James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2002

AN2015:04

*NOTE* Anthropology and Development Issues

Townsville, Cairns

HECS Band 1

26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials. Semester 1.

Staff: Dr D Miles.

The subject outlines how anthropological concepts and methods are useful in representing and explaining the kinds of transformations engendered by the development of the global economy.

Learning Objectives:

  1. to understand past and contemporary impacts of colonialism;
  2. to understand the contemporary consequences of the global economic order;
  3. to appreciate the nature of local responses to their incorporation into the global economy;
  4. to appreciate the role of anthropology in evaluating and representing local responses to colonialism, development and underdevelopment.

Assessment by tutorial presentation and participation (20%); tutorial report (1,500 words) (30%); and major essay (3,000 words) (50%).