Module/Course Title: Introduction to Social Anthropology I

Code number : SA-100
Level of Module/Course (under-/postgraduate): Undergraduate
Type of Module/Course: Compulsory
Year of Study:  1rd
Semester: 1th
Number of ects allocated:: 5
Νumber of teaching units: 3
Name of lecturer / lecturers: Effie Plexousaki

Content outline : This course explore the basic concepts of the discipline, its history within Greece and abroad, and its relation to other social sciences and humanities. We will proceed to a presentation of the most important theoretical approaches to the study of societies and their differences and their political and historical context, as well as a detailed account of the methodological particularities of social anthropology in terms of research, interpretation and writing. During the course we shall examine questions of cultural difference as the object of anthropology and discuss how they are related with issues of "race" and racism. Based on ethnographic examples with emphasis on uses of tools and symbols, including language and myths and on cultural dimensions of time, the students will be acquainted with various ways in which members of different societies perceive and classify the world around them.

Learning outcomes: the students become familiar with the subject of social anthropology and the research methods employed in the study of societies. get to recognize cultural variation and difference, to demonstrate how our own understandings of the world are culturally constructed. become familiar with basic issues in anthropological interpretation and research.
Prerequisites : None  
Recommended Reading: a) Basic Textbooks
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Small places, large issues. An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology, London: Pluto Press 2001 (second edition) (In Greek). Jean-Paul Colleyn, Elements d'anthropologie sociale and culturelle, Bruxelles: Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles 1979. (In Greek).
b) Additional References
Franz Boas, The mind of Primitive Man, MacMillan Company 1911. (In Greek) Claude Lévi-Strauss, Race et Histoire, Paris: Folio 1987 (In Greek).
Albert Jacquard, Moi et les autres, Paris: Virgule 2009 (In Greek).
Edmund Leach, "Time and false noses" in Rethinking Anthropology,
London: Athlon Press 1961. (In Greek)
Jean-Loup Amselle, Logiques métisses. Anthropologie de l'idéntité en Afrique et ailleurs, Paris:Payot 1990 (In Greek)
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods : lectures, class discussions, ethnographic films and fieldtrips
Assessment/Grading Methods: Final written exam (80%), optionnal short assignment (20%);
Language of Instruction: Greek
Μode of delivery (face-to-face, distance learning): Face-to-face learning