SA4064 Anthropology of Energy

Academic year

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

This is an Honours option for students enrolled for MA single or joint courses in Social Anthropology.

Planned timetable

To be confirmed.

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Prof M M High

Prof M M High
This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Mette High

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module explores the latest and most important anthropological approaches to the energy dilemmas we face today. It addresses the politics of energy, such as postcolonial energy infrastructure, oil elites, climate action and fears of extinction, as well as issues surrounding financial value creation, contestation and their cosmological underpinnings. The aim of the module is to equip students with nuanced analytical skills with which to make sense of the expansive and conflicting world within which people live with energy.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS SA1002 AND PASS SA2001 AND PASS SA2002

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 50%, Written Examination = 50%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 50%, Written Examination = 50%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture, 1 seminar

Scheduled learning hours

66

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

240

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.