| CODE | ANT1005 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Locating the Anthropology of the Mediterranean | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Anthropological Sciences | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Objective: This course for Year 1 students is an introduction to certain key themes of the anthropology of the Mediterranean. Content: Various arrangements of power, wealth and belief will be explored to see how they shape core areas of social and cultural life; for example, political experience, sexuality and gender relations, moral sentiments, and family structures. The approach will be comparative and will address debates concerning the unity of the Mediterranean. At the end of the course, students should have a better understanding of both the peoples of the Mediterranean and how Mediterraneanist anthropology has developed over the years. Study-Unit Aims: 1. To introduce students to an academic study of the Mediterranean as a region; 2. To expose students to the continuities and disjunctures in Mediterranean societies and cultures; 3. To stimulate students to establish connections between different Mediterranean societies and cultures; 4. To place the Mediterranean in a global context. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Have a solid understanding of the evolution of Mediterranean societies and cultures; - Be able to apply some general anthropological principles and insights to the study of other cultures. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Approach academic texts combining both historical and anthropological material; - Be able to combine observational insights drawn from their own experiences with academic material; - Write summative expositions. Reading List: - Peregrine Horden & Nicolas Purcell: The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2000). - Albera, Dionigi, Anton Blok and Christian Bromberger, Anthropology of the Mediterranean (Maisonneuve & Larose, 2001. - C. Bromberger (2007): Bridge, Wall, Mirror: Coexistence and Confrontation in the Mediterranean. In: History and Anthropology, Vol 18 No 3, Special Issue: Peace and Wars Between Cultures: Between Europe and the Mediterranean. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Paul Sant Cassia David E. Zammit |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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