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Philosophical,Anthropological&FilmStudies-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
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SocialAnthropology(SA)modules
SA3030CriticalThinkersandFormativeTexts
SCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2017/8
Plannedtimetable: 2.00pmand3.00pmTue
Themodulefocusesonarangeoftheoreticalapproaches insocialandculturalanthropology.BeginningwithStructuralism, which has had a profound influence upon the discipline, the module also examines Post-Structuralist, Interpretive, Semantic and other approaches within anthropology. To achieve a sense of thedevelopmentsofsocialtheoryandoftheoreticalcritiqueisoneoftheaimsofthemodule.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: ProfRDilley
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): ProfRDilley
SA3031AnthropologicalStudyofLanguageandCultureSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
Thismoduleexaminescentraltheoreticalapproacheswithinanthropologythattakeastheirfocusissuesrelatingtotheanalysesoflanguageandofculture.Themoduleconcentratesonmethodologicalconcernsderivingfromtheoriesoflanguage,anditdealswiththeproblemsofinterpretationofbothlanguageandcultureassystemsofsymbolsandmeanings.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: ProfPGGow
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): ProfPGGow
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SA3032RegionalEthnography1SCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: 1.00pmMon
Thismodulefocusesonselectedethnographicregionsoftheworld,andinvestigatesthecentralthemesintheanthropologicalstudiesoftheirpeoplesandcultures.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:44hours Guidedindependentstudy:256hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordessay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrDKnight
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrDKnight
SA3049Perception,ImaginationandCommunicationSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2017/8
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
This module will explore the basic human capacities to see, envision and share knowledge as these aretransformedwithindiversecultures.Wewillexaminedifferentkindsofevidence-theexperienceofablindmanregainingsightortheexistenceofculturallyspecificformsofmadness-askingwhatthesetellusabouthumanperceptual,imaginativeandcommunicativeabilities.ThemodulewillinvolvesomeexperimentationalongthelinesofBartlett'sfamous'WaroftheGhosts'memoryexperiment,eschewingreductioneithertoinstinctortosocialconstructionapproaches.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:44hours Guidedindependentstudy:256hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrHWardle
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrHWardle
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SA3050InterpretingSocialandCulturalPhenomenaSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2017/8
Plannedtimetable: 9.00amand10.00amFri
Thismoduleprovidesacritiqueoftheideaofsocialand/orculturalconstructionthatcurrentlydominatesthehumansciencesandsuggeststhatitmakesbettersensetothinkofeverythingabouthumanbeings(includingtheirveryphysicality)ashistoricalphenomena.Themoduleaddressesfivecoreareasofresearchinthehumansciences: love, food and eating, children and childhood, work, and death. While the emphasis is onanthropologicalsources,studentsareaskedtoreadandthinkaboutpsychologicalandsociologicaltextsaswell.In all cases, students are asked to approach the various readings as products of the writers’ theoreticalperspectivesonwhatitistobehumanandwhattheyconsidertobethenatureofexplanationinthehumansciences,includinganthropology.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: ProfCToren
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): ProfCToren
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SA3055AnthropologyandHistorySCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
Ethnohistoryisthestudyofnativeand/ornon-Westernpeoplesfromacombinedhistoricalandanthropologicalviewpoint,usingwrittendocuments,oralliterature,materialcultureandethnographicdata.Ethnohistoryusesbothhistoricalandethnographicdataasitsfoundation.Itshistoricalmethodsandmaterialsgo beyond the standard use of books and manuscripts. Practitioners recognize the utility of maps, music,paintings, photography, folklore, oral tradition, ecology, site exploration, archaeological materials, museumcollections, enduring customs, language, and place names. It incorporates the critical use of ethnologicalconcepts and materials in the examination and use of historical source material. Axtell has describedethnohistoryasessentially,“theuseofhistoricalandethnologicalmethodstogainknowledgeofthenatureandcausesofchangeinaculturedefinedbyethnologicalconceptsandcategories”(Axtell1979).Ethnohistorytakesintoaccountthepeople’sownsenseofhoweventsareconstituted,andtheirwaysofculturallyconstructingthepast.Itisaholistic,diachronicapproachthatisoftenmostrewardingwhenitcanbejoinedtothememoriesandvoicesoflivingpeople.Thismodulewillpresentreadings,lecturesanddiscussionsabouttherelationshipofhistoryandanthropology.Topics examined include but are not limited to: microhistory; language and translation; ethnohistory andarchaeology;writingsystems;archivalresearch;workingwithimagesandmaterialobjects;andethics.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%(Take-HomeExaminationin2014-15)
