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Semester 1

Culture and Power (SCAN10030)

Course Website

https://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/subject-area/social-anthropology/programmes-intro

Subject

Social Anthropology

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

4

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting students must have completed at least 3 Social Anthropology courses at grade B or above. We will only consider University/College level courses.

Course Summary

This course discusses a range of anthropological approaches to power, politics and the political, and in doing so provides a detailed examination of both open and hidden forms of power and their workings at the global, state, national, local and personal level. Key themes of this course are power and resistance, crime and punishment, citizenship and migration, policing and protest, violence and democracy.

Course Description

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

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