Undergraduate Course: Fundamentals: Ethnographic Theory (SCAN08008)
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 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 0 |
ECTS Credits | 0 |
| Summary | 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. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| 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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| Assessment (Further Info) |
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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.
Awards are made on a Pass/Fail basis. You MUST pass the course to proceed to the next year of study.
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- 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 be able to research and develop definitions for key anthropological terms
- Students will be able to develop positive as well as negative critiques of anthropological texts
- Students will have a clear grasp of the wide variety of methods, including quantitative methods and photography, which anthropologists use to support ethnographic arguments.
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Additional Information
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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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