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 136-121 Problems in Ethnological Theory

Note

Formerly available as 136-475. Students who have completed 136-475 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Availability

4th year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Dr E Douglas Lewis

Prerequisites

Entry to fourth year Honours.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 2-hour seminar per week

Subject Description

An in-depth reading and examination of ethnographies and methods of comparative ethnology that have defined the discipline of anthropology in the twentieth century. Students who complete this subject should have a thorough knowledge of a corpus of classic and contemporary 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 ethnological methods.

Assessment

Written work totalling 5000 words.

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