Sentiments and Structures

Subject ANTH30004 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010:

Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Standard

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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: one 2 hour lecture per week and one 1 hour tutorial in weeks 2-11.
Total Time Commitment: an average of 8.5 hours each week.
Prerequisites: 25 points of 2nd year Arts subjects
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: At least one core 2nd year Anthropology and Social Theory subject. The core subjects are as follows:
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Non Allowed Subjects: This subject was previously available at 2nd level with the code 121-058. Students who have completed 121-058 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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Coordinator

Dr Paul Green

Contact

Dr Monica Minnegal

mmam@unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

The subject is concerned with the comparative study of kinship and family in Western and non-Western societies, considering them as both forms of social structure and primary sites of sentimental and affective states. Students who complete the subject should have an introductory knowledge of the variety of forms of kinship reckoning and family organisation to be found in the world today, and a general understanding of the variable relationship between kinship and family and the wider issues of social identity, gender roles, economic and political organisation and social structure.
Objectives:

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

  • be well acquainted with the major forms of kinship reckoning and family organisation of the world's societies.
  • have a general understanding of the principal theoretical frameworks within which ethnologists have studied kinship and family.
  • have a general understanding of the ethnographically variable relationship between kinship and family and the wider issues of social identity, gender roles, economic and political organisation and social structure.
Assessment: A research essay of 2250 words 50% (due at the end of semester), a class test of 750 words 25% (due late in the semester), a genealogy of 500 words 10% (due late in the semester), a tutorial presentation and paper no longer than 500 words 15% (due during the semester and no later than one week after the oral presentation).
Prescribed Texts:

A subject reader will be available from the University Bookshop at the beginning of semester
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

  • have practice in conducting research and speaking articulately.
  • have practice in writing clearly in a variety of formats and reading with attention to detail.
  • have experience of systematically evaluating a body of empirical data and identifying its theoretical context.
  • have experience of methods of critical inquiry and argument leading to improved analytical skills.
  • have acquired awareness of issues relating to cross-cultural communication.
Links to further information: http://www.pasi.unimelb.edu.au/anthropology/
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: Anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology && Social Theory
Anthropology and Development
Anthropology and Development
Anthropology and Social Theory
Anthropology and Social Theory
Gender Studies
Gender Studies
Gender Studies Major

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