Postgraduate Course: Southeast Asia (PGSP11044)
Course Outline
School |
School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
Home subject area |
Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area |
None |
Course website |
None |
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Course description |
Southeast Asia is a region known for its ecological , ethnic, religious and cultural diversity. The central theme of this course will be the idea of the boundary, marking off that which is similar from that which is different. How are cultural identities maintained where boundaries may be simultaneously drawn or erased; where what is 'other' can be incorporated and made similar or marked off and excluded. This course will look at boundaries, fixed and fluid, between highland and lowland societies, tribes and states, different religions, kin and non-kin. It will examine the simultaneous possibility of transformation and fixity in notions about the house, gender and personhood. Finally, it will consider the historical construction of community and nation, and discuss how history and memory are constituted in Southeast Asia. |
Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will be expected to demonstrate an advanced knowledge of how cultural identities are maintained and are transformed in a range of Southeast Asian societies. They will be expected to demonstrate ethnographic knowledge of a range of highland and lowland societies, of different forms of religious identity, and modes of kinship reckoning in Southeast Asia. Students will have an understanding of the analytic importance of the house, gender and personhood as principles in Southeast Asian Identity. They will have an advanced understanding of the political and historical contexts of the construction of community and nation in the Southeast Asian context. |
Assessment Information
(i) 1 long essay (4000 words) worth 80% of the available marks
(ii) 1 short written assignment (max. 1500 words) worth 20% of the available marks |
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser |
Prof J Carsten
Tel: (0131 6)50 3935
Email: J.Carsten@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Caroline Foord
Tel: (0131 6)51 3009
Email: caroline.foord@ed.ac.uk |
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