Modules

• Year 1

  Core Modules

  Being Human: Evolution Culture and Society (20 credits)

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  Being Human: Evolution Culture and Society

  Overview

  This course is designed to introduce students to social anthropology through a discussion of the key concepts in the discipline, and a consideration of the principles which underlie family life, kinship, sexuality and gender relations, and gaining a livelihood in different parts of the world.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students will have been introduced to social anthropology, and should be aware of how social and cultural differences constitute variations on a number of basic themes. Students should also be aware of the ways in which anthropology is useful for the understanding of their own society as well as for the understanding of others.

  Skills

  Skills in literacy, oral communication, the organisation of arguments, effective presentation of written work, critical reflection on one's own cultural assumptions and biases.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Optional Modules

  A World on the Move:Historical and Anthropological Approaches to Globalization (20 credits)

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  A World on the Move:Historical and Anthropological Approaches to Globalization

  Overview

  This modules provides an anthropological introduction to the study of globalisation, using comparative case studies from the contemporary and the historical record, and outlining links with perspectives in the field of history. Among the issues discussed are: global and local linkages in a world of economic, cultural and political connectivity; cultural convergence and the expression of cultural difference; migration, refugees, trafficked people, tourism; diasporas, the idea of home and national borders; transnational family networks in the contemporary world; global and local regimes of power and resistance.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, student should be aware of the complex ways in which globalising forces have influenced people's everyday experiences in different socio-cultural settings and changing historical contexts.

  Skills

  Students should develop skills in literacy; oral communication; the organisation of logical arguments; effective presentation of written work; and teamwork.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT1003

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Us And them: Why do we have ingroups and outgroups? (20 credits)

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  Us And them: Why do we have ingroups and outgroups?

  Overview

  Drawing theoretically on both cognitive and social anthropology and utilizing a wide range of case studies, from personal passions for particular sub-cultures of music and sport to national politics in Northern Ireland to global divides of religion and class, this module will introduce students to social groups.
  
  We will explore what makes human social groups different from those of other animals, psychological explanations of group commitment, and anthropological literature on symbols, rituals, and politics to examine how particular social groups are created and sustained and how some individuals become willing to fight and die for their fellow group members.

  Learning Outcomes

  Be able to describe and consider the implications of:
  
  1) The importance of social groups for individuals.
  
  2) How group identities and traditions are created.
  
  3) How groups continue from generation to generation.
  
  4) The similarities and differences between national, religious, sporting, class, and interest groups.
  
  5) How groups can convince individuals to die for them
  6) Why intergroup prejudice and conflict is so common.

  Skills

  The module will help foster the students’:
  
  Ability to consider the findings of multiple disciplines in addressing questions of human society.
  
  Ability to present ideas clearly in both oral and written formats
  
  Ability to research and analyse material from multiple disciplines
  
  Ability to debate and defend arguments
  
  Ability to engage in civil discourse about strongly held convictions
  
  Ability to prepare concise and focused presentations

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT1007

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introductory Logic (20 credits)

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  Introductory Logic

  Overview

  An introduction to fundamental logical notions such as validity and entailment, including an examination of the nature of critical thinking in argumentation. This introduction may include some treatment of elementary issues in the philosophy of logic, but will focus primarily on elementary formal symbolic logic (especially propositional but also predicate calculus), using natural deduction techniques.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module, students will:
  
  • Acquire at least a limited ability to practice symbolic reasoning at the most basic level together with a more discursive grasp of the basic notions of logic, and of standard examples of fallacious reasoning.
  • Develop skills in analysis and communication
  • Develop the ability to comprehend and some ability to formulate clear and extended arguments.

  Skills

  Intellectual skills
  • Analytical Thinking: identify, understand, interpret and evaluate relevant subject-specific arguments made by others; construct independent arguments
  • Critical & Independent Thinking: ability to think critically and construct one’s own position in relation to existing and ongoing debates in the field
  Professional and career development skills
  • Communication Skills: ability to communicate clearly with others, both orally and in writing
  • Teamwork: ability to work with others in a team, negotiate conflicts and recognize different ways of learning
  • Self-Reflexivity: ability to reflect on one’s own progress and identify and act upon ones own development needs with respect to life-long learning and career development
  • Time Management: ability to negotiate diverse and competing pressures; cope with stress; and achieve a work / life balance
  Technical and practical skills
  • Information Technology: demonstrate the knowledge and ability to use contemporary and relevant ICT
  Organizational skills
  • Efficient and effective work practice: demonstrate ability to work efficiently to deadlines
  • Organisation and communication: demonstrate ability to use evidence to develop logical and clear argument; show aptitude for the effective use of information in a direct and appropriate way

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  80%

  Practical

  20%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL1003

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Philosophy and The Good Life (20 credits)

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  Philosophy and The Good Life

  Overview

  This module is an introduction to moral philosophy, requiring no prior acquaintance with the subject. The module is topic based. In the first half, we will investigate some major theories of morality – systematic accounts of what makes something morally right or wrong. In the second half, we will look at the application of these theories to some practical issues, including abortion, the treatment of animals, and our duties to those in the developing world.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of a number of theories in moral philosophy; explain the relevance of these theories to some key issues in applied ethics; converse and write with critical authority about the ideas of a number of important philosophers; demonstrate the principles of sound and effective reasoning and argument; show tolerance for different and challenging ideas.

  Skills

  Students should develop skills in literacy, analysis, and communication, and the ability to comprehend and develop clear and extended arguments.

