POST-STRUCTURAL SOCIAL THEORY
Required Course in the Bachelor of Social Anthropology
60 hours
Department of Anthropology
Autonomous University of Yucatan
September to December 2010
objective
The aim of this course and is to give students basic training in the post-structural social theory, and its current importance in anthropology and popular culture.
Specific objectives
Specific objectives of the course are (1) texts and discuss important concepts of post-structural theory of Michel Foucault to Judith Butler, (2) follow the path of these texts in anthropological texts and popular culture, and (3) understand some of the implications of this theoretical aspect for sociocultural analysis.
course format
The course is structured into six modules that explore the thought and influence of key thinkers of the post-structural theory. The course will take the form of a discussion seminar. expected the informed participation and students. this course is not considered an exhaustive compendium of materials relevant to the post-structural theory in anthropology, but only an introduction to discussions relevant to anthropology, as our discipline has developed over the past three decades (1980-2010 .)
The course will be evaluated through class participation, which will have 10% of the final grade, the answers to five questions, written for 30 minutes at the start the relevant meeting, which will have 50% of the total score and writing two essays of 1500 words each, plus bibliography, will have 40% of the final grade, according to the following list:
Participation: 10% of the final grade Questions : 10% each for a total of 50% mid-course test : 20%. This essay is based on the novel The Neuromancer by William Gibson, or the novel Oryx and Crake by Margaret Attwood, or The left hand of darkness , Ursula LeGuin, and must reference least 10 of the works discussed during the first half of the course. Final test : 25%. This essay is based on the book Global Culture Industry, Scott Lash and Celia Lury (classification GN 33. F57 2003 in the library of the Department of Anthropology) or in the book Emergent Forms of Life and the Anthropological Voice , Michael Fischer (classification GN 33. F57 2003 in the library of the Department of Anthropology) . is expected that at least 20 of the materials discussed during the course to be used in drafting of this work. The test will be given at the respective date as the scheduling of examinations of School Control department of the Faculty of Anthropological Sciences at the Autonomous University of Yucatan. Other options assessment: mid-course tests and end of the course may be substituted for performances in teams, informed by course materials, or work of fiction. these trials may be filed by a dance, a play, a video or a website. Each of these media, however, must be accompanied by a script, produced by the team, explaining the relationship between performance and site and course materials. For works of fiction, they consist of a story and a script explaining the relationship between the story and course materials, and may be carried out individually.
The drafting of the tests, please follow the instructions to write essays in our Faculty anthropological , located in http://sites.google.com/site/ representacionesculturales / Ayora-Diaz / instructions-for-writing-essays-in-anthropology
***** CHOOSE THE NOVEL IS RECOMMENDED FOR MIDDLE TEST COURSE, AND THE BOOK FOR THE FINAL TEST FROM THE FIRST CLASS, to begin reading IMMEDIATELY *****
Special Consideration: Special consideration will have 30 points, which will be added to the points made in the regular course. must have obtained at least 40 points during the course to gain access to special examination.
The agenda can be obtained http://sites.google.com/site/representacionesculturales/vargas-cetina/teoria-social-post-estructural-2010
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