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Culture and Power: The Anthropology of Political Processes (SA0059)

? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : SPS-P-SACP

This course introduces a range of ways of imagining political relations and the relationship between culture and power through the detailed examination of politicized forms of power and their manifestations at the global, state, national, local, and personal level. The course centres on the interactions between subjects, populations and governance, whether that governance is based in liberalism, neo-liberalism, socialism, or, for example, nationalism. Central themes will be the different ways of giving meaning to and of living equality and inequality; practices of belonging and exclusion, strategies and forms of domination and resistance; and shifts in legal and bureaucratic effects and practices.

Entry Requirements

none

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Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

This course introduces a range of ways of imagining political relations and the relationship between culture and power through the detailed examination of politicized forms of power and their manifestations at the global, state, national, local, and personal level. The course centres on the interactions between subjects, populations and governance, whether that governance is based in liberalism, neo-liberalism, socialism, or, for example, nationalism. Central themes will be the different ways of giving meaning to and of living equality and inequality; practices of belonging and exclusion, strategies and forms of domination and resistance; and shifts in legal and bureaucratic effects and practices.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the course, the students should have an advanced understanding of the importance and scope of anthropology’s contribution to the analysis of power. They will be able to take a critical, nuanced, informed, and –importantly – anthropological perspective on issues of governance, processes of democratization, nationalism and the role of the state in a variety of ethnographic contexts.

Assessment Information

essay 3500-4000 words

Contact and Further Information

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Sue Grant
Tel : (0131 6)51 1777
Email : sue.grant@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Kimberley Coles
Tel : (0131 6) 51 3864
Email : Kimberley.Coles@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/

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