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrSHyland
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrSHyland
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SA3057SexandGenderSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
Thismoduleprovidesa cross-culturalperspectiveon sexandgender,andexploresbothanthropologicalandlocal understandings of personhood, masculinity, femininity and the sexed body. The module links genderrelationstowidereconomicandpoliticalprocesses,andtotheexerciseofpowerandofresistance.Aswellaslookingatnon-Westernsocieties,themoduleexaminestheWest,andquestionstheextenttowhichWesternunderstandings todowithbiology,sex,genderandthebodycanbeusedasanalytical tools incross-culturalcomparison.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrPGayyBlasco
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrPGayyBlasco
SA3059ColonialandPost-ColonialRepresentationsSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
Howdo'we'seeAfrica?HowdoesAfrica'look'back?Drawingourexamplesfromvisualmedia,wewillexplorehowthecolonialimaginationsofAfrica,fromTarzantoTribe,havedistortedourknowledgeofthecontinent.How does this particular version of Orientalism work? How does it shape ideas of anthropology, tourism,conservationanddevelopment?Hasdecolonisationandpost-colonialismchangedthis?IncludingtheworksofsuchfilmmakersasRouch,SembeneandTeno,wewillseehowAfricahascometo'shoot'backandchallengetheway'we'seetheworld.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrMFrankland
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrMFrankland
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SA3060ContemporaryIssuesinSocialAnthropologySCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
theseissuescontributetothediscipline.Thepurposeofthemoduleistoprovideaforuminwhichstudentscanlearnabouttheoreticalandempiricalthemesthatareattheleadingedgeofcurrentanthropologicalresearch.Thecontentandfocuswillthereforeshiftfromyeartoyearinlinewithnewintellectualdevelopmentsinthediscipline.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourlecture,1x2-hourseminar.
Scheduledlearning:44hours Guidedindependentstudy:256hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrAReed
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): Teamtaught
SA3061ReadingEthnographySCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2017/8
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
Thismodulewillhelpstudentsdeveloptheessentialskillofreadingethnography. Itsaimisto investigatethedistinctivenessofanthropologyasawayofknowingtheworld,andofethnographicwritingasanalsodistinctivewayofconstructingandconveyingthatknowledge.Themodulewilllaybaresomeofthecentral,oftenimplicit,codesandconventionsofethnographicwriting,andwillexplorehowanthropologistsusethesetocreateandtransmit knowledge about diverse social worlds. Rather than aiming to impart knowledge, the aim of themoduleistoprovidestudentswiththeskillsnecessarytoanalyseethnographies,andtoguidethemthroughaninvestigationintothedistinctivequalitiesofanthropologicalknowledge.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:44hours Guidedindependentstudy:256hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrPGayyBlasco
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrPGayyBlasco
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SA3063AnthropologyofReligionSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2017/8
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
Thismodulewillprovideanintroductiontothemainanthropologicalapproachestoreligion.What,ifany,arethedistinguishingfeaturesofreligionthatmakeitaspecialobjectofanalysis?Awiderangeofethnographicandhistoricalexampleswillbeusedtoexaminethisquestionandrelatedtopicssuchastherelationshipbetweenritual andpower, ideology and consciousness,mythand imagination, and thedisenchantmentof theworld.Considerationwillbegivenalsototheroleofreligionintheevolutionofhumanity.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:44hours Guidedindependentstudy:256hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrMHarris
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrMHarris
SA3064TheAnthropologyofMigration
SCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
Thismodulewillofferstudentstheopportunitytoexaminepastandpresenttheoreticaldebatesonmigration.Itwill look at the ways in which major social, political and economic shifts at local and global level havecontributed to the making and re-making of migrant subjectivities and identities in a globalised world.Themodulewillfocusspecificallyonaseriesofinterconnecteddebatesoncosmopolitanism,migration,citisenshipandmulticulturalism.Thisisintendedtoincreasestudents'awarenessoftheactiveroleplayedbymigrantsinwiderpolitical,social,andeconomictransformations,andforcurrentanthropologicaldebatesonagencyandpersonhood,ongenderandintimacy,onsubjectivityandidentity.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminarperweekand2hoursfilm/videoviewingintotal.
