307384 (v.1) Anthropology 230 - Witches, Sangomas and Heretics - Demonisation in Theory and Practice

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Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	12690 (v.2) History 230 - Witches, Sangomas and Heretics - Demonization in Theory and Practice 12691 (v.2) History 330 - Witches, Sangomas and Heretics - Demonization in Theory and Practice 307407 (v.1) Anthropology 330 - 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
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.