnography on the subject of development, James Ferguson's 'The Anti-Politics Machine'.
This module is a standalone module offered in the Anthropology Department; it is also the second half of the elective stream 'Perspectives on Poverty and Development', which is a teaching collaboration between the International Development and the Anthropology departments.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Gain an introductory knowledge of the various and often-disputed understandings of the roots of global inequalities. Encounter various perspectives regarding the development establishment. Gain further familiarity with ethnographic and theoretical modes of argument.

Teaching & Learning methods

Assessment

	Autumn Supplementals/Resits
	Are supplemental/resit registrations permitted? Yes Autumn repeat students may submit continuous assessment work by a date before the Autumn examination, which will be specified by the department. Students are responsible for familiarising themselves with this deadline. If students do not submit by the deadline, the existing continuous assessment mark will be carried forward to the Autumn. No continuous assessment work will be accepted after this date. This will apply except upon presentation of a medical certificate covering the relevant period or in other circumstances, which must be communicated to the department prior to or immediately after the relevant deadline. Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment registration permitted? Yes Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment capped? No

Autumn Supplementals/Resits

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