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HIST1312 - Historical anthropology
[2 Q. • 30 Th. • 3 ECTS - credits]
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Bousmar Eric |
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| Language of instruction :
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French. Additional readings may be proposed in other languages (mainly English). |
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| Learning outcomes :
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The aim is to introduce the students enrolled in the history, languages and literature, philosophy as well as social and political sciences programmes to the purpose, the methods and the main results of historical anthropology, and this in a critical manner. Historical anthropology can be defined as a history of mentalities and behaviours sustained by an anthropological and ethnological questioning.
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| Prerequisites :
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The students should have acquired a fundamental historical knowledge in first and second year (especially the "History of Western societies and cultures" and "Criticism of information sources" courses, among others), according to the curriculum.
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| Course contents :
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After a general presentation of the perspective of historical anthropology (its roots, its emergence, its links with other perspectives such as cultural history or history of representations), the course will present the major authors and issues of this current. This way, we will be able to consider the structures of everyday life and family, the relation between humans and animals, the history of sensitivities (sense of smell, modesty...), feelings and emotions (attitudes regarding death, violence, fears...), sexuality, body (nutrition, appearances, gesture), symbolic communication (including emblematic communication) and the rituals of power. We will proceed through selected files whose analysis will include a critical dimension, especially in regards to the methods implemented. The studied issues are part of a long-term perspective and are thus run through several periods of history.
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| Mode of delivery :
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The lecture is based on concrete cases and problem-situations. A reading file may complete it. |
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| Assessment methods and criteria :
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The oral examination (with written preparation) assesses the knowledge of the course and of possible additional readings. |
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| Recommended or required reading :
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See bibliography of the outline syllabus, which will be commented in class.
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| Other information :
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Outline-syllabus including a thematic bibliography and reproduction of key documents or extracts analysed or discussed during the course. |
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