12714 (v.2) Anthropology 223 - Life in the City - Urban Anthropology
| Area: | Department of Social Sciences |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
| Anti Requisite(s): | 2494 (v.5) Geography 214 - Urban Development and Planning in Australia and Europe - Historical, Political and socioeconomic Perspectives or any previous version
3421 (v.4) Geography 314 - Urban Development and Planning in Australia and Europe - Historical, Political and socioeconomic Perspectives or any previous version
11285 (v.3) Australian Studies 354 or any previous version
12652 (v.2) Anthropology 323 - Life in the City - Urban Anthropology
12684 (v.2) Australian Studies 254 or any previous version
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| Prerequisite(s): | 1973 (v.4) Anthropology 112 - Social and Cultural Anthropology in a Changing World or any previous version
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7367 (v.4) Anthropology 111 - The Anthropological Imagination or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | Anthropology of the city. Urban anthropology at home. Origins and growth of cities and urban anthropology. Kinship, family and neighbourhood in urban contexts. Work and recreation in cities. Ethnographic studies in and of urban settings. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have- Become familiar with anthropological contributions to the study of urban development and planning. Conducted practical and fieldwork on an urban topic. Grounded their knowledge through a consideration of themajor urban development and planning issues of the Perth metropolitan area. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Baumann G., (1996), Contesting Culture- discourses of identity in multi-ethnic London, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Burawoy M, (Ed.)., (1991), Ethnography Unbound- power and resistance in the modern metropolis, Berkeley, University of California Press. Finnegan R, (1998), 1998 Tales of the City- a study of narrative and urban life, Cambridge- Cambridge University Press. Hamnett, Stephen and Freestone R, (Eds)., (2000), The Australian Metropolis: a planning history, St Leonards, New South Wales, Allen & Unwin. Low S, (Ed)., (1999), Theorizing the City- the new urban anthropology reader, New Brunswick, NJ and London- Rutgers University Press. Sennett R, (1994), Flesh and Stone- the body and the city in western civilization, New York and London, W.W. Norton and Company. |
| Unit Texts: | Forster C., (1999), Australian Cities- Continuity and Change, 2nd ed, Melbourne, Oxford University Press. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Essay 25%, Practical/fieldwork 25%, Test 1 25%, Test 2 25%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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