Scheduledlearning:24hours Guidedindependentstudy:276hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrMFumanti
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrMFumanti
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SA3065AnthropologyofEconomicLifeSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2017/8
Plannedtimetable: 11.00am(daysTobeconfirmed)
Thismoduleprovidesanintroductiontothemainanthropologicalapproachestoeconomiclife.Itexploresbothclassical and current analytical frameworks for understanding how people live and organise their lives indifferent ways. Students should be aware that thismodule is not intended to be an economics course foranthropologists and others. Instead, grounded in the comparative and ethnographically-based discipline ofanthropology,itbringstogetherawiderangeofregional,culturalandhistoricalmaterial.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x1-hourlecture(x11weeks),1x2-hourseminar(x11weeks)and1othercontacthour(x11weeks)2hoursoffilmviewing.
Scheduledlearning:46hours Guidedindependentstudy:240hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrMHigh
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrMHigh
SA3506MethodsinSocialAnthropology
SCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel9 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2016/7&2017/8
Availabilityrestrictions: NotavailabletoGeneralDegreestudents
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
This module provides an introduction to the various methods of enquiry and interpretation used in socialanthropologicalresearch.Itaimstogivethestudentanaccount,inhistoricalandcontemporaryperspectives,ofthedevelopmentofanthropologicalmethodologiesandresearchtechniques.Italsoaimstoequipthemwitharangeofbasicskillsandprocedureswhichtheycanapplyatalaterdatetotheirownresearch-basedprojects.The module will provide knowledge of a wide range of research methods used by anthropologists, andencourageacriticalawarenessofthetheoreticalassumptionsandpotentialproblemsassociatedwiththeuseofsuchmethods.
Programmemoduletype: CompulsoryforstudentsstudyingSingleHonours,JointHonoursandMajordegreesinSocialAnthropologywhointendtogoontotakeSA4099.OptionalforSocialAnthropologywithoutSA4099.
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Requiredfor: SA4099
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:Coursework=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrAJoyce
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrAJoyce
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SA4005TheWestIndiesandtheBlackAtlanticSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
TheWestIndiesisananomalousregioninrelationtotheclassicaimofanthropologytostudysmall-scalenon-Westernsocieties.ThemodernCaribbean,createdoutoftheslaveplantationsystemandthetransportationofmillions of Africans and others from the old to the Newworld, brought into being entirely novel forms oftransatlanticculture.ThismoduleasksstudentstorethinkthedistinctionbetweenWesternandnon-Westerncultureandtoconsiderthemeaningof'modern'asopposedto'traditional'society.TheCreoleculturesoftheCaribbean are explored in depth as are the transmigrant experience ofmanyWest Indians inmetropolitancentersinthefirstworld.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrHOBWardle
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrHOBWardle
SA4058VisualAnthropology
SCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2017/8
Plannedtimetable: 1.00pmMonLecture,2.00pm-4.00pmThu(film),Fri1.00pm-2.00pmOR2.00pm-3.00pm(tutorial).
