SA4867 Anthropology of Politics and Governance

2025 to 2026 Semester 1

Curricular information may be subject to change

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

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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

Not automatically available to General Degree students

Planned timetable

To be confirmed.

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

Module coordinator

Dr S Pipyrou

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Module Staff

Dr Stavroula Pipyrou

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 looks at how anthropologists analyse power and governance in the contemporary world. Topics and themes include minority governance, political irony and satire, social movements, illegal organisations, the post-truth era, migration, and more. Assigned readings are theoretical and ethnographic and help us understand how social orders are constituted and contested, and how governance relates to local, regional, state and institutional power.

Assessment pattern

3-hour Written Examination or 8 hour Take Home Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

Re-assessment

3-hour Written Examination or 8 hour Take Home Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 lecture, 1 seminar

Scheduled learning hours

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

Guided independent study hours

286

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