ANTHRO 203
Thinking like a Social Anthropologist
Please note: this is archived course information from 2017 for ANTHRO 203.
Description
This course is an introduction to theorising in social anthropology, to the practices of thinking, analysing and reflecting that are fundamental to what social anthropologists do. It emphasises the multiple ways in which anthropologists use ideas and concepts to think about the multitude of ways in which people live their lives and, more concretely, what people do and say. It examines the central, yet contested, concepts of society and culture and it provides an introduction to how social anthropologists have thought about rationality, about symbols and meanings, about social structure, about social personhood and about agency and power.
Availability 2017
Semester 1
Lecturer(s)
Coordinator(s) Professor Susanna Trnka
Reading/Texts
Recommended Reading
Assessment
Coursework only
Points
ANTHRO 203: 15 points
Prerequisites
ANTHRO 100 or 30 points in Anthropology
