Degree | Type | Year |
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Social and Cultural Anthropology | FB | 1 |
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No specific requirements are needed to follow the course
This course develops basic training in Social and Cultural Anthropology.
This course will anlyze concepts and classic fields of anthropology through ethnographic texts and audiovisual sources by placing descriptive and theoretical categories in the historical context of the discipline and by crititcally aprproaching stylistic resources of ethnographic documents.
After this course, the student will be able:
-To recognize cultural variability and to prevent the formulation of ethnocentric judgments.
-To manage classic and current ethnographic information sources in order to retrieve relevant data.
-To explain and to present the analytical outcomes of the selected ethnographic corpus.
Topic 1. Culture, anthropology and otherness.
Topic 2. Audiovisual productions as ethnographic documents.
Topic 3. Ethnography today: contributions of ethnography to the contemporary world.
Topic 4. Ethnographic explorations of life systems and social organization around the world.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Masterclass and analysis of textual, audiovisual, and archival ethnographic documents | 40 | 1.6 | |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 3.5 | 0.14 | |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Information search (archives, repositories, etc.) | 20 | 0.8 | |
Personal study and preparation of work | 39 | 1.56 | |
Readings and viewings | 20 | 0.8 |
Teaching Methodology:
Formation activities:
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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Exam | 40 | 2 | 0.08 | CM07, CM10, KM08 |
Group work | 40 | 17.5 | 0.7 | CM07, CM10, KM08, SM11, SM12 |
In class activities | 20 | 8 | 0.32 | CM07, SM11, SM12 |
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT:
The subject will be evaluated through three modules:
Procedure for reviewing grades awarded
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
Reassesssment
To participate in the recovery process, it is necessary to obtain a minimum grade in the subject's average of 3.5/10.
You cannot retake a test that has not been previously evaluated (i.e. you cannot go directly to the exam or work retake – remember that classroom activities are not retrievable).
To be eligible for the retake, students must have been evaluated in at least two of these three activities, and one of them must be the exam or work.
Those evaluation acts in which there have been irregularities (copying, misuse of AI, etc.) could not be reassessed.
Conditions for the 'Not Assessable' Rating
The student will receive the "Not assessed" grade as long as they have not submitted more than 30% of the evaluation activities.
Plagiarism or fraudulent conduct
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
Remember that those evaluationacts with irregularities (copying, misuse of AI, etc.) could not be reassessed.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools
This subject allows the use of AI technologies exclusively for support tasks such as bibliographic search or search for information (excluding the use of EHRAFs), translation of texts and the generation of duly identified images or graphic results that are relevant to the work or assessment activities in the classroom. The student must clearly (i) identify which parts have been generated using AI technology; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in the assessed activity will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade may be lowered, or the work may even be awarded a zero. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.
Single Assessment (SA)
On the single assessment date, students who take the single assessment must:
1. Take an exam on the content of the subject and the readings selected in the dossier. (40%)
2. Develop a work that will consist of three parts:
It will, therefore, be necessary for them to have a computer or device connected to the Internet.
3. Once this part is finished, an oral test will be held where they will have to answer questions about theoretical, methodological and technical aspects of the procedure followed. (25%)
Length (SA):
The joint duration of these tests may exceed 4 hours, so they may not coincide with the usual teaching slot.
Procedure for reviewing grades awarded (SA):
At the time of each assessment activity, the teacher will inform the students (Moodle) of the procedure and the date of review of the grades.
Consideration of "Not assessable" (SA):
Students who do not complete tests 1 and 2 on the day and time established as the single evaluation test will be NOT ASSESSED.
Reassessment (SA):
The same recovery system will be applied for continuous evaluation.
Plagiarism/irregularities (SA):
Thesame actions apply as in the case of continuous evaluation.
On-line database (ethnographic archive) (for full access you must connect through the UAB Campus or through the procedure to access the UAB electronic resources explained here):
Required reading:
General bibliography:
It is recommended to have a general anthropology manual on hand for the follow-up of the course. You can use, for example, any of the following:
As for Anthropology dictionaries, you can use, among others, the following:
The filmography that we will work on in the subject will be posted on Moodle at the beginning of the course.
Any news in this regard will be communicated promptly through the Moodle of the subject.
Thematic bibliography, for general consultation:
Office Suite: Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Iwork, etc.
Bibliographic Manager: Zotero or similar.
The use of a free video and audio editing program (it can be Microsoft PowerPoint itself or equivalent) is recommended.
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |