Contemporary anthropology
D Miller
6 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
This subject aims to introduce students to the way anthropologists study, describe and explain social and cultural difference. It will focus on the ethnographic study of society and culture by presenting students with three intensive case studies of anthropological research: a village in North-West India; the G/wi of the Central Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa; and ritual in Bali.
Assessment
Written (2500 words): 55% * Examination (2 hours): 45%
Prescribed text
Evans G (ed.) Asia's cultural mosaic: An anthropological introduction Prentice Hall, 1993