  Coursework

  30%

  Examination

  60%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL1004

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  'Understanding Northern Ireland: History, Politics and Anthropology' (20 credits)

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  'Understanding Northern Ireland: History, Politics and Anthropology'

  Overview

  This level 1 module will use a variety of historical, political, sociological and anthropological perspectives to look at key issues relating to Northern Ireland. The course will provide an overview of the history and politics of the state of Northern Ireland. It will use anthropological understandings of ethnicity and nationalism to examine how Unionism and Irish Nationalism developed. It will look in detail at the various political solutions which have been applied to ‘the Province’, with a particular focus on the Peace Process. It will examine the realities and legacies of the conflict since the signing of the 1998 Agreement. It will explore the development of cultural and political 'traditions' examining, in particular, change and continuity in Irish society.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students should
  •be aware of how to utilise a range of disciplinary approaches (historical, political, sociological and anthropological) in helping to develope an understanding of division and conflict within Northern Ireland.
  •be aware of how to examine how contemporary political communities use the past to construct traditions, ideologies and identities.
  •understand how to explore the role of history in understandings of Northern Ireland.
  •To develop a broad understanding of the politics of the state.
  •understand and look at key contemporary issues in Northern Irish society.
  •be able to assess and highlight various research approaches to Northern Ireland, and to explore how academic work can be applied.

  Skills

  Students will acquire skills in understanding written material, skills in weighing evidence and skills in debating controversial topics. The ability to read material, weigh judgements and engage with the topics being discussed. They should also develop oral presentation skills, essay writing skills and skills in accessing and analysing information, research evaluation. They will also gain experience of coping with controversial topics.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT1006

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Perspectives on Politics (20 credits)

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  Perspectives on Politics

  Overview

  This module aims to introduce students to the broad field of political theory and philosophy, a necessary and integral component of the study of politics generally. Taking a contemporary approach to the subject, the module stresses the vital importance of theoretical enquiry for understanding, analysing, and criticizing everyday socio-political life. Students are therefore introduced to key concepts and problems in the study of politics, including the meaning of democracy, the fraught relation between the individual and society, and the contested nature of power and political authority. In exploring these themes, students come to an appreciation of the complexities surrounding our everyday notions of democratic rule, freedom, justice, citizenship, government, and power.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students should acquire an understanding of a number of ways of conceptualising and analysing critically key aspects of political life. On successful completion of the module they will have demonstrated capacities for reading texts in contemporary political theory and exploring the implication of these writings for practical politics.

  Skills

  Analytical and conceptual skills. The ability to argue cogently in oral and written communication.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI1007

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Being Creative: Music Media and the Arts (20 credits)

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  Being Creative: Music Media and the Arts

  Overview

  Anthropologists have analysed how people with different cultures' express themselves in a variety of ways through sound, text and image. Who is involved in specific expressive practices, who controls these practices, and which media are emphasised by different groups? Can textual, verbal, musical and material forms of expression be communicated across cultural boundaries? How do processes of cultural translation affect their meaning and impact on different lifeworlds? In this module, we will explore performative genres including musical activities and rituals; language-based forms of expression and processes of visual and material expression around artworks, objects and film documentation.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students should have acquired a basic understanding of key issues relating to the performative dimensions of cultural expression through a comparative analysis of ethnographic studies pertaining to sound, text and image. Students should be able to discuss how anthropology has approached expressive cultures and understand a range of cultural differences between themselves and others in this arena. The module should prepare them for further study in the fields of performative, textual and visual analysis.

  Skills

  Students should develop skills in literacy; oral communication; the organisation of logical arguments; effective presentation of written work; critical reflection on their own cultural assumptions and biases; and teamwork.

  Coursework

  20%

  Examination

  70%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ESA1001

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Philosophy and Human Nature (20 credits)

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  Philosophy and Human Nature

  Overview

  An introduction to some fundamental philosophical problems arising from theories of human nature in the western philosophical tradition, and to the methods which philosophers use for solving them, including techniques of sound reasoning and argument. Topics covered will include the soul, personal identity, free will, God and evil, and life after death (among others). Reference will be made to the ideas and arguments of many important figures in the history of philosophy, including Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Hume and Kant.

  Learning Outcomes

  Upon completion of this introduction to the nature and range of Philosophy, students will have developed a familiarity with the ideas of a number of important philosophers and a sense of the principles of sound and effective reasoning and argument.

  Skills

  KEY Intellectual skills, e.g., critical analysis, creative thinking, problem solving; communication skills, e.g., oral, listening and written; improvement of learning and performance; managing information. EMPLOYABILITY Research and communication skills (written and oral), independent learning (organising and prioritising ideas), critical/independent thinking. SUBJECT SPECIFIC Listening/analytical/literacy/presentation skills; textual analysis; the comprehension and formulation of extended and cogent arguments; the ability to participate in a tolerant and supportive learning environment.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL1001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

• Year 2

  Core Modules

  Key Debates in Anthropology (20 credits)

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  Key Debates in Anthropology

  Overview

  This module will examine the theme of culture from an anthropological perspective. Focusing on an assortment of critical thinkers and formative texts, it addresses the relation of culture to race, society, history, practice, embodiment, emotions, power, the politics of identity, the state, and globalization. The course examines some of the foremost anthropologists who have contributed to these topics, drawing on functionalist, structuralist, Marxist, reflexive and other traditions of thought.

  Learning Outcomes

  One objective of the module is that the students acquire a firm grasp of the key principles and theoretical perspectives of social and cultural anthropology. A second objective is that the students develop an ability to apply these principles and perspectives to a broad range of ethnographic and other materials. In its emphasis on the development of critical thinking, the module will therefore make a larger contribution by equipping students in relation to other anthropology - and non-anthropology - modules to take.

  Skills

  To develop critical reading skills with respect to anthropological texts, and to develop debating skills in class. To develop the critical faculties of the students with respect to cultural discourses.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT2022

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Optional Modules

  Hanging out on Street Corners: Public and applied Anthropology (20 credits)

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  Hanging out on Street Corners: Public and applied Anthropology

  Overview

  The course is designed to introduce students to qualitative, ethnographic, methodologies and particularly explore their applied use in the social sciences and policy analysis. It will examine the differences between qualitative and quantitative methodologies, understanding the strengths and weaknesses of each. This will allow students to be able to argue for the utility of ethnographic methodologies in further modules (dissertation).
  
