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Introduction to Multispecies Ethnography
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:59
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_243 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sociology; Social Anthropology | Target Audience: | Social Anthropology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Agnese Bankovska | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge of anthropology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The objective of the course is to introduce students to contemporary research debates on multispecies ethnography in social anthropology and related disciplines. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Derrida and Deleuze: From Human to Common Becoming | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | An Organism in Its Environment: Bateson and the Idea of ‘Mind’ | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Animals in Anthropology: Eating, Thinking and Living Together | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | The Ant and the Spider: Methodological Approaches to Multispecies Networks | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | The Decolonisation of Nature | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Rethinking Species | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students must study the required readings independently and prepare the required papers and oral presentations. The specific objectives are updated annually and described on the e-learning platform. To assess the overall quality of the study course, the student must complete the course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in classes. Written final paper. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students gain knowledge of the most important and up-to-date theories concerning the relationship between humans and nature; get acquainted with the key concepts and topics in contemporary anthropology that focus on multispecies perspectives. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students acquire and deepen skills in analysing and comparing theoretical texts, as well as in presenting their views orally and in writing, drawing on both newly acquired theoretical knowledge and empirical observation. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Ability to critically evaluate the theoretical and empirical material covered in the study course, use it to interpret and analyse other theoretical and empirical material, and apply it to practical problem solving and research. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Visa literatūra ir angļu valodā un piemērota gan latviešu, gan angļu plūsmas studentiem | ||||||||
| 2 | Kirksey, Eben. 2015. Emergent ecologies. | ||||||||
| 3 | Wanderer, Emily. 2020. The Life of a Pest: An Ethnography of Biological Invasion in Mexico. Berkeley: University of California Press. | ||||||||
