Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

307407 (v.1) Anthropology 330 - Witches, Sangomas and Heretics - Demonisation in Theory and Practice


Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

50.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

12690 (v.2) History 230 - Witches, Sangomas and Heretics - Demonisation in Theory and Practice
12691 (v.2) History 330 - Witches, Sangomas and Heretics - Demonisation in Theory and Practice
307384 (v.1) Anthropology 230 - Witches, Sangomas and Heretics - Demonisation in Theory and Practice

Prerequisite(s):

1973 (v.4) Anthropology 112 - Social and Cultural Anthropology in a Changing World or any previous version
AND
7367 (v.4) Anthropology 111 - The Anthropological Imagination or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

Draws on material from across the social sciences to examine events of demonisation, heretic and witch hunting and finding from c1100 to the present, focused on Africa, Europe and Asia, but not excluding materials from other periods and areas. It seeks to engage students in a self-directed learning framework within which they will explore issues of social control, ordering and gendering, while utilising a variety of theoretical frameworks.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

090305 History

Funding Cluster:

03 - Humanities

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2007 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

 
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