Course unit details:
Independent Theoretical Ethnographic Analysis II
Unit code | SOAN60792 |
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Credit rating | 15 |
Unit level | FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
This module compliments Independent Theoretical and Ethnographic Analysis I and the two would normally be taken together in order to encompass the amount of literature that is normally involved in preparing for a PhD-level research project. However, the work has been divided into two modules to allow a student to take an existing postgraduate-level specialist option in a substansive topic in Social Anthropology if this option and the reading that would be covered in it are directly relevant to the student's research topic.
Aims
FOR MA ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH STUDENTS ONLY
To equip the student with a thorough knowledge of the regional literature in anthropology (and related disciplines), in the context of a broader comparative literature, and of the relevant social and cultural theory related to the research project s/he intends to carry out in subsequent years.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this module, the student will be able to assess critically the major theoretical perspectives relating to his/her research question and assess thoroughly, in the light of existing ethnographic work on a given region and beyond that region, what significant contributions might be made to the field of study.
Teaching and learning methods
Meetings with supervisor, following an individual reading course
Assessment methods
One 3000 word essay
Recommended reading
To be agreed between Supervisor and Student
Additional notes
Information
This course unit is only available to MA Anthropological Research students. It is a reading course guided normally by main supervisor.
Timetable
Times to be arranged between Supervisor and Student
TUTORS: INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISORS