Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The Anthropology of Communication is the comparative study of interaction and communication structures and their effect in communities. The method is ethnographic and the objects to be studied are varied. The course begins with a general theoretical presentation, then questions of methodology are discussend and finally I present and discuss different researches represntative of the field.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
There are two main objectives : 1- The student must understand and have a good mastery of the approach of Antrhopology of Communication, its objectives and its analytical tools; 2- The student must develop an ability for the objective and subjective observation of close (vs exotic) realities. He will learn to develop a detached gaze on his/her surrounding world in order to keep his/her distances from common sense interpretations of the social world.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The student must have previously passed the Théories de la Communication course.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Students must realize, alone or in small groups, fieldwork observation for 20 (for students in Anthropology) or 15 hours (for students in Communication or FLE). The fieldwork will be the basis for the evaluation (see "evaluation").
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face teaching and individual supervision. The course is made of several 2-hour sessions, according to the schedule. After that, sessions in small groups take place to discuss the difficulties that arise during the fieldwork. The course will take place during the winter semester.
Recommended or required readings
IA portfolio of recommended or mandatory readings is made available to students via a downloadable folder. It also includes instructions and a course outline.
Assessment methods and criteria
The evaluation will take into account the mastery of theoretical and analytical tools of anthropology of communication and the observation skills. The written account of the fieldwork will be the basis for the evaluation. This report will have the formal characteristics of a scientific paper, with a theoretical introduction, the presentation of the observational data and a discussion. The students will be asked to present their report orally in front of the class. Precise evaluation criteria will figure in the instructions document that wil be delivered in due time.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
We try as much as possible to offer individual follow-up for the students.
Contacts
Véronique Servais
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
The course content is the same as the course content of January
Assessment methods
The method of evaluation is the same as that of January, except that there will be no presentation of the work in the presence of the group of students. The written work must be handed in (by e-mail) by a deadline to be communicated to you. The instructions are the same as for the first session.
Contacts
Véronique Servais (v.servais@ulilege.be)
Juliette Salme (J.Salme@uliege.be)