MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996


ANY1010

Contemporary anthropology

D B Miller

6 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Clayton

Synopsis 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%

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