SA5011 The Anthropology of Connections: Interdisciplinarity as Methodology
Academic year
2023 to 2024 Semester 1
Curricular information may be subject to change
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Key module information
SCOTCAT credits
30
SCQF level
SCQF level 11
Planned timetable
To be confirmed.
Module coordinator
Dr D M Knight
Module Staff
TBC
Module description
This module complements SA5010 by examining the relevance of other disciplines for Social Anthropology. Through lectures and seminars, students are shown how Anthropology can be extended and illuminated by working with methodologies and concepts drawn from History, Social Science, Philosophy, Language and the Arts. It shows how anthropologists must invoke other specialist disciplines during their work. It invites students to think of societies and anthropological theories as informed by internal and external constraints, dialogues and reinterpretations, which unfold in time. It will show the role of anthropology in articulating different disciplines.
Assessment pattern
Coursework = 100%
Re-assessment
2 x 3,500 word essays
Learning and teaching methods and delivery
Weekly contact
1 lecture, 1 seminar.