Anthropology

Global Cultures, Local Lives

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

The module aims to convey a sense of anthropology as an exciting, 'living' subject. 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 as they actively engage with issues of social, cultural and global transformation.

The module revolves 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