Undergraduate Course: Kinship: Structure and Process (SCAN10021)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Social Anthropology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course examines some of the ways in which people in different societies conceptualise and live out relatedness. It shows how notions about relatedness are linked to notions about gender, theories of procreation (which are themselves changing under the impact of New Reproductive Technologies), and ideas about bodily substance, as well as having emotional, economic, and political salience. Kinship has long been regarded as the core of the anthropological discipline, although the extent to which this is still the case is questionable. The course will consider some of the history of kinship studies, looking at some central debates in the subject and assessing their implications for anthropological theory.
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Anthropology courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students should have an overview of the ways in which anthropologists have approached kinship in both some classic non-Western cases, and more recently, in Western cultures. They will have an understanding of the economic and political salience of kinship, the history of kinship within anthropology, and of the significance of key debates about what kinship is, and how it might be studied.
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Assessment Information
| One 2-hour exam (70%), assessed coursework (20%) + Tutorial participation (10%) |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Janet Carsten
Tel: (0131 6)50 3935
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Course secretary | Miss Katie Teague
Tel: (0131 6)50 4001
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