  The course will then look at the utility of ethnography and anthropology in applied situations. In doing so the course will present an understanding of environments in which ethnography can be used in ‘problem solving’ and as a tool for ‘policy’ understanding a critique. The course will look at the possibility of an anthropology of policy and an approach to organisations. It will look at the strengths and weaknesses of ethnography in rapid problem solving. The course will look at specific case studies and examples and students will be asked to develop their own skills through presentations and analysis of case studies. The course will encourage internships and act as a preparation for dissertation modules in semester 2 (year 2) and semester 1 (year 3).

  Learning Outcomes

  To develop awareness of how qualitative/anthropological methods – ethnography and participant observation - might provide skills that have practical applications away from the academy.
  
  To develop and understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative and quantitative methodologies.
  
  To develop skills necessary in the utilisation of anthropology such as report & proposal writing, team work, presentation and communication skills.
  
  To develop confidence and ability to work within a team and under pressure of time.
  
  To develop a critical understanding of ethnographic research when applied to areas of policy.
  
  To critically analyse ethical issues related to ethnographic fieldwork.
  
  To analyse the relationship between anthropology and other disciplines and professional areas.
  
  To develop early engagement with dissertation topics, possibly through internships.

  Skills

  The module will help foster the students’:
  
  Ability to consider the findings of multiple disciplines in addressing questions of human society.
  
  Ability to utilise interpersonal skills
  
  Ability to work in teams
  
  Ability to present ideas clearly in both oral and written formats
  
  Ability to research and analyse material from multiple disciplines
  
  Ability to debate and defend arguments
  
  Ability to engage in civil discourse about strongly held convictions
  
  Ability to prepare concise and focused presentations

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT2038

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Introduction to the Philosophy of Science (20 credits)

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  Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

  Overview

  This will be an exploration of fundamental philosophical issues raised by the practice of science. It will cover issues in scientific methodology, scientific knowledge, the language of science, the relation between scientific theories and reality, the rationality of science and progress and the relation between science and society.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module, students will at least be able to
  • demonstrate an understanding of the ‘demarcation’ problem between science and non-science
  • articulate various versions of the problem of induction, as well its consequences for the justification of scientific claims
  • demonstrate familiarity with differing accounts of scientific methodology, including inductivism and falsificationism
  • confidently discuss and evaluate issues to do with observation, observables, and the theory-ladenness of observation
  • demonstrate familiarity with the realism/antirealism debates in the philosophy of science

  Skills

  Intellectual skills
  • Managing & Prioritising Knowledge: identify relevant and subject-specific knowledge, sources and data; manage such information in an independent manner
  • Analytical Thinking: identify, understand, interpret and evaluate relevant subject-specific arguments made by others; construct independent arguments
  • Critical & Independent Thinking: ability to think critically and construct one’s own position in relation to existing and ongoing debates in the field
  
  Professional and career development skills
  • Communication Skills: ability to communicate clearly with others, both orally and in writing
  • Self-Reflexivity: ability to reflect on one’s own progress and identify and act upon ones own development needs
  
  Organizational skills
  • Efficient and effective work practice: demonstrate ability to work efficiently to deadlines
  • Organisation and communication: demonstrate ability to use evidence to develop logical and clear arguments; show aptitude for the effective use of information in a direct and appropriate way
  • Enterprising thinking: Demonstrate ability to think and argue in novel and enterprising ways, to display originality of thought and argument and the ability to clearly support arguments in innovative ways

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL2027

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Human Morality (20 credits)

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  Human Morality

  Overview

  Being the most complex social species, human beings possess many competencies to deal with social interaction, including the capacity to make moral judgments that evaluate and regulate human behaviour (i.e., judgments on whether an action is right or wrong, and on whether someone deserves reward or punishment). Drawing from the anthropological and psychological literature on the matter, the module introduces the student to the various aspects of human morality, discussing the following types of issues:
  
  - Are moral judgments totally relative to one’s culture or are there universal components of human morality?
  - Is human morality based solely on religion?
  - Are moral judgments framed by distinct concerns such as care/harm, justice/injustice, loyalty/betrayal, hierarchy/subversion, and purity/impurity or are they always related to a specific concern with basic human rights?
  - Can the configuration of different moral concerns shed light on different political attitudes and ideologies, such as conservatism and liberalism, and their disagreement on a variety of topics, such as abortion, homosexuality, and economic equality?
  - Although the intentional causation of harm is normally prohibited, why in many situations (e.g., in the punishment of heinous crimes, in the interrogation of suspected terrorists, or in the context of wars and revolutions) people have conflicting intuitions about the boundaries of such prohibition?

  Learning Outcomes

  Be able to describe and consider the implications of:
  
  - current anthropological and psychological approaches to the various aspects of human morality;
  - the interplay between cultural learning and basic psychological dispositions in the domain of morality
  - moral judgments to politics and the law.

  Skills

  The module will help foster students’:
  
  - Ability to consider the findings of multiple disciplines in addressing the topic of morality.
  - Ability to present ideas clearly in both oral and written formats.
  - Ability to research and critically analyse material from multiple disciplines.
  - Ability to debate and defend arguments.

  Coursework

  40%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  60%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT2039

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Business Anthropology for the Digital Age (20 credits)

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  Business Anthropology for the Digital Age

  Overview

  Business Anthropology for the Digital Age delivers an introduction to the field of business anthropology as both an applied social science and critical understanding of consumer and organisational cultures, digital contexts and engagements and design processes. The course provides a critical reading of ‘anthropology in business’ in concert with providing practical insights into the role of consumer ethnography/netnography in contemporary business practices. It also engages with the ways in which culture shapes institutional and corporate organisations.

