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2503878 Sociocultural Gender Studies | FB | 1 |
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No prerequisites are necessary to take this course.
The objective of the course Basic Principals of Social and Cultural Anthropology ist offer a first approach to Social Anthropology and the anthropological perspective of analysis based on the affirmation of the existence of a shared and varied humanity.
It is a general overview of the discipline, including objects of study-analysis of cultures and their diversity-, its historical trajectory, methodology and research techniques-fieldwork-, its main areas of research and some of its applications in the contemporary world. It consists on illustrating ethnographically the human cultural diversity, discussing theoretical concepts and explanations about it, addressing some of the classic and contemporary texts by key authors-and critically reflecting around the scientific study of socio-cultural differences and the construction of inequality, as well as developing critical perspectives for constructing egalitarian coexistence. This course offers, throughs even subjects, anintroductoryvisiontoanthropology as a discipline and tosomeofthe particular fields in whichitismanifested: kinship, economy, politics and religion. Finally, it also aims to approach a way of looking at and analyse the world in a way that respects different cultures and societies.
The subject Basic Principals of Social and Cultural Anthropology is an initial approachto the study of the human socio-cultural variability, from a comparative perspective. Throughout this semester, the basic concepts and key themes of Social and Cultural Anthropology are presented and developed. We will deal with the classic thematic areas and some of the most recent developments of the discipline will be introduced. Through the study of ethnographic cases that illustrate cultural diversity, and with the support of reading materials, audiovisuals and guest speakers, students will acquire a basic knowledge of anthropological discipline.
Topic 1. What is Anthropology?
- Human diversity and its interpretation.
- The debate between nature and culture.
- Applied anthropology.
- Research and Dissemination: services to people, communities, administrations and public and private organisations and the states.
Topic 2. Historical Approach to Anthropology
- Background: the concept of ‘otherness’ in Western history.
- The emergence of academic Anthropology.
- Anthropology in the field and social sciences.
- Object, method and anthropological techniques.
- Ethnography and Fieldwork. Emic and Etic Perspectives.
Topic 3. Economy and Exchange
- Modes, forms and relations of production and reproduction.
- Reciprocity, redistribution and exchange.
- Trade, money, market and circulation of goods, services, parts of the body and people.
Topic 4. Anthropology of kinship
- Social construction of kinship ties.
- The gaze of classical anthropology towards kinship.
- Introduction of gender perspective in kinship analysis.
- Gender, regulation of sexuality and organization of procreation.
- Anthropology of reproduction and reproductive policies.
Topic5. Power(s)
- Political anthropology.
- Biopolitics and governance.
- Hegemony
- Gender and power
Topic 6. Symbolic systems: beliefs and rituals
- Universality of the religious phenomenon.
- The sacred and the profane. Mythology.
- Symbols, rituals and rites of passage.
- New forms of religiosity
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Seminars to discuss the compulsory readings | 6 | 0.24 | SM05 |
Tests of compulsory readings | 38 | 1.52 | CM04, CM05, KM10, SM05 |
Written work and oral presentations | 17 | 0.68 | CM04, CM05, KM10, SM05, SM07 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Individual and group tutoring | 4.5 | 0.18 | KM10, SM05 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Personal work | 30 | 1.2 | CM04, CM05, KM10, SM05, SM07 |
Readings | 12 | 0.48 | SM05 |
- The teaching methodology and evaluation proposed in the guide may under go some modification depending on the restrictions imposed by the health authorities.
- All activities are programmed, and the assessment exercises have a deadline of delivery that must be strictly fulfilled, according to the proposed through the Moodle.
- The work of the students consists fundamentally in the investigation and analysis of information, the execution of the reading, the accomplishment and delivery (sending via virtual campus) of the works and comments and the participation in the guided debates.
- The readings are also part of the syllabus evaluated through the exam.
- The different exercises will be returned corrected with comments and guidelines for their reformulation, if deemed necessary, and for the following assessment.
- The student musttake into accountt at the Moodle is thespace through which fundamental information of th ecourse are notified. Therefore, it is your responsibility to be attentive to the news and information tha twill be sent.
- The communication will be done through Moodle. In urgent cases, it is suggested resorting to communication Via e-mail.
