Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis Undertaking study of human societies always involves difficulties; the recent debates around modernity and postmodernity have intensified these. We are now confronting the questions, can the disciplines in human studies say anything significant? Has the postmodernist's influence on defining what is knowledge and what is data influenced empirical studies? Have mass media communications changed the social field and destroyed the focus of disciplines concerned with human culture? Has feminism forced a re-conceptualisation of human studies? What new ethical issues have emerged in the investigation of human culture, and how do these affect the role of the researcher?
Assessment Essay (6000 words): 60% + Two essays (1500 words each): 40%