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Module Description

On this module students will draw on and combine anthropological concepts, methods and presentational skills learnt on previous core and optional modules on the programme to develop insights into, and impact upon, industry settings and/or professional practices of their own choosing. Through a mixture of cohort-level workshops and individual supervision and mentorship, students will be supported to identify real-world issues in specific industries or other fields of professional practice which anthropological approaches can serve to address. Students will conduct ethnographic and/or desk-based research to gain anthropological insight into the issues in question, situate them within the relevant scholarly literature, and develop an audience-appropriate strategy for presenting the findings to relevant stakeholders (e.g. academic, industry stakeholders, relevant communities or the wider public). Students will produce a final project presented in a format targeted to the relevant audience, involving PowerPoint (or equivalent software) slides that can also incorporate film and/or podcasts. The module is intended to bring together all the theoretical, methodological, and presentational training students will have acquired over the course of the MSc in Anthropology and Professional Practice.

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Learning Outcomes

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Having completed the module, you will be able to: ÌýÌý

• critically evaluate and deploy anthropological theory, methods and research skills to gain insight into real-world practices and issues in a selected professional field and/or industry;Ìý
• research skills in collecting, collating and analysing primary and secondary data;
• demonstrate an understanding of ethics, positionality and reflexivity involved in anthropological research;ÌýÌý
• present complex materials in diverse, audience-appropriate ways, involving, as appropriate, academic writing, client-facing presentation, and visual and audio media

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Delivery Method

The final programme project comes as the culmination of your tuition on the programme and draws on the teaching on all taught modules, including the dedicated methods teaching offered as part of the programme’s core course. By its nature, the method of delivery of this module is tailored to the individual needs of each student: you will be allocated an individual academic supervisor and, where relevant, may also receive guidance from an industry-based mentor. The module also includes an itinerary of meetings and activities throughout the programme cycle, which involve the interplay between, on the one hand, cohort and individual level support from the programme lead as well as individual supervisors and, on the other, outward-looking events drawing on networks and partners, including in the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº East context.

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Additional Information

In addition to receiving feedback on your initial project proposal, you will receive regular feedback on written drafts of the different sections of your dissertation from your supervisor.