  Learning Outcomes

  1.Understand where anthropology and ethnography can be usefully applied in business settings, in particular in relation to consumer, design, and organisational processes.
  2. Understand how digital contexts are changing both the way in which anthropology is utilised and its role in consumer, design, and organisational processes.
  3. Learn to critically engage with the place of anthropology in business/corporate practices as an applied social science. Further, understand anthropology’s critique on how such practices take place.
  4. Select and make use of ethnographic case studies of business practices in an applied and critical fashion.
  5. Understand and engage questions of ethics and responsibility in business practices. Question the issue of ethical limitations in business contexts.
  6. Improve interpersonal and team building skills through in class group exercises.
  7. Hone technology skills through dedicated assessments.
  8.Learn to critically assess anthropology of business scholarly literature whilst also engaging beyond the disciplinary approach through reading business literature and case studies, thereby understanding the multidisciplinary approach to the role of anthropology in business.
  9. Understand the role of collaboration in anthropology in business practices.
  10. Understand career pathways for anthropologists in business/corporate spaces.

  Skills

  None.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT2036

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  The Northern Ireland Conflict and paths to peace (20 credits)

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  The Northern Ireland Conflict and paths to peace

  Overview

  What caused the Northern Irish conflict? What factors sustained it? What role did world leaders, paramilitaries, clergy and local politicians play in progressing the peace process? And what role does civil society, arts, culture and heritage play in building social cohesion?
  This interdisciplinary, team-taught module will draw on expertise from across the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics to explore some of the key themes of the Global Bachelor’s Program. Using Northern Ireland as a case study, it will ask questions about the means through which societies can move from conflict to peace, about the roles that various actors can play in conflict resolution, and about the roles that public representations and explorations of the past can play both in entrenching divisions and in furthering peace and mutual understanding.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of this module the successful student should be able to demonstrate in assessed essays, coursework and seminar contributions:
  - A familiarity with the major issues and debates around the development of the Northern Ireland conflict, the peace process, and the role of civil society in peace-building. - A sense of the interrelatedness of political, economic, cultural and social forces in shaping the past
  - An appreciation of the internal and external forces that contributed to the conflict AND helped build peace
  - A heightened sense of the complexity of identity, politics and place in Northern Ireland
  - Demonstrable awareness of the role that arts, culture, heritage and public engagement with the past can play in building social integration.

  Skills

  On completion of this module the student should be able to:
  - Understand and process complex information
  - Engage in sustained and self-directed reading
  - Engage in intellectual discussion based on reading and class content
  - Communicate complex information effectively and with precision in oral presentation and in writing to an academic audience

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HAP2001

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Philosophy of Race (20 credits)

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  Philosophy of Race

  Overview

  This module engages critically with major issues in the philosophy of race through analysis of historical and contemporary texts and arguments. The module incorporates attention to social epistemological and metaphysical issues as well as to ethical and political issues, and will encourage students to appreciate the interconnections between these. The module may include discussion of the following questions: What is race? How do race, class, and gender intersect? How does colonialism affect our understanding of race? In what was does the history of racism impact on knowledge? How has race and racism affected our understanding of artworks and bodies? The precise issues covered in the module may vary from year to year, but are likely to include critical philosophy of race, metaphysics of race, epistemic injustice and race, coloniality, gender, and race, debates concerning social constructivism and biological realism, aesthetics and race, and feminist philosophy and race.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
  • Demonstrate critical analysis of key debates in the philosophy of race;
  • Apply relevant philosophical theories to analysis of key issues in the
  philosophy of race;
  • Demonstrate critical understanding of diverse accounts of race within
  philosophy and society.

  Skills

  Intellectual Skills
  • Managing & Prioritizing Knowledge: identify relevant and subject-specific knowledge, sources and data; manage such information in an independent manner.
  • Analytical Thinking: identify, understand, interpret and evaluate relevant subject-specific arguments made by others; construct independent arguments.
  • Critical & Independent Thinking: ability to think critically and construct one’s own position in relation to existing and ongoing debates in the field.
  
  
  Professional and career development skills
  
  • Communication Skills: ability to communicate clearly with others, both orally and in writing.
  • Teamwork: ability to work with others in a team, negotiate conflicts and recognize different ways of learning.
  • Diversity: ability to acknowledge and be sensitive to the range of cultural differences present in the learning environment.
  • Self-Reflexivity: ability to reflect on one’s own progress and identify and act upon one’s own development needs with respect to life-long learning and career development.
  • Time Management: ability to negotiate diverse and competing pressures; cope with stress; and achieve a work / life balance.
  
  Organizational skills
  
  • Efficient and effective work practice: demonstrate ability to work efficiently to deadlines.
  • Clear organisation of information: show efficiency in the organisation of large amounts of complex information and the ability to identify, describe and analyse the key features of the information.
  • Organisation and communication: demonstrate ability to use evidence to develop logical and clear arguments; show aptitude for the effective use of information in a direct and appropriate way.
  • Enterprising thinking: Demonstrate ability to think and argue in novel and enterprising ways, to display originality of thought and argument and the ability to clearly support arguments in innovative ways.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL2028

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Apocalypse! End of the World. (20 credits)

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  Apocalypse! End of the World.

  Overview

  The aim of the course is to introduce students to historical and anthropological reflection on millennial / millenarian beliefs and movements across space and time. Taking a long view of historical events and using case studies of present-day groups that attend to ideas about the end of the world, taking advantage of the interdisciplinary character of the School, and using a wide range of primary sources, including novels, film, websites, and ethnographic case studies and film, this course will invite students to consider the ancient roots of millennial theory; its foundational texts, exponents / prophets and movements; examples of well-known failed and successful millennial claims and movements, including the Crusades, radical puritans, Mormons, Jewish Zionists, American evangelicals, new religious movements, including UFO and suicide cults, and radical Islamists; the use of millennial theory as presentist critique; the development of millennial majorities, and the social, cultural and political implications of their dominance; millennialism’s place in utopian theory; and a final consideration of theoretical rejoinders, in which the course leaders encourage students to consider whether millennial claims might be right – for example, in terms of global warming – and whether that might change the way in which historians and anthropologists should approach the subject.

