Université catholique de Louvain - Study programme 2017-2018 - course LANTR2110

LANTR2110 The history and theories of

2017-2018 anthropology
5.0 credits 22.5 h 2q

Teacher(s) : Deliège Robert ;

Language : Français

Place of the course Louvain-la-Neuve

Main themes : Disciplinary themes varying annually will be selected and detailed by the teacher so as to facilitate access to the history and actors
of anthropology.
Lectures will address major and modern issues in the fields of culture (its grounding, symbolism, time and space perception, identity,
objects, myth, magic, ritual and art) of social life (collective institutions and ideologies, man/woman relationships, division of labour,
hierarchical stratification, power, rules and regulations, identity, change and reciprocity.

Aims : Following on from the course the student

- should have assimilated the main formative currents of anthropology
- should be able to locate the major contributors to contemporary anthropology and fathom their contributions
- should have acquired considered and considerable knowledge of the main theoretical trends in anthropology relative to social
and cultural life
- should be able to critically appreciate their respective strengths and weaknesses
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s)
can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content : Thanks to the lectures, contemporary key theoretical issues in anthropology relating to selected themes will be raised.
Pedagogy: 1. lectures followed by exchange; 2. portfolio of readings and/or a syllabus; 3. case studies presented by participants
and analysed with the conceptual tools provided.
Lectures will be based where required on field experience so as to illustrate how anthropology goes about mak-ing sense of the
data collected.

Other infos : Pre-requisite : Connaissances du premier cycle en sciences humaines et sociales Les étudiants sont encadrés par deux
professeurs, ainsi que par des chercheurs du LAAP et invités.

Faculty or entity in PSAD

charge:

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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Intitulé du programme Sigle Credits Prerequis Acquis d'apprentissage

Master [60] in Philosophy FILO2M1 5 -

Master [120] in Philosophy FILO2M 5 -

Master [120] in French and

Romance Languages and
FLE2M 5 -
Literatures : French as a Foreign
Language

Master [60] in Sociology and

SOCA2M1 5 -
Anthropology

Master [120] in Sociology SOC2M 5 -

Master [120] in Anthropology ANTR2M 5 -

SREL9CE 5 -

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