Anthropology Module
The Anthropology module in the Liberal Arts Programme offers a strong foundation in contemporary anthropological scholarship and key literature. It introduces students to the central questions, methods, and debates of social and cultural anthropology enabling students to undertake further study on postgraduate level.
The module consists of four courses that include both general and specialist topics of interest. The choice of courses changes but an indicative list is as follows:
- Introduction to Anthropology – the course gives an overview of the discipline of social and cultural anthropology, its main fields of research, basic concepts, theoretical schools and current debates in contemporary socio-cultural anthropology.
- Economic anthropology - this course analyses economic activities as social relations interwoven with everyday life in the context of global capitalism. It analyses the economic lives of ordinary people through concepts such as money, debt, exchange, the gift, markets and social inequalities, and ideas of good life and human economy.
- Anthropology of Anthropology – this course deals with key issues and debates in anthropological theory, methodology and epistemology, while also taking a critical perspective at the development of the discipline.
- Special Course in Anthropology – a choice from a variety of courses offered by current faculty and guest lecturers, e.g. Environmental Anthropology, History of Anthropological Cinema, Museum Anthropology, Food Anthropology, and many others.
For students finding a growing interest in the field of anthropology there may be a possibility to take additional classes as free electives.
Contact us
Jaanika Vider, Lecturer of Anthropology