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301556 (v.2) Anthropology 324 - Approaches to Development
Area: | Department of Social Sciences |
Credits: | 50.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Workshop: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): | 9912 (v.4) Anthropology 317 - Applied Anthropology
9914 (v.4) Anthropology 217 - Applied Anthropology
11544 (v.3) Geography 320 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World
11545 (v.2) Geography 220 - Sustainable Rural Development in the Third World
301557 (v.2) Geography 223 - Approaches to Development
301558 (v.2) Geography 323 - Approaches to Development
301561 (v.2) Anthropology 225 - Development Policy in Practice
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Syllabus: | An introduction to discourses of development that have underpinned development policy and practice over the past 100 years. Among the discourses examined are colonial development thinking, modernisation theory, dependency and world-systems theory, marxist and neo-marxist approaches, neo-liberalism, and post-colonial development theory. Students must produce a major research project. |
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Unit Outcomes: | To provide students with an understanding of the theories and approaches that have guided development thinking from colonial to postcolonial times.To provide a conceptual and theoretical basis for the examination of development policies and practices in specific development programs and projects. To examine new postcolonial development discourses which challenge/provide alternatives to dominant approaches. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Arce, A. and Longn N. (eds). (2000), Anthropology, development and modernities. London, Routledge. Escobar, E. (1995), Encountering development: the making and unmaking of the third world. Princeton, Princeton University Press. Gardner, K. and Lewis,D. (1996), Anthropology, development and the post-modern challenge. London, Pluto Press. Held, D. McGrew, A. Goldblatt, D. and Perraton, J. (1999), Global transformations: Politics, economic and culture. Stanford, Stanford University Press. McMichael, P. (2000). Development and social change: a global perspective. Thousand Oaks, California, Pine Forge Press. Newell, P. (2001), Environmental NGOs, TNCs, and the question of governance'. In D Stevis and V J Assetto (eds): The international political economy of the environment. Boulder, London, Lynne Rienner Publishers. Scott, J. (1998), Seeing like a state: How certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed. New Haven, Yale University Press. Scudder, T (1999), 'The emerging global crisisand development Anthropology: can we have an impact?' Human Organization, vol 58, no. 4: 351-364 |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Continuous assessment of one major project: Draft 20%, Final 60%, Participation 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 90303 Anthropology | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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