121-475 Problems in Ethnological Theory

Formerly available as 136-121 or 121-081. Students who have completed 136-121 or 121-081 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in anthropology or Asian studies.

This subject examines some of the theoretical trends and methods of ethnography and ethnology that define contemporary sociocultural anthropology. Subject content, readings, and seminar projects will vary from year to year. In 2003, the seminar will focus on the nature of social institutions and their relationships to ideologies and cultural values. Members of the seminar will collaborate on designing and carrying out a research project requiring the application of qualitative anthropological methods and on writing up the results of the research.