Social Anthropology MRes

Compulsory

• SA5517 - Dissertation in Social Anthropology Research
• SA5603 - Ethnographic Research Methods
  This module will introduce you to the methods employed by anthropologists when undertaking ethnographic research in preparation for your own fieldwork research on which your dissertation will be based.

Optional

• War and Humanitarian Assistance
  In this subject you will analyse the social and economic consequences of contemporary warfare and the rebuilding war-torn societies from an anthropological perspective and by doing so, understand the different ways anthropological research can enhance the understanding of contemporary warfare.
• SA5523 - Anthropology of the Body
  Explore key theories of ‘the body’ in anthropology and other cognate discipline through the work of scholars such as Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault and Thomas Csordas. You will also be exposed to contemporary approaches to the study of subjectivity, personhood and experience across societies and cultures.
• SA5622 - Anthropology and Global Health
  A theoretical introduction to the anthropological study of global health which includes a comparative understanding of the methods employed by biomedical scientists, epidemiologists, biosocial anthropologists, clinically applied and critical medical anthropologists in the study of global health.
• Cross-Cultural perspectives on Education and Learning
  Gain an appreciation of the key issues in the anthropology of education and learning and an understanding, ethnographically, of how culture shapes and informs the educational and learning process an and in turn impacts social and cultural practices.
• SA5527 - Anthropology of the Person
  Anthropological approaches to understanding ‘the person’ are discussed through the work of theorists such as Mauss and Hacking including contemporary approaches to the study of subjectivity, personhood and experience in formal and informal environments.
• Critical Perspectives on International Development

  You will gain a theoretical and historical overview of the changing relationship between anthropology and international development as you learn to understand the multiple ways in which anthropological research can enhance our understanding of contemporary policies and practices in international development. 

• SA5601 - Ethnicity, Identity and Culture
  Learn about the range of key concepts, theories and controversies in the anthropology of ethnicity, culture, nationhood and identity. Drawing on case studies from within and beyond Britain, it will encourage you to consider how identities are created, deployed and contested.
• SA5596 - Guided Study Module
  Guided study modules within your MRES will help you to discover how to plan, implement and evaluate your own independent research, alongside regular supervisory support. After initiate negotiation of your subject choice with your supervisor, a fundamental part of your work is a critical evaluation of anthropological literature on your chosen topic.
• SA5540 - Kinship, Sex and Gender
  An introduction to some of the key social anthropological literature on kinship, gender and sexuality including universalities and particularities in the construction of gender roles and different theoretical paradigms on gender and sexuality.
• SA5602 - Medical Anthropology in Clinical and Community Settings
  Delve into the contemporary texts that have contributed to the development of medical anthropology as you consider its innovations and how the application of anthropological research in the subject can contribute to improving medical practices.
• SA5604 - Thinking Anthropologically
  To introduce you to the discipline of anthropology, and to offer you a grounding in its key theories and methods. By the end of the module, you will be able to draw connections between the materials studied your own degree specialism.
• SA5620 - Themes in Psychological and Psychiatric Anthropology
  Provides a theoretical introduction to psychological and psychiatric anthropology, to provide you with detailed insight into the ways in which person, emotion, and subjectivity are shaped through cultural practices.
• Understanding Childhood and Youth
  This module will introduce you to the study of childhood and youth as they are constructed and practiced in different social, cultural and economic settings. The first section focuses on children, looking first at how ideas of childhood are constructed by adults, the second section is devoted to young people.