SA3068 Anthropology of Global Capitalism

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

To be confirmed.

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Module coordinator

Dr D M Knight

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Module Staff

Dr Daniel Knight

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Module description

This Module explores various aspects of global capitalism. We will look at the social, cultural and political consequences of the so-called global economy through the analysis of production, social reproduction and consumption. Throughout the course we will explore various theoretical approaches for the study of global capitalism that includes the study of intimacy, care, financialisation, debt, informal labour, precarity and alternatives to this system. Adopting a comparative approach, this module will draw on ethnographic examples from various regions in the developed and developing world.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

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

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework = 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 Lecture, 1 Seminar

Intended learning outcomes

  • Students will be able to understand the limitations and opportunities of global capitalism.
  • Students will examine and compare ethnographic cases of global capitalism in the developed and developing world.
  • Students will be able to value and critique different theoretical approaches to global capitalism.
  • By the end of the course, students will have gained a critical understanding of global capitalism beyond the academic one.