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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Guntra Anda Aistara
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Information and Communication Science
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Sociology; Social Anthropology

Objective

The objective of the course is to give students the opportunity, under the guidance of a lecturer, to gain experience in practical fieldwork in the form of an expedition, as well as in the collection and analysis of the data obtained.

Prerequisites

A General Introduction to Anthropology.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Students are able to demonstrate an in-depth or extended knowledge and understanding of the current state of the latest trends in the field of anthropology in the following areas: Observation, participant observation, data recording and collection; data analysis and collection, which form the basis for creative thinking and research, including working in the point of intersection of different fields.

Skills

Students are able to perform practical tasks in anthropological fieldwork based on an analytical approach, demonstrate skills that allow finding creative solutions to research problems, discuss with colleagues (also with arguments) practical questions and solutions in fieldwork, able to perform or supervise such fieldwork activities where unpredictable changes are possible.

Competence

Students are able to formulate, describe and analyse practical problems in the context of anthropological fieldwork, select the necessary information and use it to solve clearly defined problems.

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