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| SOCI0112-1 | Family Structures, Cultural Dynamics and Globalisation
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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 Sociology, in-depth approach, 1st year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Anthropology, Teaching Focus, 1st year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in Sociology, didactic approach, 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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| Master in Population and Development Studies, Professional Focus in Contemporary China
, 2nd year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in Population and Development Studies, Professional Focus in North-South Cooperation
, 2nd year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in Sociology, Professional focus in applied sociology, 1st year | | First semester | | 3 |
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| Master in French and Romance Languages and Literatures : French as a Second Language, Professional Focus, 1st year | | First semester | | 4 |
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| Holder(s) : | Marc Poncelet |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | First part
- Basics of the anthropology of kinship
- Basics of research in the field of family/gender
Second part
- Evolution of family structures in developing countries and their interactions with questions of development: themes and observations.
- Socio-demographic African transformations.
- Urbanisation, transformation of identities and individualisation of social relationships in Africa.
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| Course objective : |
- Knowledge of the main concepts and theories of the anthropology of kinship (filiation/marriage)
- Knowledge and the ability to critically discuss theories of modernisation and the theory of demographic transition
- Introductory knowledge of the problems of family and gender in developing countries
- Awareness of the complexity and diversity of kinship institutions (marriage and filiation), gender and their contemporary evolution. Main illustration using data given by contemporary research in sub-Saharan Africa and the cultural and social implications (redefinition of communities and individualisation of social relationships and relationships between generations).
- To supply the tools required to understand the consequences and latent challenges of interventions and development of behavioural logic in relevant populations in terms of relationships, values and domestic practices.
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| Prerequisites : | The course assumes students have read the book by C. Ghasarian, Introduction à l'étude de la parenté. Le Seuil, coll. Point, 1996, Paris. This anthropological piece of work is the educational material for the first part but should be considered as reading to be carried out beforehand. |
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| Workshops : | None |
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| Organization : |
- Direct teaching (presentations, film, lectures) in a group which rarely exceeds 20 students.
- Normally four to six hours of external lectures, mainly given by invited doctors and researchers/professors from the South.
30 hours of theory given in the first term.
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| Written notes : |
- C. Ghasarian, Introduction à l'étude de la parenté. Le Seuil, coll. Point, 1996, Paris. To be purchased.
- Annual reading portfolio to be purchased
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| Assessment : | Session (January-September) individual oral examination |
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| Contacts : | Lecturer :
Marc Poncelet
Tel.: 04 366 30 74
Marc.Poncelet@ulg.ac.be
Associated doctoral students :
- Joséphine Wouango, tel.: 04 3669461, Josephine.Wouango@ulg.ac.be
- Lucille Grétry, tel.: 043662764, Lucille.Gretry@ulg.ac.be
Secretary :
Nathalie Pulgar
Tel.: 04 366 36 18
npulgar@ulg.ac.be |
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| Remarks : | It is advised to purchase the work by C. Ghasarian mentioned above and to start reading it before the start of the oral course. |
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