Duration
15h Th, 45h 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
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is the part two of the Anthropology of human-animal relationships course. Students realise a supervised ethnographic fieldwork in the anthropology of human-animal relationships. They choose and precise their subject and fieldwork with the supervision of the teacher. The fieldwork is 60 hours long.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Practical knowledge with fieldwork methodologies.Ability to develop a research, from the first idea to the fieldwork choice, elaboration of the subject, methodological choices, writing of a report. the whole process is under the supervision of the teacher.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The course Anthropology of human-animal relationships, partim 1 (theory).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Individual supervision. Meetings with the teacher are organized along the development of the project and ethnographic work. There is no class teaching but some collective seminars might be settled if appropriate.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Tutorial
Recommended or required readings
Readings related to the chosen subject of study are needed.
Assessment methods and criteria
At the end of his (her) ethnographic fieldwork the student must write a report that is the main object of the evaluation. The evaluation will take the following items into account :
- the understanding of the field and the definition of the subject
- the quality, originality and relevance of the research questions
- the ability to develop appropriate methods
- the quality of observations and fieldwork
- the quality of the ethnographic data
- the formal properties of the report
- the autonomy in work
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
see Anthropology of Human-Animal Relationships partim 1.
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 conditions are not changed.
Assessment methods
The evaluation shall relate to a written assignment to be submitted to the teacher by e-mail on a date communicated in the examination timetable.