Module A4: Social and Cultural Anthropology of Latin America
Module A4: Social and Cultural Anthropology of Latin America
Competence aims:
conveyance of in-depth knowledge of the social and cultural anthropology of Latin America as well as approaches to local-global socio-cultural dynamics in their transregional and constantly changing dimensions
ability to formulate research queries that are relevant to the current debate in this field and to examine them by applying theoretical and methodological approaches to socio-cultural dynamics and media representations that relate to the pre-colonial or the colonial era and/or the present
ability to autonomously conduct an empirical research or theoretical paper inland or abroad via the conceptualization of a research project on a topic within the social and cultural anthropology of Latin America, a differentiated analysis and the presentation of initial results
Learning content:
conveyance of in-depth knowledge of selected theoretical debates and multimethodological approaches in a topic area in the social and cultural anthropology of Latin America
acquirement and application of ethno-historical, ethno-linguistic, ethnological and media-ethnological work techniques that are relevant for a chosen research question
ability to solve research questions with a view of global processes of transformation, transregional entanglements, local appropriations of culture and social structure as well as categories of power such as ethnicity, class and gender
Development of relevant research questions whose theoretical foundation (verb?) the selection of appropriate methods as well as the analysis, interpretative assessment, and presentation of initial results