  Learning Outcomes

  An understanding of the broad history and anthropology of millennial movements across space and time; An ability to discuss millennial ideas and movements using heuristic tools from history and anthropology; An ability to use electronic resources and to develop key research skills; Effective communication skills; An ability to write an informed analysis of historical problems discussed in the module; An ability to work independently.

  Skills

  Enhanced ability to think critically, reason logically, and evaluate evidence; Further develop communication skills, both written and oral; Critical appraisal of, engagement with, and effective use of a variety of historical and anthropological sources.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  HAP2065

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Modern Political Thought (20 credits)

  ×

  Modern Political Thought

  Overview

  This module focuses on a critical analysis of key texts and themes in the history of modern political thought. It has two aims. Firstly, by adopting a historical approach to the development of modern political thought we learn about the ideas that have shaped our own political thinking. We are typically unaware of the ways in which this history has shaped how we frame problems and our basic assumptions about how to respond to them. Adopting a historical perspective on modern political thought helps us to bring these unexamined assumptions into focus and allows us to think more creatively about how to respond to political problems. In learning about this history we are learning about ourselves
  Secondly, the course has a practical aim. Ideas are tools for responding to problems. By learning about the different arguments of these thinkers we can acquire tools to help us think about our own political problems. Some of the ideas of these thinkers are good ones, some not so good and there is often disagreement about which is which. We can learn from the mistakes of others as much as we can learn from their positive contributions.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module, students will:
  
  - Be familiar with the central arguments of key texts in the history of modern political thought
  - Understand the main traditions of thought which have shaped contemporary political thinking
  - Be equipped with the analytical skills necessary to necessary to interpret and criticize complex arguments.

  Skills

  The aim of the module is to provide students with the necessary analytical and interpretive tools to understand complex arguments. It will provide students with an opportunity to develop communication skills (listening, oral and written), and equip students with basic intellectual skills (particularly critical thinking and analysis). Students will also learn to present their own thoughts and arguments in a logical and coherent manner and to make points in a clear and succinct manner. These are key transferable skills.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI2005

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Moral Theories (20 credits)

  ×

  Moral Theories

  Overview

  This module explores both the status and content of morality. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, it addresses a broad range of metaethical and normative questions, including: can morality be objective? Are moral judgments based on feeling? Are there any reasons to be moral? Is moral truth relative to particular cultures or societies? What makes right acts right? Does the end justify the means? Are there any absolute restrictions on human conduct? Is happiness all that matters? Do animals have rights?

  Learning Outcomes

  Students should be able to give a brief history of ethical theory from ancient times together with a more detailed discussion of some twentieth century moral philosophers who have been most influential in modern thought about ethics.

  Skills

  An understanding of the nature of practical reasoning. Learning to discuss rationally and dispassionately moral views which one may find personally abhorrent.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL2000

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Skills in the Field: Ethnographic methods (20 credits)

  ×

  Skills in the Field: Ethnographic methods

  Overview

  Preparing and guiding students for a period of personal research in the long vacation. Includes the selection of a research topic, documentary and bibliographical search, training in quantitative and qualitative research techniques. In addition, students will consider the ethical implications of their research, as well as show awareness of the risk factors involved.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students should develop the ability to devise an anthropological research topic and plan field research using existing social skills and standard research techniques.  Students should also be able to assess the potential risks involved in their chosen research, and assess the ethical implications of their planned work.

  Skills

  Skills in devising a research proposal and in collecting and sorting information.  Students should develop skills in the following areas:
  
  - bibliographical research;
  - design a manageable research project;
  - assess usefulness of different research techniques
  - assess ethical implications of research
  - oral and written presentations
  - time management

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT2030

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  History of Philosophy (20 credits)

  ×

  History of Philosophy

  Overview

  This module introduces students to key texts and arguments in the early modern period of philosophy. As well as examining texts by philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Berkeley, and Hume, the module also enables students to explore texts written by less commonly taught philosophers, and to examine critical engagements with early modern texts. An indicative list of topics to be covered includes: empiricism and rationalism, ideas and language, scepticism, induction, causation, free will, and capacity for reason.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion, students will have an understanding of some of the key ideas and arguments in four of the most influential works in the history of western philosophy.

  Skills

  Skills in literacy, communication, organisation and presentation of extended arguments, development of critical powers, sensitivity to the significance of historically and culturally remote materials

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL2016

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Knowledge and Reality (20 credits)

  ×

  Knowledge and Reality

  Overview

  Problems in contemporary analytical epistemology and metaphysics. Epistemology topics covered will include scepticism, analysis of knowledge, internalism/externalism, and sources of justification; metaphysics topics will include identity, necessity, universals, and particulars.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of current theories of knowledge.

  Skills

  Students should be able to identify, formulate and appreciate the key points in an argument as presented in lecture or reading; and to develop cogency in written expression.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL2001

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

• Year 3

  Core Modules

  Optional Modules

  Anthropology Dissertation (40 credits)

  ×

  Anthropology Dissertation

  Overview

  The writing and presentation of a dissertation normally based on first-hand field research.

  Learning Outcomes

  To organise and analyse research data and to be self-reflexive.

  Skills

  Students should develop skills in the following areas:
  - bibliographical research and documentary analysis;
  - organising and retrieving information;
  - writing a long piece of work;
  - time management

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  ANT3099

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  Yes

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  In Gods We Trust: The New Anthropology of Religion (20 credits)

  ×

  In Gods We Trust: The New Anthropology of Religion

  Overview

  Drawing on new scientific advances, this religion course examines foundational questions about the nature of religious belief and practice.
  
