ANT4001 Advanced Contemporary Anthropological Theory (FOART)

Units 2.0 (Anthropology) Band 1

Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in the following Program: BAHN

Synopsis

This course aims to provide a more detailed and in-depty survey of the major anthropological theoretical approaches of the later 20th century onward. Building on the major historical themes of theory development in anthropology as outlined in ANT3001, this course will provide an understanding of the more recent development of theory in the discipline including, feminism, neo-Marxism, critical theory, post-structuralism and post-modernism. Students will use the assessment in this course to develop the theoretical basis for their particular Honours topic.