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About Study Course

ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Anna Žabicka
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Social Anthropology
Language:English, Latvian
Study course description Full description, Full time
Branch of science:Social Anthropology; Sociology and social work

Objective

The objective of the study course is to equip students with theoretical knowledge and analytical skills to understand how kinship and relatedness are formed, negotiated, transformed, and disrupted across different socio-cultural, historical, and political contexts, and how these relations shape social life, care, belonging, and moral obligations.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for classical and modern anthropology theories are desirable. Ability to read and analyse academic texts in English.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Students are familiar with classical and contemporary anthropological theories of kinship and relatedness, and understand how anthropological approaches to kinship have evolved over time.

Skills

1.Explain how kinship relations are culturally and historically produced, maintained, and contested in different social contexts, drawing on ethnographic and theoretical literature.

Competence

1.Students can competently discuss kinship and relatedness as dynamic social processes rather than as fixed biological or legal categories.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2026, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Social Anthropology1Master'sRequired