SA4067 Communicating Anthropology

Academic year

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

not available outside Social Anthropology; Spaces are allocated on a first come first serve basis

Module coordinator

Dr P Gay Blasco

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Paloma Gay Blasco, Dr Mattia Fumanti, Dr Mette High, Prof Christos Lynteris, Dr Emilka Skrzypek, Dr Huon Wardle, Dr Daniel Knight, Dr Stavroula Pipyrou, Dr Stan Frankland, Dr Bridget Bradley

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

This module examines the multiple ways in which anthropological knowledge is communicated to diverse audiences, from research participants and local collaborators to funders, employers, and the general public. The module analyses some of the many different formats in which anthropological knowledge is encoded (such as consultancy reports, funding applications, journalistic op eds, expert witness statements, CVs, social media posts, museum exhibits,, podcasts), asking what questions and conclusions each format enables or discourages, and what kinds of audiences each format reaches or excludes. The module is practice-oriented and aims to give students the skills necessary to evaluate these various formats and their content, but also to communicate their own anthropological knowledge and competences to prospective employers and others. Assessment will take the form of a personal portfolio that will showcase the student’s interests and abilities in communicating anthropology.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS SA1002 AND PASS SA2001 AND PASS SA2002

Assessment pattern

Coursework - 100%

Re-assessment

Coursework - 100%

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

lecture (X11 weeks), 1 seminar (X11 weeks), 1 practical workshop (X3 weeks), 1 one-to-one supervisions (X 2 weeks), 1 film (X3 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

47

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

240

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • identify, analyse and critique a variety of communicative formats in anthropology.
  • identify and analyse the ways in which anthropologists include or exclude specific audiences through their choice of communicative format.
  • use a variety of communicative formats themselves.
  • analyse and critique the ways in which different communicative formats have contributed to the development of anthropology as a discipline.