Thismoduleprovidesanintroductiontovisualanthropology.Thistopicembracesabroadrangeofsubjectssuchas photography, material culture, art and ethnographic film. The focus here is on film as a medium ofethnographicinvestigationandthechangingnatureofhowithasbeenusedasaformofenquiry.Debatesabouttheroleofthevisualandvisionareexaminedthroughthecontributionofimportantfilm-makers.Themoduleinvolvesviewingandcriticallydiscussingfilms,aswellaslectures.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:55hours Guidedindependentstudy:245hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrMFrankland
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrMFrankland
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SA4059LivingwithMaterialCultureSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
This module creatively addresses anthropological approaches to material culture and develops a criticalunderstandingofhowthingsplayapartinhumansocialrelationships.Wewillexplorehowpeoplelivethroughthings,usingthebodytotransformmaterials fromtheenvironment intoartefacts;consuminganddisplayingobjects; incorporating them into domestic activities such as house-building and home-making, even living inthem; transforming us in life cycle events such as weddings and funerals; re-membering our pasts throughtourist souvenirs, monuments or ceremonial shrines; and creating things whichmove us, whether 'magicalartefacts' or 'works of art'. Studentswill become familiarwith both key theoretical texts inmaterial culturestudiesandthevarietyofartifactsandwaysofrepresentingthemwhichhavebecomealmosticonicinmaterialculture and 'ethnographic art' (from rock art sites to heritage centres; from masks to Surrealist art; fromdomesticartifactstofolkart).
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:77hours Guidedindependentstudy:223hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrAJoyce
SA4098Library-basedDissertation
SCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: WholeYear
Academicyear: 2016/7&2017/8
Availabilityrestrictions: AvailableonlytostudentstakingSingleHonours,JointHonoursandMajorDegrees
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
Themoduleconsistsofasupervisedexerciseinsocialanthropologicalenquiry.Thiswillincludealibrary-basedindependentlyresearcheddissertation,upto10,000-words.(Guidelines for printing and binding dissertations can be found at: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/)
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Anti-requisite(s): SA4099
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourtutorial.
Scheduledlearning:44hours Guidedindependentstudy:256hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:7,500-wordDissertation=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 7,500-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrCLind
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): TBC
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SA4099PrimaryResearch-basedDissertationSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: WholeYear
Academicyear: 2016/7&2017/8
Availabilityrestrictions: AvailableonlytostudentstakingSingleHonours,JointHonoursandMajorDegrees
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
Thismoduleallowsadvancedundergraduatestudentstoengageinasupervisedresearchprojectonatopicoftheirchoice.Studentwillapplytheoreticalandsubstantiveknowledgefromthedisciplineofsocialanthropologytoabodyofethnographicdataobtainedfromfieldworkandbibliographicsources.(Guidelinesforprintingandbindingdissertationscanbefoundat:http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/)
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA3506 Anti-requisite(s): SA4098
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1x2-hourtutorial.
Scheduledlearning:44hours Guidedindependentstudy:256hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=0%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=100%
AsusedbyStAndrews:10,000-wordDissertation=100%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 10,000-wordEssay=100%
SA4795JointDissertation(60cr)
SCOTCATCredits: 60 SCQFLevel10 Semester: WholeYear
Academicyear: 2016/7&2017/8
Availabilityrestrictions: AvailableonlytostudentsintheSecondyearoftheHonoursProgramme,whohavecompletedtheLetterofAgreement,downloadablefrom(urltobeconfirmed).Nostudentmaydomorethan60creditsinDissertationorProjectmodules.
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
The dissertation must consist of approximately 10,000 - 12,000 words of English prose on a topic agreedbetweenthestudentandtwoappropriatemembersofstaff(whoactassupervisors).Thetopicdoesnothavetorelate toworkcovered inpreviousHonoursmodules, though itmaybehelpful to the student if itbuildsonpreviouswork.Thetopicandrangeofsourcesshouldbechoseninconsultationwiththesupervisorsinordertodeterminethatthestudenthasaccesstosourcesaswellasaclearplanofpreparation.(Guidelinesforprintingandbindingdissertationscanbefoundat:http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/)
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforJointor'with'HonoursintheDepartmentofSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): ALetterofAgreement.
Anti-requisite(s): Anyotherdissertation/projectmodule
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:AsperLetterofAgreement.
Scheduledlearning:hours Guidedindependentstudy:hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=%,PracticalExaminations=%,Coursework=%
AsusedbyStAndrews:AsperLetterofAgreement.
Re-Assessmentpattern: AsperLetterofAgreement.
ModuleCo-ordinator: AsperLetterofAgreement.
