Undergraduate Course: Fundamentals: Ethnographic Theory (SCAN08008)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 0 |
| Home subject area | Social Anthropology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course helps students develop critical analytic skills in anthropology. It does so by addressing the relationship between ethnography and theory in anthropological writing, using key texts as exemplars. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
5 )
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course students will have a clear understanding of the relationship between ethnography and theory in anthropology and the ways in which anthropologists structure this relationship in their texts. Students will know how to research and develop definitions for key anthropological terms, will know how to develop positive as well as negative critiques of anthropological texts, and will have a knowledge of the wide variety of methods beyond ethnography, including quantitative methods and photography, which anthropologists use to support their arguments. |
Assessment Information
Assessment 1: Contribute a keyword of your choice and accompanying essay of between 300-500 words to the LEARN online forum. Deadline: End of Week 3
Assessment 2: Write an online journal entry of 200-300 words to share with your students that reflects on: (i) What is unique about the way in which anthropologists produce knowledge? AND/OR (ii) Who or what is anthropological knowledge for? AND/OR How could anthropologists improve the way they present their findings?
Assessment 3: In allocated groups develop a presentation and associated podcast on a single monograph for ¿desert island monographs¿. Presentations to be given in session 5.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Reading list |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alice Street
Tel: (0131 6)51 5181
Email: Alice.Street@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Vanessa Feldberg
Tel: (0131 6)50 3933
Email: vanessa.feldberg@ed.ac.uk |
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