About the mentoring:
- The mentoring sessions will be held at the B9-217 office. In case of change, it will be communicated at the beginning of the course.
- Mondays (in-person) from 09:30 to 11.20 and Wednesdays (in-person) from 09.30 to 11.20
- It is suggested to carry out at leastone individual tutorial during the first month of the course.
About the writing assignments:
- Formal Aspects. All written works must be submitted:
- Correction criteria:
- Scale of qualification:
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Ethnographic analysis/Oral presentation. | 25% | 11 | 0.44 | CM04, CM05, KM10, SM05, SM07 |
Final exam | 30% | 11 | 0.44 | CM04, CM05, KM10, SM05, SM07 |
Individual commentary on compulsory readings (3/6) | 25% | 11 | 0.44 | CM04, CM05, KM10, SM05, SM07 |
Tests of compulsory readings | 20% | 9.5 | 0.38 | CM04, CM05, KM10, SM05, SM07 |
Single assessment
- An individual reflective work on readings and the contents of the subject (40%).
- Oral presentation with reflections on compulsory readings (20%).
- Test exam (40%).
- Handing in the work, taking the exam and oral presentations will take place on a single date indicated in the course syllabus, accessible from the virtual campus.
- The same assessment method as continuous assessment will be us.
Continuous assesment
Activity 1 (20%): Tests of the required readings. The classes dedicated to the required readings will begin with a virtual quiz on each reading. It will be essential to have read the reading in advance in order to be able to answer the test. The test will be taken online withthedevicethatthestudent has at herdisposalon: September 27, October 2, October 25, November 13, November 22 and December 4.
Activitiy 2 (25%): Delivery of a 500-word commentary relating 3 of the 6 required reading texts with a free-choice press release, to be delivered on December 11.
Activity 3 (25%): The students will carryout and present orally in groups of a maximum of 4 people an analysis of 10 hours of ethnographic observation or audiovisual material chosen and a minimum of two readings - one compulsory and one complementary-, from a list that will be provided at the beginning of the course. The activity will consist of the following parts:
Test (30%): December 18. Individual written test in class on the content of the sessions, including the compulsory readings, the lectures and the related viewings. The exam will consist of two parts:
Evaluation normativity
Plagiarism
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General references
Barnard, Alan (2000). History and theory in anthropology: University Press.
Bohannan, Paul(1996). Para raros, nosotros: Introducción a la antropología cultural: Ediciones Akal.
Bohannan, Paul y Glazer, Mark (2001). Antropología. Lecturas. Madrid. Delaney, C. et al (2011). Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology: Wiley-Blackwell.
Comas d’Argemir, Dolors (2017). La antropología importa. Diversidad cultural y desigualdades sociales en los retos de la sociedad actual. En Palenzuela, P. (coord.). Antropología y compromiso. Homenaje al profesor Isidoro Moreno (pp. 89-108): Icaria.
Durkheim, Émilie [1895] (2001). ¿Qué es un hecho social?, Durkheim, E. [1895] (2001). Las reglas del método sociológico (pp. 38-52): FCE.
Eriksen, Thomas et. al. (2001). A history of anthropology. London: Pluto Press. - Eriksen, T. H. [1995] (2001). Small Places, Large Issues. An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology: Pluto Press.
Fassin, Didier (2017).La Razón Humanitaria. Una Historia Moral del Tiempo Presente: Prometeo
Héritier, Françoise (1996). Masculino/Femenino. El pensamiento de la diferencia: Ariel
Le Breton, David (2021). Antropología del Cuerpo y Modernidad. Prometeo.
Lewin, Ellen (2006). Feminist Anthropology. A Reader: Blackwell.
Ingold, Tim (1994). Companion encyclopedia of anthropology: Routledge.
Kottak, Conrad(2002). Antropología cultural. Espejo para la humanidad: McGraw-Hill.
Marcus, George [1986] (1991). Problemas de la etnografía contemporánea en el mundo moderno.
Marcus G. y Clifford J. [1986] (1991). Retóricas de la antropología (pp. 253-268): Júcar.
Scheper-Hughes, Nancy (1997). MuerteSin Llanto. Violencia y Vida Cotidiana en Brasil: Ariel.
