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| ANTH0384-1 | New naturalism in social sciences
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master in Anthropology, in-depth approach, 1st year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Anthropology, in-depth approach, 2nd year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Population and Development studies, Research Focus, 2nd year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in Anthropology, Teaching Focus, 1st year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Anthropology, specialized approach in applied anthropology, 1st year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Holder(s) : | Véronique Servais |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | This year, the theme of the seminar is the anthropology of animals, understood as the anthropology of human-non human relationships. The course is divided in three parts :
1- Setting the basis. The five first sessions discuss the question of the "Great Divide" (Latour) between natural and social sciences. This is achieved through the presentation of historical and contemporary examples (the birth of the scientific study of animal behaviour, evolutionary psychology and how it naturalize the social world, etc.). This first aims also at getting students acquiainted to the explanatory models and thinking of the natural sciences.
2- To conceive the human / non human relationships. Four to five sessions present diffenrent models used in the understanding of humain/non human relationships and interactions : anthropology of nature (Descola, Ingold), ethno-ethology, etho-ethonolgy (Brunois & coll.), symetrical anthropology (Latour), anthropology of communication.
3- Case studies. The last part of the cours is devoted to the presentation of specific studies of human-animal interaction and communication systems. Methodological questions arise here. |
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| Course objective : | Below the acquisition of new knowledge, the course aims at :
- a better knowledge of the natural sciences's ways of thinking and explaining, in order to be able in the future to collaborate with natural scientists
- be able to identify the epistemological implicit choices and ideological commitment that structure scientific theories (by the practice of reflexivity);
- to be conscious of how far methodological choices can lead a researcher
- to get some flexibility and relativism while learning about other concepts of nature and animals. |
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| Prerequisites : | None |
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| Organization : | The course is organized as a 2h per week seminar. It will take place at the firs term. Students' participation is expected. Relevant scientific papers will be provided to the students through the MyULg portal. |
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| Assessment : | Oral examination. |
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| Contacts : | Teacher
Véronique SERVAIS, chargée de cours
Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales
Bd du Rectorat, Bât B31
Sart Tilman
4000 Liège
+ 32 4 366 32 08
E-mail v.servais@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat
Alexia Mainjot
Tél. 04 3662756 |
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