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 136-001 Social Order and Social Change

Note

Formerly available as 136-171. Students who have completed 136-171 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

1st year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr Mary Patterson

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week. Regular attendance and contribution to discussion in tutorials are expected

Subject Description

This subject will examine the biological and cultural contributions to human behaviour as they are manifested in the dominant institutions of human societies and the ways in which the life cycle is dealt with in various parts of the world. The development of human societies in reaction to internal and external forces of change will be the perspective from which we will consider kinship, politics, religion and economics. There will be a regional emphasis on Australia and the Pacific.

Assessment

Written work totalling 3000 words, and a 1-hour class test.

Prescribed Texts

A collection of readings will be available from the Bookroom.

  • D Gewertz & F Errington, Twisted Histories, Altered Contexts. Cambridge University Press 1991.
  • R Tonkinson, The Mardu Aborigines, Living the Dream in Australia's Desert. (2nd ed) Holt, Rinehart & Winston Inc 1991.


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