Undergraduate Course: The Anthropology of Death (SCAN10034)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Is death a universal of the human condition or a culturally bound habit of thought? Focusing on a variety of ethnographic contexts, the basic aim of this course is to explore some of the ways in which death has been (re)presented in order to be resisted or embraced. As this exploration revolves around the 'discourse' of anthropology, manifested in the changing theoretical attitudes towards the ethnography of mortuary rites, it also attempts to highlight a deeper affinity between the 'reality' of death and the anthropological quest for comparative knowledge. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | 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.
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| High Demand Course? |
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Students will gain a clear understanding of the issues and debates that animate the anthropology of death
- They will be able to appreciate that much of what we call ¿culture¿ or ¿society¿ is embodied in our response to death
- They will be capable of utilizing a number of death ethnographies to engage critically with a variety of important comparative concepts (i.e., personhood, exchange, embodiment, self, etc.) and reflect on the project of anthropology as a whole
- They will recognize the main differences and similarities between the various theoretical approaches to the comparative study of death and engage critically with them
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dimitri Tsintjilonis
Tel: (0131 6)50 3934
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Course secretary | Mr Ewen Miller
Tel: (0131 6)50 3925
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