KUMS4005 Development ethnology (5 cr)
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024
Description
Content
This module discusses how development is examined in ethnology and anthropology.
Completion methods
Lecture course or independent study (book exam, study circle or essay).
Assessment details
Course: 80% attendance requirement and completion of written assignments. Independent
study: book exam, study circle or written essay.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module the student will
- know what are the most challenging questions related to development faced by people
living in difficult socio-economic circumstances
- be able to critically assess how power relations influence what is meant by development
in different contexts
- know how the knowledge gathered through ethnographic methods differs from other
kinds of knowledge used in development research and
- will be able to evaluate how ethnographic knowledge can be used in an applied manner
to support the development of studied communities.
- know what are the most challenging questions related to development faced by people
living in difficult socio-economic circumstances
- be able to critically assess how power relations influence what is meant by development
in different contexts
- know how the knowledge gathered through ethnographic methods differs from other
kinds of knowledge used in development research and
- will be able to evaluate how ethnographic knowledge can be used in an applied manner
to support the development of studied communities.
Study materials
Teacher in charge of the module will announce possible literature and/or other materials. For a
book exam, choose three of the following:
book exam, choose three of the following:
Literature
- Crewe, Emma & Axelby, Richard 2013: Anthropology and Development: Culture, Morality<br />and Politics in a Globalised World.
- Ferguson, James 1999: Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the<br />Zambian Copperbelt. Saatavana elektronisena julkaisuna.
- Martin, Richard & Mathema, Ashna 2010: Development Poverty and Politics.
- Diamond, Jared 1997/2005: Tykit, taudit ja teräs: ihmisen yhteiskuntien kohtalot.
- Escobar, Arturo 1995: Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third<br />World. Saatavana elektronisena julkaisuna.
Completion methods
Method 1
Select all marked parts
Method 2
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Teaching (5 cr)
Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Teaching
2/28–4/25/2023 Lectures
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Independent study (5 cr)
Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish