Introductory anthropology: language, culture, communication

City Lit

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    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

To introduce students to various anthropological approaches in understanding different societies, including their own. It will raise some of the current issues in anthropology.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- Identify various approaches to understanding different societies
- Identify various features of different societies
- Assess the similarities and differences between custom and belief in different societies
- Clarify your own ideas and values through participation in group discussion
- Be sensitive to the value of ways of life other than your own.

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  • Communication Training

Course programme

The course will touch upon ideas of cultural development, and the various ways in which humans imagine their world according to linguistic, material and spatial principles. Topics included are clothing, art, performance and music as forms of communication, the construction of place, ideas of nature and its relation to culture.

The sessions will run as informal seminars with ample time for discussion and the exchange of ideas. Videos and articles by leading anthropologists will be used to illustrate the themes.You should be prepaed to contribute to discussion and good natured debate.

Additional information

HA011 Introduction to anthropology: natures and cultures. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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Introductory anthropology: language, culture, communication

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