SA2002 Ethnographic Encounters

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

Curricular information may be subject to change

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

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SCQF level

SCQF level 8

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Planned timetable

11.00 am Lectures (Mon, Tue, Thu)

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

Module coordinator

Dr T Crook

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 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.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS SA2001

Assessment pattern

100% coursework

Re-assessment

100% coursework

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

Weekly contact: 3 lectures and 1 tutorial, plus two additional workshops on coursework preparation over the course of the semester.

Scheduled learning hours

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

Guided independent study hours

160

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