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SA4797JointProject(60cr)SCOTCATCredits: 60 SCQFLevel10 Semester: WholeYear
Academicyear: 2016/7&2017/8
Availabilityrestrictions: AvailableonlytostudentsintheSecondyearoftheHonoursProgramme,whohavecompletedtheLetterofAgreement,downloadablefrom(urltobeconfirmed).Nostudentmaydomorethan60creditsinDissertationorProjectmodules.
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
The aim of the project is to develop and foster the skills of experimental design, appropriate researchmanagementandanalysis.Thetopicandareaofresearchshouldbechoseninconsultationwiththesupervisorsinordertodeterminethatthestudenthasaccesstosourcesaswellasaclearplanofpreparation.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforJointor'with'HonoursintheDepartmentofSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): ALetterofAgreement
Anti-requisite(s): Anyotherdissertation/projectmodule
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:AsperLetterofAgreement.
Scheduledlearning:hours Guidedindependentstudy:hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=%,PracticalExaminations=%,Coursework=%
AsusedbyStAndrews:AsperLetterofAgreement.
Re-Assessmentpattern: AsperLetterofAgreement.
ModuleCo-ordinator: AsperLetterofAgreement.
SA4821AmerindianLanguageandCulture
SCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2017/8
Plannedtimetable: 12.00noon-1.00pmTue,1.00pm-2.00pmThu.
Themodule introducesstudentstotherudimentsofan indigenousSouthAmerican languagevastlydifferentfromEuropeanlanguages;itoutlinessalientelementsofthecultureofwhichthislanguageisapart.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Anti-requisite(s): SA3021
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lectureand1seminar
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrSHyland
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrSHyland
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SA4850AndesSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: TBC
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: 2.00pm-4.00pmTue
TheAndesMountainswerehometosomeofthemostoriginalandsophisticatedpre-capitaliststates,notablythe Inca empire. In thismodule the emergence and transformation of Andean civilisation is set in itswidercontext before and after the European invasion. The importance of past and present agencies in theconstruction of Andean identities requires ethnographic examination of memory of modern Andeancommunities.Mythohistoricalaccountswillbecomplementedbyotherdisciplinaryapproachesthatpresupposeabsolutechronology.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrSHyland
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrSHyland
SA4855Anthropology,LiteratureandWriting
SCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
LinksbetweenAnthropologyandLiteraturehavebeendiverseandlong-lived.Moreover,withtheriseof'post-modern critique' and debates over the politics of authorship andover the persuasiveness andproperties ofrepresentation, issues linking these two genres of writing have, for some time at least, assumed centralimportanceinthediscipline.Thismodulewillreviewmanyoftheseissues,theproblemsraisedandsolutionssuggested.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:50hours Guidedindependentstudy:250hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrAReed
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrAReed
Philosophical,Anthropological&FilmStudies-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
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SA4857WestAfricaSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
The module examines some of the central themes in anthropological studies of the history and socialorganisationofWestAfricanpeoples.WestAfricahasbeenthesourceofmuchinnovativeworkrelevanttothebroader field of social anthropological theory. Attention will be given to a selected set of topics from theliterature. The module will give an appreciation of the cultural particularities of the region as well as anawarenessofthewidertheoreticalimportanceoftheselectedtopics.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminarperweekandfortnightlytutorial.
