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 the relationships between the ethnographic description and analysis of particular societies and cultures and ethnology as the general and comparative science of human societies and cultures.

• have practice in conducting research and speaking articulately;

• have practice in writing clearly in a variety of formats and reading with attention to detail;

• have experience of systematically evaluating a body of empirical data and identifying its theoretical context;

• have experience of methods of critical inquiry and argument leading to improved analytical skills;

A single paper of no more than 5000 words 100% (due at the end of the semester).