| CODE | ANT3007 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Economic Anthropology | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Anthropological Sciences | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit introduces students to the concepts and methods of Economic Anthropology. To show the relevance of Economic Anthropology, the study unit is organised around the themes of Globalisation, capital, inequality, debt and labour. Students read and discuss works in which anthropologists have probed the impact of market exchange and Western money on various types of small-scale economies. They examine the continuing significance of the small-scale, family-based sector inside the large-scale economies of the industrial capitalist world. They debate the diversity of economic forms and cultural values inside the global economy. Moreover, they devote their written work to the analysis of recent texts on the economic anthropology of the Mediterranean region. This study-unit consists of two-hour weekly sessions. Study-Unit Aims: - To provide students with a firm grasp of key theories in economic anthropology; - To provide students with the skills to relate key theories and concepts to contemporary local and global contexts. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Key theories and concepts in economic anthropology; - How anthropological theory engages with broader economic theories outside of the discipline; - A knowledge of the historical context of the global economy; - An understanding of how economic contexts vary across the globe. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - The ability to relate key theories and concepts to contemporary everyday contexts; - To summarise key literature; - To read selectively and critically. Reading List: - David Harvey, The condition of postmodernity. - David Graeber, Debt: the first 5000 years. - David Graeber, On Bullshit jobs. - Karl Marx, Capital Vol 1. - Karl Marx, Grundrisse. - Karl Polanyi, The Great Transformation. - David Harvey, On Capital. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maurice Said |
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