Undergraduate Course: Social Anthropology 1B: The Practice of Social Anthropology (SCAN08002)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Focusing on the practice of Social Anthropology and the value of ethnographic work, this half-course demonstrates the importance of anthropological methods in understanding both connections within societies and connections between societies. Exploring a number of key ethnographies, it concentrates on the tension between the universal and the particular. It also examines some of the ways in which anthropological insight can have a variety of more direct applications (eg through advocacy, policy influence or development work). In this fashion, it draws out anthropology's relevance and value for the complex multicultural world in which we all live. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 345 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
163 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students will be required to complete one assessed essay of around 1500-2000 words (40% of the overall mark) and a degree examination consisting of one 2-hour paper (60% of the overall mark). You MUST pass the exam to pass the course. |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Social Anthropology 1B: The Practice of Social Anthropology | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Social Anthropology 1B: The Practice of Social Anthropology | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
| Students will gain a clear understanding of the rationale behind the ethnographic fieldwork and the way it contributes to the disctinctive character of Social Anthropology as a discipline. Having explored a number of different ethnographies, they will be familiar with the challenges anthropology presents. They will be aware of the complexity of social life in particular ethnographic contexts and be able to avoid ideological simplifications and prejudices. Above all, they will be in a position to appreciate the way in which anthropologists utilise their ethnographic material in accounting for social and cultural variation in the world and developing a theoretical perspective on culture and society - a perspective which can also have a variety of more practical applications.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Plus 1 tutorial per week, starting in week 2. There is also an occasional video session. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dimitri Tsintjilonis
Tel: (0131 6)50 3934
Email: D.Tsintjilonis@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Lisa Kilcullen
Tel: (0131 6)51 5067
Email: L.Kilcullen@ed.ac.uk |
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