Anthropology of childhood, youth and institutions, class-seminar

Duration

30h Th, 30h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Elodie Razy

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course offers an introduction to the anthropology of childhood, youth and institutions and their links to general anthropology in different traditions. We shall look at the history of these fields by focusing on different themes and/or approaches (categories and concepts of childhood, youth and education and care institutions, social and symbolic construction of the person, development, daily life, marginalised children and youth, child and youth cultures, the concept of "agency", etc.) in light of work conducted in different societies both in the South and the North.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Students will acquire good historical knowledge of these fields and the reasons why they have developed differently worldwide. Through examples studied in class, as well as conferences and reading, they will know how to develop an anthropological position in the field of childhood and youth and will be able to introduce the issue of childhood and youth in any anthropological work. They will also be able to carry out ethnographic fieldwork and reconstruct and analyse the ethnographic data produced during the fieldwork using the theoretical tools of the anthropology of childhood, youth and general anthropology, in the form of an oral presentation and a scientific paper. Based on these skills, they will be able to participate in a collective research project.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Classes, conferences, videos, student presentations, seminars, discussions and debates, reading, ethnographic fieldwork.

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

Lectures.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Classes
Code red, orange, yellow until the end of the quadrimester: podcasts and live sessions on lifesize (instructions on myuliege). The live sessions are podcasted on myuliege.
  Yellow, orange or red code (changes: evaluation's organization) (see instructions and criteria in "course materials" : même évaluation)
(Possible fieldwork adjustments)

- 1 written work to be sent on 20/01/2020 (1st exam session) or 20/08/2020 (2nd exam session) to elodie.razy@uliege.be before midnight.
- Othe scheduled activities take place on lifesize

Recommended or required readings

Course material: publications, conferences, films, etc.

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

written exam

- Remote

oral exam AND written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Yellow, orange or red code (changes: evaluation's organization) (see instructions and criteria in "course materials" : même évaluation)
(Possible fieldwork adjustments)

- 1 written work to be sent on 20/01/2020 (1st exam session) or 20/08/2020 (2nd exam session) to elodie.razy@uliege.be before midnight.
- Othe scheduled activities take place on lifesize.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The first class will take place on 1 October.

Contacts

Students can arrange to see me by appointment.
Office 2.36 (B31)

Items online