Worlds and Selves (003AN)

15 credits, Level 4

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll be introduced to interdisciplinary anthropological perspectives around subjectivity and ‘being-in-the-world.’

You'll look at:

• anthropological engagements with gender and queer theories
• epistemologies of race and ethnicity
• existential and psychosocial perspectives.

You'll explore literature that considers people’s senses of self and their senses of the world around them. The module aims to open up questions around the nature of ‘being’ in the world. You’ll do this through exploring questions about relations between people, places and other entities, such as animals, organic matter and ‘things’.

You’ll also consider that, when it comes to thinking about social worlds and life experience, anthropology may offer a unique basis for:

• reflexive analysis
• conceptual critique
• contextually grounded practice
• social justice.

You'll develop practical tools for reflexive understanding as a method for ethnographic insight. 

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 22 hours of contact time and about 128 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.