| Unit name | Debates in Anthropology: The Emergence of the Modern World |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ARCH35007 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Shankland |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The aim of this unit is to introduce a series of key debates within anthropology linked around the discipline&�s response to modernity and social change. This includes a great range of anthropological achievements (such as developmental or applied anthropology, economic anthropology, the study of nationalism and migration, the investigation of globalisation, trans-nationalism and the contemporary emergence of virtual communities). The way that these topics have impacted upon the discipline during the twentieth century is considered both chronologically and conceptually, in particular noting the place of science and rationality, and more recent debates on the place of indigenous knowledge.
