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, hybrid 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.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
The current sanitary context, in code orange, obliges us to modify the organisation of the course. The class must now be divided into 5, with only 20% of the students present on campus. For future sessions, students will be divided into 5 groups, in alphabetical order. The student distribution file is available in MyULiège.
Students who cannot attend the course are invited to follow it remotely via the collaborative platform on e-campus. It is also on e-campus that they will find the course recordings.
In addition, a discussion forum is open on discord at the following address: https://discord.gg/THE8j2b. Students are invited to connect to it. They will be able to ask questions and discuss the course.
Examination procedures: in code orange: submission of a written work and oral presentation in front of one fifth of the class.
In code red: no oral presentation. Only submission of a written work on the e-campus platform. More precise instructions will be given in due course.
Organisation of practical work: PW are also given at a distance, via lifesize. A link has been sent to students via a news item on MyUliège
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
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
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