Duration
15h Th, 20h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in anthropology (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté des Sciences sociales) | 5 crédits |
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 concepts and theories developed over time, particularly between the 1970s and 1980s, will be discussed. Of particular interest will be the approaches focusing 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 the debates surrounding it. They will be able to deal with ethnographic information from their ethnographic fieldwork through two kinship diagrams in a critical manner.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Students must have taken Part 1 of the course.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Classes, debates and exercises using 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 during the first quadrimester.
Recommended or required readings
Students will receive articles and extracts from publications, which they must read. They will also be obliged to read other publications to write their essay.
Assessment methods and criteria
Students must construct two kinship diagrams and write a final report based on their ethnographic fieldwork and the material they have read (instructions, assessment methods and criteria concerning this exercise will be available on myULiège and explained in class).
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Students can arrange to see me by appointment.
Office 2.36 (B31)
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
See 1st session.
Assessment methods
See 1st session.
Contacts
elodie.razy@uliege.be
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