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AT4538: MORE THAN HUMAN (2023-2024)

Last modified: 05 Oct 2023 08:46


Course Overview

This course explores new directions in how we think about humans and other species.
Recent years have seen an upsurge of interest in how the social sciences and humanities understand animals, plants, and other organisms. We examine these cutting-edge ideas in depth. We do this by relating classic and recent literature to think through real life encounters and issues, from a walk in the park to things we buy in the shops. Although the focus is on anthropological work, the course should appeal to students from a wide range of backgrounds.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Andrew J. Whitehouse

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Programme Level 4

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course is focussed on relations between humans and other creatures, particularly animals and plants. A range of disciplinary approaches will be explored, including history, cultural geography, natural science and science and technology studies, as well as anthropology. The course involves advanced themes in environmental anthropology and will examine research that has emerged during the recent 'more-than-human' trend in the social sciences and humanities. Topics covered include theoretical approaches for bringing non-humans into the social sciences, the Anthropocene and multispecies ethnography, capitalist systems of production, ethics and care, interactions, nature conservation, landscape, infection and disease and the wider implications of a more-than-human anthropology. The course includes outdoor walks and field trips to help students relate the course materials to real world situations and encounters.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Project Report/Dissertation

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Learning Outcomes
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Essay

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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ReflectionAnalyseThe ability to think through problems and questions in the field of more-than-human anthropology
ProceduralApplyApply the concepts and approaches they learn about on the course to real-world case studies as part of the project for the course.
ConceptualUnderstandAn in-depth understanding of the field of more-than-human anthropology

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