Anthropology
The Anthropological Imagination
Module code: L6001
Level 4
15 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Seminar
Assessment modes: Essay
The module aims to convey a sense of anthropology as an exciting, 'living' subject. Anthropology is:
- alive to the concerns of different communities and populations living across the globe
- cutting edge in terms of the research conducted by anthropologists at Βι¶ΉΣ³» as they actively engage with issues of social, cultural and global transformation.
The module revolves around five core themes considered central to the subject, capturing anthropological thinking on:
- culture, identity and representation
- kinship, self and body
- economy as culture
- religion and politics
- work on the global-local interface.
Module learning outcomes
- A reflexive understanding of the core issues which make anthropology an important subject in the contemporary world
- Basic knowledge of the historical development in the analysis of each issue through specific examples of research
- A critical understanding of some of the key analytic perspectives as they emerge through the ethnographic examples used
- The ability to structure arguments in an anthropological frame, develop analysis and present these in written form