Raport, Nigel [1999] (2014). Social and Cultural Anthropology. The Key Concepts: Routledge.
Velasco, Honorio (Comp.) (2010). Lecturas de antropología social y cultural. La cultura y las culturas: Trotta.
Wade, Peter (2014). Raza, ciencia, sociedad. Interdisciplina 2(4), 35-62.
Compulsory readings by thopics
Topic 1. What is Anthropology?
Eriksen, Thomas (2004). Why Anthropology?. In What is Anthropology (pp. 3-18): Pluto Press.
Ortner, Sherry (1979). ¿Es la mujer con respecto al hombre lo que la naturaleza con respecto a la cultura? EnHarris, Olivia y Kate Young (Comp.). Antropología y feminismo (pp.109-131).
Godelier, Maurice (2016). En el mundo de hoy, la antropología es más importante que nunca. AIBR Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana 10(3), 59-77. http://www.aibr.org/antropologia/netesp/numeros/1101/110104.pdf
Topic 2. Historical Approach to Anthropology
Malinowski, Bronislaw [1922] (1972). "Introducción: objeto, método y finalidad de esta investigación". Malinowski, B. [1922] (1972). Los argonautas del Pacífico occidental. Comercio y aventura entre los indígenas de la Nueva Guinea Melanésica (pp. 37-54):Península.
Topic 3. Economy and Exchange
Mauss, Mauss [1924] (2009). Los dones intercambiados. En Ensayo sobre el don: forma y función del intercambio en las sociedades arcaicas (pp. 81-106): Katz.
Topic 4. Anthropology of Kinship
Ginsburg, Faye y Rapp, Rayna (1991). The politics of reproduction. Annual Review of Anthropology, 20, 311–43.
Topic 5. Power(s)
Foucault, Michel [1976] (2009). Derecho de muerte y poder sobre la vida. En La voluntad del saber (pp. 143-169): Siglo XXI.
Topic 6. Symbolic systems: beliefs and rituals
Durkheim, Émilie ([1912] 1968). Definición del fenómenoreligioso y de la religión. En Las formas elementales de la vida religiosa: Schapire.
Ong, A. (1988). The Production of Possession: Spirit and the Multinational Corporation in Malaysia. American Ethnologist 15(1), 28-42. https://doi-org.are.uab.cat/10.1525/ae.1988.15.1.02a00030
Recomended references
Butler, Judith [1993] (2002). Los cuerpos que importan. En Cuerpos que importan: sobre los límites materiales y discursivos del 'sexo' (pp. 53-94): Paidós.
Clemente Martínez, C.K. (2022). Volvera los orígenes. Una etnografía de la adopción transnacional: Bellaterra Edicions.
Davis, D. A. (2019). Obstetric Racism: The Racial Politics of Pregnancy, Labor, and Birthing. Medical anthropology, 38, 560–573.
Davis-Floyd, R. (2001). The technocratic, humanistic, and holistic paradigms of childbirth.International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 75, S5-S23.
De Martino, E. [1948] (2004). El Mundo Mágico: Libros de la Araucaria.
Douglas, Mary [1966] (2007). Pureza y Peligro. Un Análisis de losConceptos de Contaminacióny Tabú: Nueva Visión Argentina.
Douglas, Mary (1966). Internal Lines. Purity and Danger: An analysis of concepts of pollution and taboo: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Fassin, Didier (2010). El irresistible ascenso del derecho a la vida. Razón humanitaria y justicia social. Revista de Antropología Social, 19, 191-204.
Foucault, Michel [1966] (2001). El nacimiento de la clínica. Una arqueología de la mirada médica: Siglo XXI.
Foucault, Michel [1974-1975] (2000). Los anormales: FCE.
Foucault, Michel [1976] (1998). Historia de la sexualidad I. La Voluntad de Saber:Siglo XXI.
Foucault, Michel [1984] (2012). Historia de la sexualidad. II. El uso de los placeres: Siglo XXI.
Foucault, Michel [1984] (1987). Historia de la sexualidad III. La inquietud de si: Siglo XXI.
Gremillion, Helen. (2005). The Cultural Politics of Body Size. Annual Review of Anthropology, 34(1),13-32.
