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ANTH2700: Key Debates in Anthropology
2024 unit information
This unit introduces students to contemporary issues in anthropology and the world. Students will learn approaches to climate change, illness and well-being, human-animal relations, life in cities, new forms of media, work and welfare, inequality, poverty and development, the social life of new digital technologies, the changing character of the family, emergent forms of violence and domination and the new forms of protest and resistance that are occurring in the world today. The unit will provide students informed and practical approaches to contemporary social problems and an appreciation of the different cultural lenses through which they are understood.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Anthropology
| Code | ANTH2700 |
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| Academic unit | Anthropology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Anthropology |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand how anthropological arguments are constructed through analysis of relevant evidence and theory.
- LO2. identify differing methodologies used in ethnographic research and understand how they can enable analytical insight and theoretical innovation.
- LO3. demonstrate proficiency in the use of anthropological databases and scholarly literature relevant to research in the discipline.
- LO4. use anthropological knowledge to inform and critique social theories
- LO5. understand the potential of anthropological knowledge to generate societal impact
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