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
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, hybrid learning)
Tutorial
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Recommended or required readings
Readings related to the chosen subject of study are needed.
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.
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.