Hemment, Julie. (2007). Public Anthropology and the Paradoxes of Participation: Participatory Action Research and Critical Ethnography in Provincial Russia. Human Organization 66(3), 301-314.
Izugbara, Chimaraoke. & Undie, Chi chi. (2008). Who Ownsthe Body?: Indigenous African Discourses of the Body and Contemporary Sexual Rights Rhetoric. Reproductive Health Matters, 16, 159-167.
Izza, G. P. (2005). Antonio Gramsci y la antropología médica contemporánea. Hegemonía, "capacidad de actuar" (agency) y transformaciones de la persona. Revista de Antropología Social, 15-32.
Lambeck, Michel (2007). How do women give birth? In Astuti, R., Parry, J., & Stafford, C. (Eds.). <spanclass="TextRun Highlight SCXW218701484 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Questions of anthropology (pp. 197-226):Berghahn Books.
Marks, Jonathan(2013). The Nature/Culture ofGenetic Facts. Annual Review of Anthropology, 42(1), 247-267.
Marre, Diana (2009). Los silencios de la adopción en España. Revista de Antropología Social, 19, 97-126.
Marre, Diana (2018). El retraso dela maternidad. En Devesa, M., Rodríguez, A., Veiga, A. (eds.), Ser madre a los 40 (y más allá). Lo que has de saber (pp. 8-31): Grijalbo / PenguinRandom House Grupo Editorial.
Marre, Diana, San Román, Beatriz & Guerra, Diana (2018). Onreproductive work in Spain. Transnational adoption, egg donation, surrogacy. Medical Anthropology, 37(2): 158-173.
Molas, Anna & Whittaker,Andrea (2021). Beyond the making of altruism: branding and identity in egg donation websitesin Spain. BioSocieties 17: 320-346.
Miller, Nancy (2007). Reareading as a woman: the body practice. In Lock, M., & Farquhar, J. (Eds.). Beyond the body proper: reading the anthropology of material life (pp. 297-305): Duke UniversityPress.
Nieto, Raúl (2001). Realidad secular, prácticas populares y videocultura en la ciudad de México. Alteridades, 11 (22): 49-57.
Pichardo, Jose Ignacio, de Stéfano, Matías & Martín-Chiappe, Laura (2015). (Des)naturalización y elección: emergencias en la parentalidad y el parentesco de lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y transexuales. Revista Dialectología y Tradiciones Populares, LXX(1), 187-203.
Rapp, Rayna (2001). Gender, body, biomedicine: how some feminist concerns dragged reproduction to the center of social theory. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 15(4), 466-77.
Reischer, Erica. & Koo, Kathryn. S. (2004). The Body Beautiful: Symbolism and Agency in the Social World. Annual Review of Anthropology, 33(1), 297-317.
Samuelsen, Helle. & Steffen, Vibeke. (2004). The relevance of Foucault and Bourdieu for medical anthropology: exploring new sites. Anthropology & Medicine, 11(1), 3-10.
Stets, Jan. & Burke, Peter. (2000). Feminity/Masculinity. In Borgatta, E. F. & Montgomery, R. J. V. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sociology, Revised Edition (pp. 997-1005): Macmillan.
Severi, Carlo (2002). Memory, reflexivity and belief. Reflections on theritual use of language. Social Anthropology,10, 23-40.
Strathern, Marilyn (2004). The Whole Person and Its Artifacts. Annual Review of Anthropology, 33(1), 1-19.
Recomended audiovisuals
Films
Almodóvar, Pedro (1997). Carne trémula. España, 101min.
Bayona, Juan Antonio. (2012). Lo imposible (Theimpossible). España, 107 min.
Branagh, Kenneth (1994). Frankenstein de Mary Shelley. USA, 123 min.
Boileau, Laurent (2012). Pielcolor miel. Bélgica, 70 min.
Bollain, Iciar (1999). Flores de otro mundo. España, 100 min.
Cuarón, Alfonso (2018). Roma. México, 135 min.
Eastwood, Clint (2002). Deuda de sangre (BloodWork). USA, 115 min.
Fabiánová, Diana (2010). La luna en ti. Eslovenia, 120 min. http://vimeo.com/40773282
Farrelly, Peter (2018). Green Book. USA, 130 min.
