Regional Studies (Ethnography): the Caribbean Sea Region (KSK_038)
About Study Course
Objective
The objectives of the course are:
1. The course will allow the student to become more familiar with the geography of the region, the main currents of Caribbean studies, and some of the analytical frameworks that have been used to understand its social and cultural life.
2. To critically assess different media and disciplinary approaches (ie, film, fiction literature, music, life-history, ethnography, geography, etc.) dedicated to the study of Caribbean societies, from an anthropological perspective.
3. To explore, in a preliminary way, the role the Caribbean played in the processes of Western modernity.
The course seeks to provide a framework within which to better understand the Caribbean's diversity and the cultural and social distinctiveness of this region of transplanted peoples on its own terms
Prerequisites
Previous basic knowledge in anthropology.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will gain autonomous knowledge about an unknown or little-known subject (= social anthropology in the Caribbean, Caribbean culture and society). Knows their ethnography.
After completing the course, you will be able to independently navigate and understand the academic literature on the specific region, will be able to analyze it; will be able to understand and reason about theoretical concepts and empirical research; will be able to conceptualize and develop academic presentations on the given topic, draw (own) conclusions.
Will acquire competences in independent acquisition of knowledge about the specific region, will be able to apply critical thinking, will understand and be able to apply scientific activities (text reading, analysis, comparison and discussion).
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Anthropology, SAM | 1 | Master’s | Limited choice |
