.At the end of the course students will
- Know basic philosophical premises of Socio-Cultural Anthropology such as holism, cross-cultural comparison, cross-historical comparison, cultural relativism, intercultural translation and representation.
- Know ethnographic fieldwork as a central methodology and participant observation and semi-structured interviews as central methods of Social Anthropology and related ethical issues.
- Know diverse approaches to culture and cultural forms such as language, religion.
- Learn various forms in which kinship relations based on descent and marriage influences the social, political and economic organization in various groups.
- Know various forms of social stratification along with caste, class, age and gender.
- Learn subsistance patterns, economic systems and political systems in various cultural contexts.