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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Social Anthropology

Undergraduate Course: Indigenous Peoples of Lowland South America (SCAN10047)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course aims to present an ethnographic vision of indigenous peoples of lowland South America as authors of their own lives, as opposed to previous anthropological approaches which frequently viewed indigenous peoples as determined by either the environment or European colonialism. In doing so, it builds upon a body of recent ethnographic work which has sought to understand practices of kinship, historical memory, politics, subsistence, language, and shamanism from the perspective of indigenous ontologies, or reflections on the nature of being in the world. Such an approach provides a framework for an understanding of both broad regional similarities, but also important differences and particularities within the region.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students must have prior study in Social Anthropology or closely related subject area; as a general guide we usually require students to have completed three courses at grade B or above.
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2018/19, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 166 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) The course will be assessed entirely through coursework. The coursework consists of a short essay of 1,000 words (20%)and a long essay of 3,000 words (80%).
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Analyse broad regional similarities in indigenous ways of life and modes of thought.
  2. Analyse differences and particularities in ways of life and modes of thought within the region.
  3. Recognize the complexity of relations between indigenous peoples and nation-states.
  4. Critically evaluate the development of ethnography of lowland South America and its relevance to the development of anthropology as a discipline
  5. Demonstrate the relevance of indigenous thought to the critical evaluation of European epistemologies.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Casey High
Tel:
Email: C.High@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Lauren Ayre
Tel: (0131 6)50 4001
Email: Lauren.Ayre@ed.ac.uk
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