| CODE | ANT1001 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Human Societies: The Comparative Perspective | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Anthropological Sciences | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Objective: This year 1 basic study-unit is designed to introduce students to Social Anthropology. Content: This study-unit engages students in classic questions which have been asked in the various branches of the discipline. All students write 4-page essays and discuss them in tutorials given once a fortnight. Study-unit instructors give particular attention to developing students' reading and writing skills. This tutorial study-unit is in Year 1 as a complement to ANT 1003 Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology. The study-unit is made up of seminar sessions held on a bi-weekly basis. Study-Unit Aims: - To provide students with the ability to discuss an array of contemporary issues and to relate them to key literature and concepts; - To train students to read proactively; - To train students to contextualise key concepts in social and cultural anthropology. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Grasp key concepts in social and cultural anthropology; - Relate key concepts in anthropology to contemporary contexts; - Understand how key theoretical orientations translate into a wide array of diverse social and cultural contexts. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Relate key theory to contemporary everyday contexts; - Talk with confidence about key contemporary issues; - Summarise key concepts. Reading List: - Benedict Anderson. Imagined Communities. - M. Mauss. The Gift. - M. Sahlins. Stone Age Economics. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maurice Said |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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