  The course is based on the idea that religion is a naturalistic phenomenon — meaning it can be studied and better understood using the tools of science. Religious belief and practice emerge naturally from the structure of human psychology, and have an important impact on the structure of societies, the way groups relate to each other, and the ability of human beings to cooperate effectively.
  
  Topics to be covered will include traditional and contemporary theories of religion, with a special emphasis on cultural evolutionary models, as well as how scientific and humanistic scholarship can benefit from mutual engagement.
  
  The module will have an emphasis on contemporary issues in the study and practice of religion (e.g. new scientific theories of religion, the current debates between atheists and theists, and the role of religion in violent conflicts).

  Learning Outcomes

  Be able to describe and consider the implications of:
  
  1) Evolutionary and cognitive scientific approaches to the study of religion
  2) The origins of religion, and its role in human life
  3) How religion relates to morality, spirituality and atheism
  4) The role of religion in current events and conflict hotspots around the world
  5) The role religion may have played in the origin of civilization

  Skills

  The module will help foster the students’:
  
  (1) Ability to consider the findings of multiple disciplines in addressing questions of human thought and behaviour.
  
  (2) Ability to present ideas clearly in both oral and written formats
  
  (3) Ability to research and critically analyse material from multiple disciplines
  
  (4) Ability to debate and defend arguments
  
  (5) Ability to engage in civil discourse about strongly held convictions
  
  (6) Ability to prepare concise and focused presentations

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT3150

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Remembering the Future: Violent Pasts, Loss and the Politics of Hope (20 credits)

  ×

  Remembering the Future: Violent Pasts, Loss and the Politics of Hope

  Overview

  The module will draw on social theory and ethnographic case studies to examine the role of memory in conflict and post-conflict contexts. Most inter-group conflicts involve contestation over competing pasts and losses. Such contestation plays an important role in how and whether societies can move forward, recover from violence, and deal with reparations. Memory therefore is instrumental not only in how the past is mobilized but also how the future is imagined and constructed -as equal or unequal, shared or divided. By looking at relevant concepts such as loss, nostalgia, remembering, forgetting, expectation, and hope, the module will investigate on one hand how memory politics operate in our post-truth era and in phenomena of nationalism, populism, racism, and exclusion. On the other hand, we will look at how social movements, groups, and communities use memory across the world to build sustainable and inclusive futures.
  Topics covered in the module will include: The politics of memory and forgetting: ‘Official’ Histories and ‘Voices from the Edge’; Transnational Narratives of Violence and Justice; Nostalgia, Competing Losses, and the Rise of Populism on both sides of the Atlantic; Displacement as Space and Time; On ‘Speaking Out’: Truth Recovery, Transitional Justice and Human Rights; Social Movements, Alternative Futures, and the Politics of Hope.
  This is a Faculty-funded international module, bringing together staff and students in HAPP at QUB and in Liberal Arts at Grinnell College to study these issues in ethnographically diverse contexts, including the rise of white supremacy in the US, post-Brexit UK and xenophobia, migrant solidarity movements and environmental protest.
  Students will get separate lectures on the weekly topics, but will connect virtually for selected sessions, which will facilitate inter-group discussions and exchanges. The teaching staff will give at least one virtual lecture for both classes and, if possible, spend a week each in the partner institution engaging students and delivering lectures.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students will:
  • be familiar with social theory on memory, violence, loss, and futuricity.
  • be able to describe and critically engage with ethnographic examples from across the world in relation to these themes.
  • understand the role of memory in the construction and mobilization of contested pasts and futures.
  • be able to explain some current debates on the role of nostalgia, longing, loss and hope in the construction of collective identities, contestation, and social justice agendas.

  Skills

  By the end of the module, students should have developed the following key skills:
  
  Generic
  • Effective presentation of written work at a level appropriate to the year of studies.
  • Competency in presenting orally findings from readings and primary research.
  • The ability to research both independently and as part of groups.
  
  Module-Specific
  • produce written work engaging critically with academic and popular debates on the issues of violence and memory.
  • have demonstrated presentational skills both in online and offline learning environments, and learnt how to address different audiences .
  • be able to employ fieldwork skills in working in memory sites locally
  • have written public engagement pieces for the module’s blog.
  • have access to new diverse groups of students in an international context and experience in collaborating within an international learning environment.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT3152

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Anthropology and Roma (20 credits)

  ×

  Anthropology and Roma

  Overview

  The aim of this course is to offer students a comprehensive introduction to key themes and issues emerging from the anthropological study of Roma, Gypsies and Traveller communities. We will start by critically examining some of the main ideas through which Roma communities have been imagined and represented in popular discourse and academia. We will do this by engaging with key anthropological studies of Roma, highlighting the connection between the study of Roma and central anthropological themes: such as kinship, exchange, personhood and cosmology. We will then look at what happens when broader processes of globalisation and Europeanisation take place, with a focus placed on migration and political mobilisation. Finally, we will engage with new approaches to the anthropological study of Roma, with a focus placed on the analysis of representation, misrepresentation and collaboration between anthropologists and Roma communities. Some of the key themes the course will explore are: cosmology and personhood, marginality and identity, migration and borders, politicisation of Roma issues and religious mobilisation, hybridity and collaboration.

