Anthropology of Institutional Systems: Vulnerability and Adaptation (SZF_266)
About Study Course
Objective
The course examines institutional systems under conditions of polycrisis and uncertainty, focusing on vulnerability, adaptation, precarity, migration and security regimes from an anthropological perspective, with attention to Baltic and Latvian contexts.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of social or cultural anthropology, sociology or political science is recommended.
Learning outcomes
1.Students understand anthropological approaches to institutions, theories of vulnerability and polycrisis, and mechanisms of institutional adaptation across scales.
1.Students are able to analyse institutional practices, apply concepts (precarity, resilience, security, mobility) and discuss institutional, system and governance issues in an anthropological and interdisciplinary context in a reasoned manner.
1.Students develop the ability to critically assess the role of institutional systems in shaping social stability and inequality.
