KUMS026 Rituals and symbols (5 cr)

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

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After completing the module, the student will have an understanding of ritual theory and its potential for the study of current anthropological phenomena.

Description

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Learning outcomes

EN: On completion of this module the student will

  • Know the classical theories of ritual and the concepts associated with these theories

  • Know the questions they can answer using these theories in anthropology and related disciplines

  • Be able to assess how ritual behaviour creates cultural and power structures in different cultures 

Additional information

EN: Independent work through a written assignement. Contact teaching may be organized in some years. 

Study materials

Kirjat / books:

  • Ammerman, Nancy 2013: Sacred stories, spiritual tribes finding religion in everyday life. 

  • Bell, Catherine 1992: Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice.

  • Butters, Maija 2021: Death and Dying Mediated by Medicine, Rituals, and Aesthetics : An Ethnographic Study on the Experiences of Palliative Patients in Finland. Saatavana avoimesti

  • Eliade, Mircea 1993 (1949): Ikuisen paluun myytti: Kosmos ja historia.

  • Turner, Victor 2007: Rituaali. Rakenne ja communitas.

Teemanumerot / Theme numbers:

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
For independent completion, the student should choose a) three books or b) two books and two journal theme numbers from the list.
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 modules organized in the form of contact teaching, completion requires 80% attendance.
Select all marked parts

Method 2

Description:
Contact teaching may be organized in some years.
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 modules organized in the form of contact teaching, completion requires 80% attendance.
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Independent study (5 cr)

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

Teaching

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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
No published teaching