Scheduledlearning:30hours Guidedindependentstudy:270hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: ProfRDilley
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): ProfRDilley
SA4860AnthropologyofAmazonia
SCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2017/8
Plannedtimetable: 10.00amMon
TheindigenouspeoplesofAmazoniahavebeenthesubjectsofadramaticincreaseinethnographicattentionsincethelate1960'sfromanthropologistsfrommanydifferentcountries,andthefieldiscurrentlygeneratingimportantpublicationsofbothethnographicandtheoreticaltopics.Themoduleaddressesthis literature,anddevelopsa substantiveknowledgeof thenatureof indigenous societiesof the region,onareas likeecology,social organization, recent history, mythology, ritual and the body. By a process of reiterated comparisonbetweenspecificethnographiccases,themoduleallowsfortheappreciationofthesemanyseparatesocietiesas topological transformations of each other, and hence to raise important historical questions about thesesupposedly'a-historical'societies.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:30hours Guidedindependentstudy:270hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: ProfPGow
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): ProfPGow
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SA4862ImaginingtheWorld:TheAnthropologyofConsciousnessSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
Theanthropologyofconsciousnessiscentraltocontemporaryanthropology.Thismoduleshowshowsignificantethnographicstudiesareforunderstandingcertainaspectsofconsciousnessandforthedevelopmentoftheoryinthisdomain.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: ProfCToren
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): ProfCToren
SA4863YouthinAfricaSCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: 1
Academicyear: 2017/8
Plannedtimetable: 2.00pmThu
ThismodulewillofferstudentstheopportunitytoexaminepastandpresenttheoreticaldebatesoncolonialandpostcolonialtransformationsinAfrica.Itwilllookatthewaysinwhichmajorsocial,politicalandeconomicshiftsat localandglobal levelhavecontributed to themakingand re-makingof colonial andpostcolonial youthfulsubjectivities.Themodulewill focusspecificallyonaseriesof interconnecteddebatesontheroleofyouthincolonialandpostcolonialAfrica.Thisisintendedtoincreasestudents'awarenessoftheroleplayedbyAfricanyouthinwiderpolitical,social,andeconomictransformationsonthecontinent,andforcurrentanthropologicaldebatesonagencyandpersonhood,ongenderandintimacy,onsubjectivityandidentity.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:44hours Guidedindependentstudy:256hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrMFumanti
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrMFumanti
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SA4864MelanesianAnthropologySCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2016/7
Plannedtimetable: Tobearranged.
Melanesiahas longprovidedanthropologywith someof itsmorechallengingethnographies, and stimulatedtheoretical developments regarding exchange, kinship, politics, gender and ecology. These domains will beexploredthroughadiscussionoftheaestheticsofMelanesiansociality,tackingbackandforthbetweencurrentissuesandearlierethnographies,withtheaimofapprehendingthepredicamentsofcontemporarylife.Wewillalsoconsiderthecontinuingstimulusforanthropology,anddiscussrecentmethodologicalmoveswhichmakedeliberateborrowingsfromMelanesia.OneobjectivewillbetodescribewhatatrulyMelanesiananthropologywouldlooklike.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar.
Scheduledlearning:44hours Guidedindependentstudy:256hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrTCrook
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrTCrook
SA4866AnthropologyandEurasia
SCOTCATCredits: 30 SCQFLevel10 Semester: 2
Academicyear: 2017/8
Plannedtimetable: 10.00am-12.00noonTue(film),11.00am-1.00pmThuLecture
ThismoduleformsanimportantintroductiontotheanthropologyandhistoryoftheEurasianregion.ItdrawsonRussian and Soviet ethnographies alongside more recent European and American anthropological studies,addressing the Soviet period and life post-independence. Peoples covered in thismodule are from the fiveformerSovietCentralAsianstates,alongwithgroupsfromMongolia,SouthSiberia,andXinjiang.Themoduleprovidesabroadoverviewofregionalethnographyalongsiderelevantanthropologicalthemes.These includepastoral nomadism and oasis life; socialism and post-socialism; human-environment relations and ecologicalissues;Islamandshamanism;foodandfeasting;oralepicsandpopularculture;anddomesticpractices.
Programmemoduletype: OptionalforSocialAnthropology
Pre-requisite(s): SA2001andSA2002withpassesatgrade11orbetterinboth
Learningandteachingmethodsanddelivery:
Weeklycontact:1lecture,1seminar,1houroffilm/videoviewing
Scheduledlearning:22hours Guidedindependentstudy:278hours
Assessmentpattern: AsdefinedbyQAA:WrittenExaminations=50%,PracticalExaminations=0%,Coursework=50%
AsusedbyStAndrews:3-hourWrittenExaminationorTake-HomeExamination=50%,Coursework=50%
Re-Assessmentpattern: 6,000-wordEssay=100%
ModuleCo-ordinator: DrSBunn
Lecturer(s)/Tutor(s): DrSBunn
Philosophical,Anthropological&FilmStudies-HonoursLevel-2016/7-August2016
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