Key facts
Details for course being taught in current academic year
Level 3 - 36 credits - spring and summer terms
Course description
Course outline
The aim of the course is to provide a framework for understanding current anthropological issues in the Latin American region, as well as how Latin American anthropology (both anthropology on Latin America and anthropology by Latin Americans) has contributed to the development of the wider anthropological discipline.
Some of the themes covered in the course will engage with anthropological understanding of colonialism, urbanization, gender, race, healing and transnationalism.
The course is structured to illuminate key ethnographic pieces through selected theoretical works and to situate them within a historical/conceptual development of the discipline in the region. Students will be able to read selected anthropological material produced on different geo-political regions of Latin America (Mesoamerica, the Caribbean, the Andean region, Amazonia and the South Cone).
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, a successful student should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an awareness of key themes in the anthropology of Latin America.
2. Demonstrate an ability to locate such themes in a wider debate of anthropological theory.
3. Demonstrate a critical perspective on the contribution that anthropology has made to the understanding of the geopolitical forces at play in the Americas.
4. Express adequate understandings in written and oral forms.
Generic outcomes
1. Use of web resources
2. Potential interest in learning Spanish or Portuguese languages
3. Potential for a future career dealing with the region.
Assessments
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Dissertation (8000 words) | Summer Term Week 5 Mon 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
Teaching methods
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring+Summer Terms | SEMINAR | 2 hours | 1111111111 |
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