González Iñárritu, Alejandro (2003). 21 gramos.USA, 125 min.
Hormann, Sherry (2009). La flor del desierto (Desertflower). UK, 120 min.
Kreuzpaintner, Marco (2007). Trade (El precio de lainocencia). USA, 120 min.
Lewin, Ben (2012). The sessions. USA, 98 min.
Macías, Juana (2016). Embarazados. España, 100 min
Niccol, Andrew (1997). Gattaca. USA, 106 min.
Oshima, Nagisa (1976). El imperio de los sentidos (Ai no korîda). Japón, 100 min.
Pang Chun, Oxide & Pang, Danny (2002). The eye (Gin Gwai). Hong Kong, 98 min.
Stilson, Jeff (2009). Good hair. USA, 95 min.
Taylor, Tate (2011). Criadas y señoras. USA, 146 min.
Laurent, Mélanie (2021) El baile de las locas. Francia, 121 min.
TV Series
Ball, Alan. (2001-2005). Six feet under. Tv serie. USA, 5 temporadas de 12/13 episodios.
Curtis, Simon (2010). Downton Abbey. Tv serie. UK, 5 temporadas de 10 episodios cada una.
Gervais, Ricky (2019). After Life. Miniserie TV. UK, 1 temporada de 6 episodios.
Weiner, Matthew (2007-2015). Madmen. Tv serie. USA, 7 temporadas de 13 episodios cada una.
Documentaries
AFIN. (2011). Congreso Internacional AFIN. Barcelona. Una mujer narra su historia sobre un embarazo y una 'donación' en el año 1971. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ox361chsYM
Arthus-Bertrand, Y. (2015). Human. (279) HUMAN Extended version VOL.1 - YouTube
Armengou, Montse. & Belis, Ricard. (2002). Els nens perduts del franquisme. Trenta minuts(parte1). Televisió de Catalunya (TV3). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA3M-k-ckis
Armengou, Montse. & Belis, Ricard. (2002). Els nens perduts del franquisme. Trenta minut(parte 2). Televisió de Catalunya (TV3). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuJNElQkzIY
Armengou, Montse. & Belis, Ricard. (2012). Torneu-me el fill!. TV3.
Armengou, Montse. & Belis, Ricard. (2015). Els internats de la por. Televisió de Catalunya (TV3). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttAbGa789Hg
Armengou, M. & Belis, R. (2016). Jo també vull sexe! TV3, 60 min.
Armengou, Montse., Belis, Ricard. & Elfa, Albert (2018). Desemparats. Televisió de Catalunya (TV3). http://www.ccma.cat/tv3/sense-ficcio/desemparats-miniserie-documental-dinvestigacio-sobre-les-retirades-de-me
Artigas, Xavier & Ortega, Xapo(2013) CiutatMorta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIeFJqt0rqg
BBC (2009). Cuentos de la jungla: Malinowski y las Islas Trobiand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBQi9STHI5U
BBC. (2009). Tales from the jungle: Margaret Mead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjGRCi7ewtY
Belis, Ricard (2016). Jo també vullsexe!. Televisió de Catalunya (TV3). https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/sense-ficcio/jo-tambe-vull-sexe/video/5634098/
Carracedo, Almudena. y Bahar, Robert. (2018). El silencio de los otros. (España, 96’).
Centeno, Antonio. & De la Morena, Raúl. (2015). Yes, we fuck! España, 60 min.
Franco,Gustavo (2013). Los años robados de Xavi. Una lucha por recuperar la identidad. (España, 45´).
Ginestà, Jaume., Franch, Gerard., Permanyer,Judit. & Farriols, Carles(2019). Maternitat en stand by. Senseficción. Televisióde Catalunya (TV3). https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/sense-ficcio/maternitat-en-stand-by/video/5834827/
Gómez, Carlos (2011). Badajoz, 1936. Crónicas. Televisión Española (TVE). (España, 55 min.). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHIWuLRhFls
Sallarés, Mireia (2016). Las muertes chiquitas. Serie documental. https://www.filmin.es/serie/las-muertes-chiquitas
Strathern Marilyn (2021) Siempre Relacionando. Charla para el Departamento de Antropología de la Universidad Católica de Chile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_aI176oGPQ
That provided by UAB
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |