Universität Wien

240032 SE BM5 Ethnographic reading: Political anthropology (2023W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 24 - Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Participation at first session is obligatory!

The lecturer can invite students to a grade-relevant discussion about partial achievements. Partial achievements that are obtained by fraud or plagiarized result in the non-evaluation of the course (entry 'X' in certificate). The plagiarism software 'Turnitin' will be used.

The use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT) for the attainment of partial achievements is only allowed if explicitly requested by the course instructor.
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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 20.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Friday 10.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Friday 17.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum D, NIG 4. Stock
  • Friday 01.12. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Friday 15.12. 13:15 - 16:30 Seminarraum A, NIG 4. Stock
  • Friday 12.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Friday 19.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
  • Friday 26.01. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

During this course, students will be reading selected chapters from Eric Wolf's crucial book "Europe and the People Without History" and writing academic papers about those chapters to obtain deep knowledge about the relationship between anthropological theory and ethnographic research. The course has three learning objectives. First, students gain insight into the relationship between ethnographic descriptions and theoretical discussions in general in anthropology, and in particular in political anthropology. Second, students learn to recognize and evaluate the structure, argumentation, and style of argumentation of ethnographic monographs. Third, students will develop their academic reading and writing skills, especially those necessary to analyze a monograph’s arguments and construct an original idea in response to it, in such a way that the text is of interest to anthropologists and social scientists.

Assessment and permitted materials

The following academic skills will be learnt or further developed in this course:
• insight into the relationship between anthropological theory and ethnographic research;
• Knowledge about anthropological theories and approaches regarding the theme of the course;
• Analyzing and evaluating ethnographic monographs;
• Recognizing an academic argument and developing an academic argument
• Writing academic papers;
• Applying academic norms of citation and referencing.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Weekly participation and preparation of all classes is compulsory (to be evaluated as either “sufficient” or “not sufficient” at the end of the course). “Sufficient” participation includes a maximum of 2 missed classes and evidence of active engagement with the compulsory study materials through participation in discussions or classroom tasks. Students who don't attend the first class will be deregistered.

A = 1 (Sehr gut): 87 - 100%
B = 2 (Gut): 75 - 86,99%
C = 3 (Befriedigend): 63 - 74,99%
D = 4 (Genügend): 50 - 62,99%
F = 5 (Nicht genügend): 00 - 49,99%

Examination topics

The examination will be based on writing papers on the chapters of the book.

Reading list

Wolf, Eric R. 1982. Europe and the People Without History. Berkeley: University of California Press.

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Last modified: Tu 03.10.2023 16:28