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136-475 Ethnographic Method and the Text

Year 4 Anthropology.

Credit points: 16.7 4th year

Coordinator: Dr E. Douglas Lewis.

Prerequisite: Entry to Fourth Year Honours.

Contact: A weekly 3-hour seminar.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

Students completing this subject should:

• have a thorough knowledge of the classic ethnographies on which the discipline has been built;
• have thorough knowledge of the historical development of the discipline;
• have a broad-based general knowledge of the ethnographic record;
• be equipped to undertake fieldwork based research at postgraduate level.

Content:

An in-depth reading and examination of the classic ethnographies that have defined the discipline of anthropology in the twentieth century.

Assessment:

Written work of up to 6,000 words.

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