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SOC7215: Social Anthropology Course Description The course focuses on the qualitative paradigms in phenomenological analysis, examining the place of indigenous institutions and belief systems in the development process. The course modules include, Current Perspectives in Social Anthropology; The Study of East African Social Structure; Ethnography and the Researcher as an Instrument. Objective: This course focuses on the influence of culture in development and the contribution of Social Anthropology to understanding the development process. 1. 2. 3. 4. Introduce students to some contemporary debates in Social Anthropology Discuss the history of Social Anthropology in Africa Describe the method used by Social Anthropologists Introduce students to a selection of illustrative ethnographic case studies from eastern Africa and elsewhere. Learning outcomes An understanding of the influence of culture in development An appreciation of the contribution of Social Anthropology to understanding the development process. An understanding of the contemporary debates in Social Anthropology An appreciation of the history of Social Anthropology in Africa A grasp of the anthropological methods Course content Introduction (1 week) 1. The scope and methods of social Anthropology Anthropology as a field of enquiry Social Anthropology and Culture Anthropology Anthropological methods Theory and method Ethnography and Ethnology Participant observation Informant Interviews Field notes Genealogical Methods Life histories, Case studies Photography Ethical Issues in Research: Anthropological aspects 2. Social anthropology in Africa Social evolution and colonial project Early days: American and French anthropologists in Africa The middle colonial period (1920 – 40) Module 1 Contemporary debates in Social Anthropology (4 weeks) 1.1 Is Social Anthropology a generalized science? 1.2 Is the concept of society obsolete? 1.3 Are human worlds culturally constructed? 1.4 The Ethnographic Present? Module 2: Anthropological studies from Eastern and Southern Africa (7 weeks) Although a thematic approach is adopted in this module, linkages between these themes will be stressed. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Gender and feminism : A case study of Haya gender relations Minorities and Marginalized communities: The Masai, The Batwa, Minorities and the state, and Urban minorities Urban Anthropology: Rural urban contract, migration, Inter ethnic relations, marginal / slum, Women in Kamwokya, Kampala Conflict: The impact of Civil war and violence on the Nuer, Burundi and the crisis in central Africa Misfortunes: Anthropological Approaches to African Misfortune: From Religion to Medicine. Module 3: Social Anthropology and Development 3.1 A Critical Analysis of the complexity of the relationship between culture and development. 3.2 An anthropological critic of the modernization theory (Giddens). Assessment method Class participation and attendance (10 percent), weekly assignments (10 percent), research paper or a midterm test (20 percent), and final exam (60 percent) Key Readings Moore, Sally Falk 1994. Anthropology and Africa Virginia Ingolds (ed) 1996. Key debates in Anthropology, Routledge, London. Hylland Eriksen Thomas (1993). Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological perspective. London Sandra Wallman: Kampala Women getting by Southhall: Town’s men in the making