The Ethnology of Social Organisation (P00876)

? Credit Points : 40 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00876

This course is designed to explore the ties which link the individual to others in the Scottish context past and present, and the means by which they may be described and analysed. The first term has as its focus the various institutions which form elements of a society: the household, the extended family, the neighbourhood, and associations created by common religous affiliation, the world of work, leisure activites or other common pursuits, and themes which are connected with these, the means by which society is regulated, insider-outsider perceptions, and the concept of "belonging". The second term places its emphasis on the ways in which these institutions have been and are manifested in a series of community types and includes a critique of the term "community": the highland township and the highland estate, the lowland farm, fishing, mining and manufacturing/industrial communities, the Irish, Jewish and Scottish Traveller community, the urban complex. These case studies allow an opportunity to elaborate on the principles for the study of society explored in term 1.

The resources for this course take the form of essays, monographs, autobiographies, journal articles and archive materials, and informants and specialist speakers on occasion. Comparative data from other cultures, such as Ireland, Norway and Brittany, is introduced.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Admission to MSc (T) Scottish Studies

? Costs : None

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Scottish Ethnology, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 20 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	09:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will come to recognise the ties which link the individual to others in the Scottish context past and present, and the means by which they may be described and analysed.