KUMP004 Societies and social relationships (5 cr)

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Study level:
Basic studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028

Description

This course draws from anthropological and ethnological research traditions to examine the relationships that tie humans to each other. The main themes are social groups, networks, kinship and family, ethnicity, nationalism, transnationalism and multispecies relations.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will:

  • understand anthropological theories related to the family and kinship

  • be familiar with the key concepts ethnicity, identity, nationalism and transnationalism

  • be able to explain how social networks and structures work on the level of culture. 

Additional information

Taught course. Independent work on written assignments is possible in special cases.

Study materials

Tenttiin luetaan kolme seuraavista kirjoista

  • Amit,Vered (toim.). 2001. Realizing Community: Concepts, Social Relationships and Sentiments. Saatavana elektronisena julkaisuna.

  • Carsten, Janet 2004. After Kinship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • Fingerroos, Outi, Tapaninen, Anna-Maria, Tiilikainen Marja (toim.). 2016. Perheenyhdistäminen. Kuka saa perheen Suomeen, kuka ei ja miksi? 

  • Cabot, Heath 2014. On the Doorstep of Europe: Asylum and Citizenship in Greece.

  • Horsti, Karina (ed.). 2019: The Politics of Public Memories of Forced Migration and Bordering in Europe.

  • Mathur, Nayanika. 2021. Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene.

  • Vertovec, Steven. 2009. Transnationalism 

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
Taught course.
Evaluation criteria:
The grading scale in all completion modes will be numerical: 0-5. The grade will be based on the evaluation of the assignments that measure the extent to which the learning goals have been achieved. In courses organized in the form of contact teaching, completion requires 80% attendance. For independent learning, completion of the unit requires that written assignments are completed and approved by the instructor in charge.
Select all marked parts

Method 2

Description:
E-exam or an essay.
Evaluation criteria:
The grading scale in all completion modes will be numerical: 0-5. The grade will be based on the evaluation of the assignments that measure the extent to which the learning goals have been achieved. In courses organized in the form of contact teaching, completion requires 80% attendance. For independent learning, completion of the unit requires that written assignments are completed and approved by the instructor in charge.
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching

x

Independent study (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching