Study programme 2018-2019 | Français | ||
Anthropology | |||
Programme component of Bachelor's Degree in Human and Social Sciences à l"School of Human and Social Sciences |
Code | Type | Head of UE | Department’s contact details | Teacher(s) |
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UH-B2-SCHUMS-012-M | Compulsory UE | COGELS Serge | H940 - Sociologie et Anthropologie |
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Language of instruction | Language of assessment | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Credits | Weighting | Term |
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| Français | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | 1st term |
AA Code | Teaching Activity (AA) | HT(*) | HTPE(*) | HTPS(*) | HR(*) | HD(*) | Term | Weighting |
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H-SANT-200 | Elements of Economic Anthropology | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q1 | 50.00% |
H-SANT-203 | Anthropology of nature | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q1 | 50.00% |
Programme component | ||
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UH-B1-SCHUMS-002-M Sociology et Anthropology I |
Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes of UE
At the end of this class, the students will be able to: - understand the cultural factors involved in the making of geographic atlases; - identify and analyze racial stereotypes and their illustration in the medias in a broad sense; - describe mechanisms of construction of a priori related to a minor social group; - explain scientific arguments in favor of cultural stereotypes in the history of thought; - identify cultural and social premises of Western world views at different historical time periods; - define basic concepts in anthropology of religions and illustrate them with case studies; - describe the consequences of intercultural encounter over world views ; - understand the universality of religious behaviors and diversity of their expression; - explain the social and cultural implications of rituals, rites of passage in particular.
Content of UE
Study of medias in a broad sense (travel literature, atlases, painting, photography, cinema, reality shows, advertising, novels, cartoons, written press, museums, exhibitions) in an anthropological perspective. With the help of case studies, holistic et historical analysis of the construction of stereotypes of scientific and pupular racism and their illustration in different contexts.
General introduction to religious anthropology. Through case studies, holistic analysis of rites, cultual movements and religious changes in different contexts.
Etymology.
Missionnaries, Christianity and social transformations in the Pacific.
Humors and bodily substances.
Mana.
Ritual houses and male initiation in New-Guinea.
Death, relics and funerals.
Cargo cults in Melanesia.
Therapeutic and witchcraft practices in our regions.
Prior Experience
To have attended the Social Anthropology course.
Type of Assessment for UE in Q1
Q1 UE Assessment Comments
Eléments d'anthropologie éconmique :written examination ** Anthropologie, médias et littérature : oral examination
Type of Assessment for UE in Q3
Q3 UE Assessment Comments
Eléments d'anthropologie éconmique :written examination ** Anthropologie, médias et littérature : oral examination
Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)
Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)
Not applicable
Type of Teaching Activity/Activities
AA | Type of Teaching Activity/Activities |
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H-SANT-200 |
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H-SANT-203 |
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Mode of delivery
AA | Mode of delivery |
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H-SANT-200 |
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H-SANT-203 |
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Required Reading
AA | |
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H-SANT-200 | |
H-SANT-203 |
Required Learning Resources/Tools
AA | Required Learning Resources/Tools |
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H-SANT-200 | Not applicable |
H-SANT-203 | Not applicable |
Recommended Reading
AA | |
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H-SANT-200 | |
H-SANT-203 |
Recommended Learning Resources/Tools
AA | Recommended Learning Resources/Tools |
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H-SANT-200 | Not applicable |
H-SANT-203 | Not applicable |
Other Recommended Reading
AA | Other Recommended Reading |
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H-SANT-200 | Descola, Philippe. 1986. La Nature domestique : symbolisme et praxis dans l écologie des Achuar. Publié par la Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris: Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l Homme. Godelier, Maurice. 1996 (1982). La production des grands hommes. Pouvoir et domination masculine chez les Baruya de Nouvelle-Guinée. Paris : Fayard. Malinowski, Bronislaw. 1963(1922). Les Argonautes du Pacifique occidental, Paris, Gallimard. Mauss, Marcel. 1999[1923]. Essai sur le don. Forme et raison de l'échange dans les sociétés archaïques. In Mauss, Marcel,Sociologie et anthropologie, 143-279. Paris: Quadrige/Presses Universitaires de France. |
H-SANT-203 | Cf. French version |
Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next
AA | Grade Deferrals of AAs from one year to the next |
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H-SANT-200 | Authorized |
H-SANT-203 | Authorized |