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(in Polish) Anthropology of Development

General data

Course ID: 05-AOD-AMU-PIE
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (unknown)
Course title: (unknown)
Name in Polish: Anthropology of Development
Organizational unit: Faculty of Historical Studies
Course groups: AMU-PIE offer, summer semester
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): (not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.

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Language: English
Major:

Ethnology

Module learning aims:

Transfer of knowledge about the subject, its history, the state of research and directions of anthropology of development


Presentation of basic concepts used in anthropology of development and of their analytical and interpretive value


Shaping the abilities to analyze cultural and social phenomena from the perspective of anthropology of development, including critical analysis and interpretation of contemporary processes of development:

- critique of modern society

- case studies of development projects and development policy

- alternative development and alternatives to development

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement:

Seminar based on the texts

Short description:

The course is an introduction to an important field of critical anthropology which is anthropology of development.

It is realted to post-colonial studies of the relation between North and South and post-structural theory.

This course is not currently offered.
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