Postgraduate Course: Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes (PGSP11178)
Course Outline
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School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
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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 |
This course introduces a range of ways of imagining political relations and the relationship between culture and power through the detailed examination of politicized forms of power and their manifestations at the global, state, national, local, and personal level. The course centres on the interactions between subjects, populations and governance, whether that governance is based in liberalism, neo-liberalism, socialism, or, for example, nationalism. Central themes will be the different ways of giving meaning to and of living equality and inequality; practices of belonging and exclusion, strategies and forms of domination and resistance; and shifts in legal and bureaucratic effects and practices.
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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
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
This course introduces a range of ways of imagining political relations and the relationship between culture and power through the detailed examination of politicized forms of power and their manifestations at the global, state, national, local, and personal level. The course centres on the interactions between subjects, populations and governance, whether that governance is based in liberalism, neo-liberalism, socialism, or, for example, nationalism. Central themes will be the different ways of giving meaning to and of living equality and inequality; practices of belonging and exclusion, strategies and forms of domination and resistance; and shifts in legal and bureaucratic effects and practices.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the course, the students should have an advanced understanding of the importance and scope of anthropology's contribution to the analysis of power. They will be able to take a critical, nuanced, informed, and - importantly - anthropological perspective on issues of governance, processes of democratization, nationalism and the role of the state in a variety of ethnographic contexts.
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Assessment Information
| 4,000 word essay |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Jennifer Curtis
Tel:
Email: jennifer.curtis@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Madina Howard
Tel:
Email: Madina.Howard@ed.ac.uk |
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