Study programme 2021-2022Français
Social Anthropology
Learning Activity
CodeLecturer(s)Associate Lecturer(s)Subsitute Lecturer(s) et other(s)Establishment
H-SANT-100
  • NYENYEZI BISOKA Aymar
      • UMONS
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      HT(*) HTPE(*) HTPS(*) HR(*) HD(*) Term
      FrançaisFrançais300000Q1


      Content of Learning Activity

      This course will allow students to know, understand and criticize: (a) the major theoretical currents and major themes of anthropology; (b) the debates they raise, their possibility conditions and their challenges; (c) the plurality of ways of thinking, of forming society, of being in the world and of imagining the world. The teaching will be given ex cathedra. Students will have readings and practical work to be done; course will address the following topics: evolutionism, diffusionism, the French school, American culturalism, British functionalism, structural anthropology, critique of structural-functionalism, Marxist anthropology, dynamic anthropology, "post-modern" criticism, state anthropology, and ethnographic method.

      Required Learning Resources/Tools

      Each session is built around a PowerPoint presentation containing the main ideas, definitions, concepts and bibliographic references. These PowerPoint will be made available to students on a weekly basis. For each class session, a particularly illustrative article will also be made available to students wishing to immerse themselves in the literature before class.

      Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

      Not applicable

      Other Recommended Reading

      Not applicable

      Mode of delivery

      • Face to face

      Type of Teaching Activity/Activities

      • Cours magistraux

      Evaluations

      The assessment methods of the Learning Activity (AA) are specified in the course description of the corresponding Educational Component (UE)

      (*) HT : Hours of theory - HTPE : Hours of in-class exercices - HTPS : hours of practical work - HD : HMiscellaneous time - HR : Hours of remedial classes. - Per. (Period), Y=Year, Q1=1st term et Q2=2nd term
      Date de dernière mise à jour de la fiche ECTS par l'enseignant : 24/05/2021
      Date de dernière génération automatique de la page : 06/05/2022
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