Anthropology of kinship

Duration

15h Th, 20h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Elodie Razy

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Concepts and theories developed over time, and particularly from the 1970s and 1980s will be discussed. Of particular interest will be approaches focussing on the ideas and uses of kinship studied through various ethnographic case studies, as well as work on variations of kinship in different parts of the world, international adoption, "new" configurations of kinship (reconstituted families, medically assisted procreation, surrogacy, etc.) and biomedical practice.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Students will be critically aware of the latest theoretical developments in the subject as well as current debates around it. They will be able to deal with ethnographical information from their ethnographic fieldwork through two kinship diagrams in a critical manner.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

To have followed Part 1 of the course.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Class, debates and exercises with the theoretical and methodological tools presented in class (definitions of kinship, diagrams and vocabulary of the anthropology of kinship).

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Lectures.The course will take place in the first term.

Recommended or required readings

Students will receive articles and extracts from publications, reading of which is compulsory. They will also have to read other publications to write their essay.

Assessment methods and criteria

Students will draft two kinship diagrams and a final written report based on their ethnographic fieldwork and readings (instructions, assessment methods an criteria concerning this exercise will be given on MyULg and explained in class).

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

I meet with students by appointment 
Office 2.36 (B31)

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