Study plan Bachelor's Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Study guides
Description of first year subjects of the new Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Basic Concepts About Difference and Inequality (Semester 1) (FB)
Anthropological perspectives on difference and inequality. Basic concepts of Anthropology: culture, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism. Introduction to anthropological perspectives on difference and inequality: class, interethnic, gender and generation relations; inclusion and exclusion processes; integration and assimilation.
Ethnographic Approach to Cultural Diversity (Semester 1) (FB)
Introduction to the fields of Anthropology through a specific ethnographic case that provides a holistic approach to cultural diversity and allows the contrast between the sociocultural context itself and other ethnographic examples.
Ethnographic Texts and Audiovisuals (Semester 1) (FB)
Analysis of classic concepts and fields of Social and Cultural Anthropology through ethnographic texts and audiovisual sources used in ethnography, placing the descriptive and theoretical categories of the discipline in their corresponding historical context, and critically showing the stylistic resources used in the preparation of ethnographic documents.
History of Thought in the Social Sciences in the Contemporary World (Semester 1) (FB)
General portrait of classical sociological theories in relation to the cultural, political, and social context in which they have emerged (Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Addams, Freud), reviewed from a gender perspective. Main theoretical currents from the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century and the theoretical-conceptual tools so that students can reflect critically and rigorously on contemporary reality.
Colonial and Postcolonial History (Semester 1) (FB)
History of European expansion since the Renaissance. Empires of the 16th-18th centuries. Colonialism in the 19th-20th centuries. Other regional colonialisms. Effects of colonialism on colonized societies and metropolises. Resistance and the processes of independence and decolonization. Postcolonial effects: the new world system and new inequalities (developmentalism, migrations).
Culture, Nature, and Development (Semester 2) (FB)
The starting point is the ethnographic and ontological critique of the nature and culture dichotomy. Criticism and revision of the distinction between nature and culture. Analysis of the notions of nature and culture from a cross-cultural point of view. Comparative study of conceptualizations of nature. Analysis of the effect of these cultural conceptions on the relationship of societies with the environment. Critical approach to practices on nature and development models.
Digital Resources for Anthropological Research (Semester 2) (FB)
Knowledge of digital applications and online resources related to anthropological research and their implementation: research ethics, searching for anthropological literature, managing bibliographic references, obtaining, and managing data, as well as basic techniques for the analysis and presentation of results in texts, presentations, graphics, and videos.
Epistemologies of the World (Semester 2) (FB)
What is knowledge and its forms of elaboration and transmission. Exploration of the different modalities of knowledge and thought of human life throughout history. Journey through diverse perspectives and human cultures. Analysis of the modalities of knowledge in time and space, analysing their dependence on the various forms of human life. Similarities and differences between the various perspectives.
Geographic Views of the World (Semester 2) (FB)
Main elements that structure and interrelate the territories of the societies of the world. Introduction to the theoretical thinking of the geographic discipline. Main features of the global sociodemographic and geopolitical panorama and the cultural diversity of human societies. Main problems of social, environmental inequalities and access to resources on a global scale. Main characteristics of the forms of settlement and the urbanization process.
Academic Writing Seminar (Semester 2) (FB) (Catalan or Spanish)
Learning the strategies to write specialized texts in a clear and correct way and considering the specific needs of the discipline, with special emphasis on the different textual typologies, on the stages of writing the texts and on the properties that characterize the writings in the academic style.