Second year modules
SA2001 The Foundation of Human Social Life
20 credits
Short loan reading list for SA2001
This module examines the social relationships, groups and categories which constitute the foundations of human life in the full variety of societies. Topics covered include kinship and the family, and ethnic relations.
| Semester: | 1 |
| Credits: | 20 |
| Time: | 11.00 am, Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays in School I |
| Teaching: | Three lectures per week. Plus one workshop/film per week. |
| Assessment: | Two assessed essays = 40% Two hour examination = 60% |
| Coordinator: | Dr Huon Wardle |
| Additional lecturers: | Professor Peter Gow (pgg2), Dr Huon Wardle (hobw), Dr Mark Harris (mh25), Dr Adam Reed (ader) |
SA2002 Ethnographic Encounters
20 credits
Short loan reading list for SA2002
This module explores the emergence of fieldwork practice in social anthropology, and reflexively considers the social, methodological and theoretical relations produced through ethnography. The module follows a narrative of preparing, conducting and analyzing a fieldwork project by considering the development of fieldwork practices, new ethnographic subjects and urban anthropology before turning to students' own fieldwork projects and their interpretation.
| Semester: | 2 |
| Credits: | 20 |
| Time: | 11.00 am, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in School II (workshops in the Old Union Diner) |
| Teaching: | Three lectures and a weekly workshop |
| Assessment: | Continuous Assessment = 100% |
| Coordinator: | Dr Tony Crook |