Duration
30h Th, 30h Pr
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 childhood and children has been constructed in different ways according to academic traditions (the US, Great Britain, France, Germany, etc.). New trends are emerging, especially in Latin America, which contribute towards the short history of this developing field. We will look at this by focusing on different themes and/or approaches (social and symbolic construction of the child, status of children, child development, daily life, marginalised children, the concept of the "child-actor", child cultures, the concept of "agency", the position of the child in the cycle of life, etc.) in light of work conducted in various societies both in the South and the North.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Students will acquire a good historical knowledge of this developing field and the reasons why it has developed differently in the US, Great Britain and France as well as emerging trends. Based on examples studied in class, during conferences and in texts they have read, they will know how to develop an anthropological position in the field of childhood. They will also be able to carry out ethnographic fieldwork, reconstruct and analyse the ethnographic data produced using the theoretical tools of the anthropology of childhood.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
The course will start with an introduction to the anthropological approach.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Classes, conferences, videos, student presentations, discussions and debates, reading, ethnographic fieldwork (30 hours).
I strongly recommend that students read the compulsory book (Godelier, M. 2004 "Au fondement des Sociétés humaines. Ce que nous apprend l'anthropologie", Paris: Albin Michel) before or at the beginning of the course.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
In-class teaching. The course will take place during the first term.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Classes
Red, orange, and yellow code 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")
(possible fieldwork' s adjustments)
- 1 written work to be sent on 20/01/2020 (1st exam session) or on 20/08/2020 (2nd exam session) to elodie.razy@uliege.be before midnight.
- Questions and answers about the texts are sent by email and discussed on lifesize.
Recommended or required readings
Course material: a book, texts, conferences, films, etc.
Students will be obliged to read publications.
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
written work
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
Students will do practical exercises (questions on the texts, ethical situation, seminar) and will write a final report based on their ethnographic fieldwork and the material they have read (instructions, assessment methods and criteria concerning these exercises will be available on myULiège and explained in class).
Yellow, orange or red code (changes: evaluation's organization)
(see instructions and criteria in "course materials")
(possible fieldwork' s adjustments)
- 1 written work to be sent on 20/01/2020 (1st exam session) or on 20/08/2020 (2nd exam session) to elodie.razy@uliege.be before midnight.
- Questions and answers about the texts are sent by email and discussed on lifesize.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Compulsory sessions with a student monitor will be organised.
Contacts
Students can arrange to see me by appointment.
Office 2.36 (B31)
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Instructions, documents and texts
Instructions, documents and texts