coursemapLoading course
School of Archaeology and Anthropology · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
This Seminar-based course aims to provide commencing HDR students in Athropology across CASS and CAP with an important foundation in both classic and contemporary anthropological thought, enhancing students' abilities to grasp and critique materials from a wide range of perspectives. Students are encouraged to appreciate not only the distinctiveness of the anthropology theoretical "voice", but also the crucial role of theory in animating anthropological (especially ethnographic) practice. The overall intention is to help students to think about, and conceptualise, their own individual ethnographic projects with respect to the central theoretical issues and debates within the discipline, and for students to do this prior to undertaking their fieldwork.
Attendance at the 12 weekly seminars and participation in the weekly discussions of reading material and the presentation: 10%
Leading class discussion for one week with submission of a 1000 word summary of readings for that week. 10%
Production of a thesis and fieldwork plan – 3000 words: 20%
Preparation of a 6000 word research proposal in which the theoretical literature relevant to the thesis research is identified and reviewed. This to be presented as a one hour seminar, followed by discussion, at the Friday afternoon postgraduate seminar: 60%
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 24 hours of lectures and 12 hours of tutorials and tutorial-like activities; and b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading, and writing.