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School of Culture History and Language · ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
This Seminar-based course aims to provide commencing HDR students in Anthropology across CAP and CASS 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.
Participation in the weekly discussions of reading material
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Leading class discussion for one week with submission of a 1000 word summary of readings for that week.
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Production of a thesis and fieldwork plan — 3000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
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.
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
260 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 24 hours of contact over 12 weeks of seminars; and b) 236 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
No prescribed textbook but regular weekly readings which are made available online on Wattle