Anthropology
Global Cultures, Local Lives
Module code: 004SE
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Seminar
Assessment modes: Coursework, Essay
On this module, you’ll explore anthropology as:
- an exciting, ‘living’ subject, alive to the concerns of different communities and populations living across the globe
- cutting edge in terms of the research conducted by anthropologists at Sussex as they actively engage with issues of social, cultural and global transformation.
You’ll consider core themes that are central to the subject and capture anthropological thinking about culture, identity and representation. These are:
- kinship, self and body
- economy as culture
- religion and politics
- work on the global-local interface.
Module learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the central concerns of anthropology
- Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the key concepts and their development within anthropological theory
- Demonstrate knowledge of ethnographic work and how this relates to anthropology as a whole
- Demonstrate an ability to mobilise ethnographic evidence in pursuit of a theoretical argument