  Learning Outcomes

  The main objectives of this course are to:
  
  * Enable students to familiarise themselves with ethnographic studies of Roma communities * Enable students to engage with some of the main anthropological themes in the study of Roma and other minority groups * Help students draw on different ethnographically informed studies in order to critically challenge homogenising representations * Use ethnographic studies on Roma in order to engage with anthropological theory and debates in the discipline * Consolidate students’ knowledge of anthropological methodology with a focus on minority groups * Familiarise students with the socio-political changes brought about by the process of Europeanisation in relation to minority groups in Europe * Enable students’ comparative analysis of anthropological themes in relation to marginalised communities * Develop basic conceptual tools for approaching the subject and analysis of the assigned texts

  Skills

  Transferable skills: * Ability to critically engage with ethnographic texts * Develop basic conceptual tools for approaching the subject and analysis of the assigned texts * Develop presentation skills * Ability to research critically and analyse material from multiple disciplines * Ability to debate and construct arguments * Ability to present ideas clearly in both oral and written formats

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT3153

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Philosophy of Technology and Environment (20 credits)

  ×

  Philosophy of Technology and Environment

  Overview

  This module engages critically with major issues in the philosophy of technology and environmental philosophy through analysis of historical and contemporary texts and arguments. The module may include discussion of the following questions: Ought we to enhance ourselves and future generations? What is artificial intelligence, and how does it affect knowledge? How should we be responding to the climate crisis? How should humans understand their relationship with nature? In what ways does climate justice intersect with refugee justice? How can we best address epistemic issues involved in understanding climate change? The module incorporates attention to epistemological and metaphysical issues as well as to ethical and political issues, and will encourage students to appreciate the interconnections between these. The precise issues covered in the module may vary from year to year, but are likely to include philosophy of enhancement, artificial intelligence, algorithm bias, digital privacy and surveillance, land and urban philosophy, animal philosophy, the global climate crisis, climate justice and refugee justice.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of the module, students will be able to: * Demonstrate critical analysis of key debates in the philosophy of technology and in environmental philosophy; * Apply relevant philosophical theories and case information in discussing and responding to contemporary practical technological and environmental issues; * Demonstrate critical understanding of diverse accounts of technology and environment within philosophy and society.

  Skills

  Intellectual skills • Managing & Prioritizing Knowledge: identify relevant and subject-specific knowledge, sources and data; manage such information in an independent manner. • Analytical Thinking: identify, understand, interpret and evaluate relevant subject-specific arguments made by others; construct independent arguments. • Critical & Independent Thinking: ability to think critically and construct one’s own position in relation to existing and ongoing debates in the field. Professional and career development skills • Communication Skills: ability to communicate clearly with others, both orally and in writing. • Teamwork: ability to work with others in a team, negotiate conflicts and recognize different ways of learning. • Diversity: ability to acknowledge and be sensitive to the range of cultural differences present in the learning environment. • Self-Reflexivity: ability to reflect on one’s own progress and identify and act upon one’s own development needs with respect to life-long learning and career development. • Time Management: ability to negotiate diverse and competing pressures; cope with stress; and achieve a work / life balance. Organizational skills • Efficient and effective work practice: demonstrate ability to work efficiently to deadlines. • Clear organisation of information: show efficiency in the organisation of large amounts of complex information and the ability to identify, describe and analyse the key features of the information. • Organisation and communication: demonstrate ability to use evidence to develop logical and clear arguments; show aptitude for the effective use of information in a direct and appropriate way. • Enterprising thinking: Demonstrate ability to think and argue in novel and enterprising ways, to display originality of thought and argument and the ability to clearly support arguments in innovative ways.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL3070

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Topics in Epistemology (20 credits)

  ×

  Topics in Epistemology

  Overview

  This module explores some of the major topics in contemporary epistemology, especially the epistemology of testimony, and contextualism and its rivals.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module, students will: Acquire the ability to critically discuss some of the most central problems and arguments in contemporary epistemology.

  Skills

  Skills
  This module will assist in developing students’ skills in a number of important areas. These include:
  • Intellectual skills
  • Managing & Prioritizing Knowledge: identify relevant and subject-specific knowledge, sources and data; manage such information in an independent manner
  • Analytical Thinking: identify, understand, interpret and evaluate relevant subject-specific arguments made by others; construct independent arguments
  • Critical & Independent Thinking: ability to think critically and construct one’s own position in relation to existing and ongoing debates in the field
  
  Professional and career development skills
  • Communication Skills: ability to communicate clearly with others, both orally and in writing
  • Teamwork: ability to work with others in a team, negotiate conflicts and recognize different ways of learning
  • Diversity: ability to acknowledge and be sensitive to the range of cultural differences present in the learning environment
  • Self-Reflexivity: ability to reflect on one’s own progress and identify and act upon ones own development needs with respect to life-long learning and career development
  • Time Management: ability to negotiate diverse and competing pressures; cope with stress; and achieve a work / life balance
  
  Organizational skills
  •Efficient and effective work practice: demonstrate ability to work efficiently to deadlines
  •Clear organisation of information: show efficiency in the organisation of large amounts of complex information and the ability to identify, describe and analyse the key features of the information
  •Organisation and communication: demonstrate ability to use evidence to develop logical and clear arguments; show aptitude for the effective use of information in a direct and appropriate way
  •Enterprising thinking: Demonstrate ability to think and argue in novel and enterprising ways, to display originality of thought and argument and the ability to clearly support arguments in innovative ways

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL3013

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Applied Ethics (20 credits)

  ×

  Applied Ethics

  Overview

  This module explores some of the major issues in contemporary applied ethics. The precise themes discussed may vary from year to year, but examples of topics which may be discussed include: the badness of death, the wrongness of killing, abortion, euthanasia, population ethics, genetic engineering, climate ethics, and intergenerational justice.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of this module, students should have an understanding of some of the main arguments in contemporary applied ethics and their relation to normative theories, such as consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics. They should also an appreciation of the bearing of such issues on current legal and social practice.

  Skills

  This module nurtures skills such as the careful reading of texts, the ability to explain and summarize the views of others, the ability to think dispassionately about issues on which one may already have preconceptions, the ability to develop (both orally and on paper) arguments of one's own, the willingness to engage in discussion with others in a tolerant and constructive manner.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL3064

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Philosophical Theology (20 credits)

  ×

  Philosophical Theology

  Overview

  This module will provide a systematic, philosophical approach to understanding and engaging with a number of topics in Christian Theology. Topics to be discussed will include divine eternity and God’s relationship to time, divine foreknowledge and human freedom, theological anthropology, and Christology. In pursuing these topics we will engage both with historical and contemporary sources.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students should become familiar with some basic issues in philosophical theology.

