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Module Description

This module introduces students to core concepts and debates in anthropology and, drawing on students’ own experiences, explores their relevance to concrete challenges emerging in different fields of professional practice and other organizational settings. Key anthropological concepts and themes are explored drawing on classic and contemporary anthropological texts on such topics as gift and reciprocity; kinship and personhood; racialization and inequality, hierarchy and corporate solidarity; ritual and myth; and universalism and relativism. In developing problem- and task-led anthropological analyses of real-world experiences and settings, students will develop a critical awareness of different approaches to and deployments of anthropology, with a focus on the application of anthropological concepts, theories and analytical procedures.Ìý

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Learning Outcomes

Having completed the module students will:   Ìý

• Have knowledge and understanding of well-established themes and principles of anthropological theory and analysis; Ìý

• Be able to demonstrate a critical awareness of some anthropological theories and methods – both conceptually and in practice-, and be able to reflect on the use of different concepts, approaches and methods in light of current challenges in the field of anthropology; ÌýÌý

• Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the potential applications of anthropological knowledge and methods for the understanding of different fields of professional practice. Ìý

• Be able to deploy central theories, concepts and analytical procedures in applied anthropology.ÌýÌý

Have command of the following transferable skills: Ìý

• Independent learning, working with initiative and minimal supervision; Ìý

• Independence of thought and analytical, critical and synoptic skills  Ìý

• Oral presentation skills, including the ability to exemplify theoretical concepts by drawing on real-life experiences;Ìý

• Skills in essay writing, mustering empirical evidence to support a line of argument, and specifying the analytical and applied contributions of their work in relation to existing literature and approaches; ÌýÌý

• Time, planning and management skills. Ìý

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Delivery Method

The module is delivered through a weekly 2-hour seminar with the Module Lead. Seminars are devoted to group discussion of the texts, structured with reference to their relevance to concrete real-life experiences of professional life (including in an educational setting) brought each week by the students. The initial seminar will be devoted to group discussion of each student’s interests in the interface between anthropology and professional. Students are then allocated to subsequent seminars, in which they must each give a presentation relating the week’s anthropological topic and readings to their own experiences and interests.Ìý