KUMS027 Development ethnology (5 cr)

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

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This study module looks at development research from ethnological perspectives.

Description


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 poverty

  • 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

EN: The instructor in charge of the module will announce possible literature and/or other materials. For a book exam, choose three of the following:

  • Crewe, Emma & Axelby, Richard 2013: Anthropology and Development: Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World.

  • Ferguson, James 1999: Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the 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 World. Saatavana elektronisena julkaisuna. 

Completion methods

Method 1

Description:
Taught module: 80 % attendance requirement and completion of written assignments
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.
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Method 2

Description:
Independent study: book exam, reading group or written 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 modules organized in the form of contact teaching, completion requires 80% attendance.
Select all marked parts
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Teaching (5 cr)

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

Teaching

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Independent study (5 cr)

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

Teaching