| Semester 2, 2022 Online | |
| Units : | 2 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
| School or Department : | School of Humanities & Communication |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BAHN or MSTA
Overview
Although students majoring in anthropology are exposed to anthropological theory as it relates to the social sciences generally throughout their undergraduate degree, it is considered that a more intensive and anthropologically specific, in-depth grounding in theory is necessary at the Honours level, with a particular focus on recent theoretical directions and developments.
This course aims to provide a more detailed and in-depth survey of the major anthropological theoretical approaches of the later 20th century onward. Building on the major historical themes of theory development in anthropology as outlined in ANT3001, this course will provide an understanding of the more recent development of theory in the discipline including, feminism, neo-Marxism, critical theory, post-structuralism and post-modernism. Students will use the assessment in this course to develop the theoretical basis for their particular Honours topic.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course students will be able to:
- demonstrate an advanced knowledge and understanding of contemporary theoretical approaches in anthropology;
- understand the practical application of theoretical perspectives to research questions;
- have developed and applied an appropriate theoretical perspective to their particular topic.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Structure and system | 5.00 |
| 2. | Methods and objects | 5.00 |
| 3. | Biology and ontology | 10.00 |
| 4. | Meanings as objects of study | 10.00 |
| 5. | Language and method | 10.00 |
| 6. | Thinking and believing | 5.00 |
| 7. | Bodies of knowledge | 5.00 |
| 8. | Coherence and contingency | 10.00 |
| 9. | Universalism and domain terms | 5.00 |
| 10. | Perspectives and their logics | 5.00 |
| 11. | Objectivity, morality and truth | 10.00 |
| 12. | The anthropology of western modes of thought | 10.00 |
| 13. | Globalisation and the changing meaning of culture | 10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay 1 | No | 40 | 1,2,3 |
| Essay 2 | No | 40 | 1,2,3 |
| Essay 3 | No | 20 | 1,2,3 |