Undergraduate Course: Fundamentals: Reading and Writing Anthropology (SCAN08009)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 0 |
ECTS Credits | 0 |
| Summary | This course introduces students to some of the theories of knowledge that underpin the ways in which anthropologists write, the questions they ask and the techniques they use to answer them. Through the close reading of two book-length ethnographies, students will begin to understand what it means to think and write anthropologically. The course will explore strategies for reading and comprehending different kinds of anthropological texts. Students will learn how to incorporate their responses to those texts into different kinds of writing exercises, including tutorial responses, exam essays and term papers. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
5 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- By the end of the course students will be able to read, understand and evaluate a range of ethnographic texts.
- They will be able to demonstrate their understanding of those texts using a variety of writing genres including tutorial responses, exam essays and term papers
- Students will have learnt key presentation skills and will be able to collaborate effectively in a group.
- Students will have experience of conducting short ethnographic tasks, and be able to write and reflect upon their own fieldnotes
- Students will be able to analyse the relationship between conducting fieldwork and writing ethnography
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Lucy Lowe
Tel: (0131 6)51 5574
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Course secretary | Mrs Vanessa Feldberg
Tel: (0131 6)50 3933
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