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Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Dr Roger Just.
Contact: Two hours of lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week. Regular attendance and contribution to discussion in tutorials is expected.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- have a general understanding of the social and cultural basis of human experience;
- have a general familiarity with the range of world-views documented in ethnographic literature;
- have a background of relevant ethnographic knowledge on which to base further anthropological studies.
Content:
An introduction to the anthropological study of religion, symbolism, language and gender, with an emphasis on the descriptive analysis of particular societies and cultures.
Assessment:
Written work of up to 3,000 words for the semester and a 1-hour class test.
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