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121-063 Culture Change and Protest Movements | |
Note | Formerly available as 136-281/381/013. Students who have completed 136-281/381/013 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Monica Minnegal |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject tackles problems of culture change and responses to the influence of western societies on the non-western world, including cultural protest. Students who complete this subject should have: a knowledge of the range and variety of ways in which non-western societies have evolved and acculturated under the influence of western missionaries, colonialisation and imperial control; mastered the principal anthropological approaches to the study of acculturation and theories of social change; engaged in a critical assessment of the impact of western cultures on the non-western world; acquired a knowledge of the ethnographic and ethnological literature on Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Melanesia and South America. |
Assessment | Two classpapers of 500 words each, and an essay of 3000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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