| Unit name | Political Anthropology |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ANTH30007 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Theodossopoulos |
| Open unit status | Open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit is a general course in Political Anthropology, one of the main sub-fields of Social Anthropology. It examines how local communities understand political processes, how politics are carried out at the local level and how global politics are received in local contexts. The unit is also concerned with the political imagination of local communities, their ideas about citizenship, justice, ethnic identity and indigeneity. Taking into account the tension between nation states and their citizens, the unit takes a close look at local dissatisfaction with national and global discourses concerning multiculturalism, democracy and political government. These topics are explored with close reference to particular case studies, using ethnographic evidence from diverse contexts, such as Europe, Africa and Latin America.
