Postgraduate Course: Magic, Science and Healing (PGSP11185)
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 |
Drawing on insights from anthropology and science studies the course will consider the following debates: is it possible to distinguish between rationality and belief? How can magic and science be ?political=? Why has the occult persisted in modern society, and why is it that science enchants? It will use ethnographies of witchcraft and sorcery, scientific laboratories, anatomy and immunology, and colonial science to engage with these debates.
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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: No |
Quota: None |
Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 09:00 - 10:50 |
First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be critically engaged with debates pertaining to the anthropology of magic and the anthropology of science. They should be able to apply these ideas to think about different systems of healing. In particular they will be expected to:
! Familiarise themselves with the history of anthropological thinking about science and magic
! Appraise the contribution that science studies have made to theory in anthropology
! Critique the role that epistemological claims play in our understanding of science and magic as ways of ?knowing= and ?believing=
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Assessment Information
4000 word essay |
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser |
Dr Rebecca Marsland
Tel: (0131 6)51 3864
Email: r.marsland@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Madina Howard
Tel:
Email: Madina.Howard@ed.ac.uk |
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