Anthropology

Global Cultures, Local Lives

Module code: 004AE
Level 4
15 credits in autumn semester
Teaching method: Lecture, Seminar
Assessment modes: Essay

Anthropology is:

• alive to the concerns of different communities and populations living across the globe
• cutting edge in terms of the research conducted by anthropologists at Sussex; we actively engage with issues of social, cultural and global transformation.

On this module, you'll work around five core themes considered central to the subject, capturing anthropological thinking on:

• culture, identity and representation
• kinship, self and body
• economy as culture
• religion and politics
• work on the global-local interface.

Module learning outcomes

• Demonstrate knowledge of core themes in contemporary anthropology
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of the historical development of these themes in anthropology
• Demonstrate an understanding of some key analytical perspectives through which contemporary social and cultural issues are analysed in anthropology
• Demonstrate a critical awareness of how local and global cultures, ideas and practices relate to each other