- UCAS course code
- LN13
- UCAS institution code
- M20
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Course unit details:
Political and Economic Anthropology
| Unit code | SOAN20822 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 20 |
| Unit level | Level 2 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
| Offered by | Anthropology |
| Available as a free choice unit? | Yes |
Overview
The course covers 9 topics in 12 weeks. Each week includes an hour lecture or film and a one hour workshop and discussion. A one-hour tutorial group meets on another day following the lecture. The objectives of the course are to make it possible for students to:
• gain an appreciation of the development of industrial and financial capitalism in England and specifically Manchester, and the key social science concepts that it engendered.
• appreciate the diverse set of historical conditions around the world that make the transition to global capitalism a contested domain of human interaction
• evaluate the political and economic implications of anthropology as a particular kind of knowledge practice.
Aims
This course examines the political and economic conditions of contemporary livelihoods in diverse locations around the globe in order to establish a cross-cultural appreciation of the ways humans harness and distribute resources, and derive power and influence from doing so.
Learning outcomes
The course explores the sub-field of political and economic anthropology and addresses how anthropologists continue to develop new directions in anthropology out of their concern to address current events affecting people’s lives around the world. Students will become familiar with ethnographic work in political and economic anthropology and gain an understanding of concepts such as capitalism, production and consumption, distribution and exchange, market, money, the state, nationalism, colonialism, globalisation, multiculturalism and indigeneity.
Teaching and learning methods
The course is ten weeks long with ten topics covered.
Teaching methods include combination of lectures, tutorials, online discussions.
Assessment methods
70% One final 3,000-word essay
20% Book Club (individual and group)
10%: Online discussions
Feedback methods
Students will receive feedback on non-assessed work and formative online discussions.
Recommended reading
Suggested Background Readings
Carrier J. 2012. A Handbook of Economic Anthropology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Hann C. & Hart K. 2011. Economic Anthropology. Cambridge: Polity Press
Llewellyn T. 2003. An Introduction to Political Anthropology. USA: Praeger Publishers.
Narotzky, S. 1997 New Directions in Economic Anthropology London: Pluto Press
Vincent, J (ed) 2002: The Anthropology of Politics: a reader in ethnography, theory and critique. Oxford: Blackwell.
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 20 |
| Tutorials | 10 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 170 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Michelle Obeid | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes
Information
Length of course: 10 weeks