2020-2021 / ANTH0046-1

Anthropology of development

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in anthropology (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS)6 crédits 
 Master in sociology and anthropology (60 ECTS)6 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté des Sciences sociales)6 crédits 

Lecturer

Benjamin Rubbers

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Students write and present essays in groups on a current development issue. While working on their essay, they attend a series of lessons on the anthropology of development. THese lessons aims at providing students with the necessary theoretical tools to analyse the issue they have chosen for their essay. After this introduction, students take turns to present their essay orally in class.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objective of the course is to give students tools to critically analyze development interventions. Students will have to write an essay that is both synthetic and grounded in the scientific literature on the subject that they chose.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

To have a basic training in the social sciences. To want to reflect critically on development discourses and practices.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

The course will be in seminar form.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Yellow code: exam on campus Orange code: exam on campus

Recommended or required readings

A selection of subjects for wring the essays, with a list of compulsory readings  are posted on MyULiège at the beginning of the course.

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.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Grading will depend on the final essay and an an exam. Depending on the health situation and the number of students, this examn will be written or oral.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Details about the oral presentation, the written essay and the exam are provided during the first lesson.

Contacts

The professor is available to meet students by appointment (email).