James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2007

AN2106 - Anthropology of Violence

Credit points: 03
Year: 2007
Student Contribution Band: Band 1
Administered by: School of Arts & Social Sciences

Violence, its forms and controls, is fundamental to human social existence and is central to theories regarding the nature of society. The anthropology of violence addresses these points from a comparative cross-cultural perspective. Emphasis is given to the situational nature of violence and human conflict with case studies of warfare, state-based violence, sexual violence, genocide and ethnic conflict.

Learning Outcomes

Graduate Qualities

Inadmissible
Subject
Combinations:
AN3106

Availabilities

Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coord/Lect: Assoc. Professor Rosita Henry.
Contact hours:
  • 26 hours lectures
  • 12 hours tutorials
    Assessment:quizzes or tests (30%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (50%).

    Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
    Census Date 30-Mar-2007
    Coord/Lect: Dr Michael Wood.
    Contact hours:
    • 26 hours lectures
    • 12 hours tutorials
      Assessment:quizzes or tests (30%); tutorial attendance and participation (20%); essays (50%).

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