LN2502 Ethnography for Language Learners
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CREDIT POINTS: 15
Course Co-ordinator: Dr N Kiwan
Pre-requisite(s): None.
This course is tailored to the needs of language learners, in preparation for residence, either abroad or in a different cultural environment. The course will first concentrate on an introduction to some of the concepts of social anthropology; shared cultural knowledge; families and households; local-level politics; gender relations and gender identities; national and ethnic identities). It will also focus on ethnographic methods to be applied by students in a 'home ethnography' project, ie participant observation, ethnographic interviewing, data analysis, writing up an ethnographic project.
1 one-hour lecture and 1 one-hour seminar per week.
1st Attempt: 1 class test (30%), 1 home project (70%).
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).