Undergraduate Course: Social Anthropology 1B: The Practice of Social Anthropology (SCAN08002)
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 | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Focusing on the practice of Social Anthropology and the value of ethnographic work, this half-course demonstrates the importance of anthropological methods in understanding both connections within societies and connections between societies. Exploring a number of key ethnographies, it concentrates on the tension between the universal and the particular. It also examines some of the ways in which anthropological insight can have a variety of more direct applications (eg through advocacy, policy influence or development work). In this fashion, it draws out anthropology's relevance and value for the complex multicultural world in which we all live. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Through critical debate and analysis, students will gain a clear understanding of the relevance of social anthropology and its findings
- They will enrich their appreciation of social commonalities and differences both within and between nations
- They will develop the analytical skills necessary to see the world in an anthropological way
- They will develop the ability to apply moral and practical reasoning in culturally sensitive ways
- They will strengthen their own cultural self-awareness
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Plus 1 tutorial per week, starting in week 2. There is also an occasional video session. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dimitri Tsintjilonis
Tel: (0131 6)50 3934
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Course secretary | Ms Lisa Kilcullen
Tel: (0131 6)51 4075
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