  Skills

  Skills in literacy and communication; the comprehension, formulation and evaluation of extended arguments, together with their written and oral presentation.

  Coursework

  40%

  Examination

  60%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PHL3034

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  The Politics of Performance: From Negotiation to Display (20 credits)

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  The Politics of Performance: From Negotiation to Display

  Overview

  This module brings together the ecological, sensorial and political relations of performance in comparative analyses of intercultural practices from around the globe. We will explore how human and other-than-human aspects of sound, image and movement generate various modalities of ‘attunement’ between oneself and one’s environment to inform a politics of performance. By attending to the particularities of sound, voice, affect, reaction and resonance, we will analyse differentiated ‘atmospherics’ (Eisenlohr 2011) of negotiation, display and contestation. We will then examine how the politics of sound, image and movement give rise to expressions of resistance, resilience and reconciliation. Central to critically engaged performativity is a diversity of environments, environmental change and the ecological relations that they entail. Taking space, place and the effects of climate change seriously, we will further examine how the politics of being and belonging stem from different ways of knowing, sensing and performing self, other and the ‘other-than-human’ in these environments. Using a series of key settings, the module will reveal the political effects of sound, language, voice, positionality and performativity.
  
  Some case studies that will exemplify this environmental and performative politics include i). an analysis of indigenous protest and resistance in song, theatre and public display, focusing on processes of fragmentation, recombination and reclamation; ii). art as a process of reconciliation, negotiation and spectacle, foregrounding identities, rights and policy agendas; iii). political imagery e.g. street art and graffiti; and iv). improvisatory music-making in refugee camps and conflict zones, addressing tension, liminality and resilience. Finally, the module will take into account the ongoing effects of Covid19 as artists and performers reposition their voices in a digitally interconnected world. We will examine how expanding technologies are transforming the power of performance and reshaping how processes of creativity are politically motivated and communicated.

  Learning Outcomes

  We will be using informal self and group assessment methods during the module to monitor learning outcomes and to reflect on the development of conceptual skills of the following:
  
  • Knowledge of key approaches to the anthropology of the senses, the anthropology of music, arts and performance and music in peacebuilding.
  • Ability to discuss critically the importance of multi-sensoriality and performativity in case studies from different cultural contexts.
  • Knowledge of the role of performance, poetics in protest, politics, nationalism and expressions of Indigenous rights.
  • Ability to work critically with central concepts in the politics of performance.
  • Ability to analyse the relationship between different arts/performance genres across distinct performative arenas, e.g. parliamentary, theatrical, ritual and staged events.
  • Competence in dealing with issues of cultural diversity in academia.

  Skills

  • Ability to analyse performative issues and their political implications through relevant anthropological and ethnomusicological frameworks.
  • Ability to research and critically analyse a range of information sources effectively.
  • Demonstrate skills development in conducting music and arts research online.
  • Ability to express anthropological ideas clearly and logically.
  • Ability to debate and defend arguments.
  • Ability to work with other students in groups.
  • Experience in musical participation and reflection.

  Coursework

  90%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ESA3002

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Dissertation (40 credits)

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  Dissertation

  Overview

  The student will investigate and write a dissertation of 8-10,000 words on a suitable philosophical topic agreed between the student, the co-ordinator and a designated supervisor.

  Learning Outcomes

  By the end of the dissertation, studetns will be able to:
  a) Develop a sustained argument, test a hypothesis, and/or write a reasoned philosophical analysis;
  b) Carry out research including finding appropriate sources for the topic in question;
  c) review appropriate approaches for the topic.

  Skills

  Students participate in a wokshop prior to registering for the dissertation, which focuses on how to formulate a dissertation question, how to research the dissertation, and how to organise and write the dissertation. A further workshop is held at the start of the second semester. Students work closely with an individual supervisor throughout the research, drafting and writing of their dissertation. The skills requires for ongoing research and writing of a dissertation are acquired and monitored through liason with her or his supervisor.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  PHL3099

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Human-Animal Relations: An Anthropological Perspective (20 credits)

  ×

  Human-Animal Relations: An Anthropological Perspective

  Overview

  Anthropology is 'the study of Man', but this module sets out to explore the boundaries of 'humanity'. The focus is on human relationships with animals in different societies and cultures around the world. We shall look at useful animals, at harmful animals, and at symbolic animals. We shall also look at animals as objects (which are exploited in myriad ways) and at animals as persons (with which humans enter into intimate relations). These themes will be examined by means of a number of detailed ethnographic case studies of human-animal relations in different societies.

  Learning Outcomes

  Students should have developed a critical understanding of the relationship between humans and animals across time and space a sound knowledge of the relevant ethnographic and comparative research in these areas. The module introduces students to theoretical approaches to understanding human-animal relations as a complement to their training in anthropological theory and methodology acquired in their other courses.

  Skills

  To develop critical analytical skills and presentational skills both oral and written. Bibliographic search skills and the ability to develop written argument.

  Coursework

  30%

  Examination

  60%

  Practical

  10%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  ANT3027

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional

  Contemporary Political Philosophy (20 credits)

  ×

  Contemporary Political Philosophy

  Overview

  This module examines problems in contemporary normative political philosophy. Topics may vary from year to year, but will typically include questions about the interpretation of values such as freedom, equality, and welfare, principles of distributive justice, equal respect and social recognition, pluralism, toleration, and democracy.

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of this module, students will:
  -be in a position to think critically about the normative aspects of political life,
  -understand and be able to construct normative arguments about moral and political problems.
  -be able to structure logical arguments involving abstract ideas in both discussion and written work.

  Skills

  Note-taking both at lectures and during private study of key texts; ability to structure tightly knit arguments concerning abstract ideas in both oral and written form; debating and other oral communication skills; teamwork in small groups; role play.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  PAI3025

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Optional