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77500-01 - Course: What Is Anthropology? Thinking Through Practice (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2025 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Olena Sobolieva (olena.sobolieva@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This course is designed as a practical companion to the lecture "What is Anthropology?" (69461). The lecture offers students a foundation in the key terms and debates of contemporary anthropology, while this course is designed to help think anthropologically by engaging deeply with ethnographic materials and group activities. Students will look at how anthropologists come to know what they know, and the many ways that knowledge is produced. Particular attention will be paid to the ethical and political dilemmas that emerge when representing other ways of life. Readings will include classic and contemporary ethnographic texts that illuminate how anthropologists deal with categories such as kinship, materiality, visual representation, power, intimacy, and others. The course centers on ethnography as on a way of understanding others and ourselves. Students will be encouraged to think critically about how anthropological perspectives can help us make sense of a world shaped by complexity. |
| Comments | This course is designed as a practical companion to the lecture course "What is Anthropology?". The lectures offer students a foundation in the key terms and debates of contemporary anthropology, while the course is designed to help think anthropologically by engaging deeply with ethnographic materials and group activities. |
| Admission requirements | The number of participants is limited to 20 students. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Attendance of the lecture "What is Anthropology" (69461) is strongly recommended. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Tuesday | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 23.09.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 30.09.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 07.10.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 14.10.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 21.10.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 28.10.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 04.11.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 11.11.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 18.11.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 25.11.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 02.12.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 09.12.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Tuesday 16.12.2025 | 12.15-14.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Modules |
Modul: Grundlagen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Ethnologie |