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How people relate to one another听and organise societies听around the world varies greatly. Themes such as kinship, ethnicity, race, and social membership, have been a core focus in anthropology because it is tightly bound up with ideas of personhood and identity, and the organisation of听much听social life. Through the broad and interdisciplinary study of听 identity politics, anthropologists, sociologists and social psychologists can听also听approach related themes of disability and neurodivergence. In this module, students will learn how we can approach such a variety of identity related themes in order to discuss issues at the heart of听much听social life today, such as听 relationships between听persons, social and political groups, families,听non-state听and state听actors, and the roles of family relations and structures in conflict and migration. As part of the Social Anthropology pathway in the BSc Global Humanitarian Studies, this module will familiarise students with听issue听themes听and debates by using diverse ethnographic case studies from around the world. It will ultimately听help听them develop a critical appreciation for the multiple dynamics and dimensions that identity entails, and that impact and are impacted by humanitarian crises, such as during conflicts,听natural听disasters,听or听and听mass听human听displacements.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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