What is Social and Cultural Anthropology?, Theories in Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Historical Overview, Methodological Turns in Anthropological Research, Permutations of Kinship Studies, Gender, Sexuality and the Body, Power, Authority and Resistance, No Session, Variations on a Common Theme? “Race”, Ethnicity, Nationalism, Citizenship, Autochthony and Indigeneity, Apprehending Religion, Unequally Producing, Distributing and Consuming in the Globalised Economy, Trans/locality, or: where the “true” action is, Reflexivity and Recursivity in Anthropological Knowledge-Making, Engaging Anthropology, Written Examination
The Advanced Course offers an overview of important theoretical orientations and thematic domains of the discipline. It conveys state-of-the-art international theoretical work and disciplinary differentiation. The three main intended learning outcomes of the course are:
(4) Advanced knowledge of central theoretical positions in anthropology.
(5) Competence to read and discuss sophisticated anthropological texts in English.
(6) Advanced competences in scholarly argumentation and substantiated deployment of theoretical positions.
Recommended Reading: Nash, June. 1981. “Ethnographic Aspects of the World Capitalist System.” Annual Review of Anthropology 10: 393-423.
Course Requirement: Active course participation. More will be announced at the first meeting.
Module Requirement: Written examination
Particularity: The lecture will be held in English and can only be taken together with the corresponding seminar. The whole module must be completed within one semester. All course and module requirements are conducted in English.
