Ethnography, in practice

Knowledge

• Understand the relevance of classical and contemporary anthropological perspectives for contemporary applied organisational issues
• Articulate their relevance for contemporary academic and public policy debates
• Understand ongoing theoretical debates and the potential position of your own original research to the development of these debates
• Formulate your own potential career paths inside and outside of academia that can be built upon anthropological expertise

Skills

• Understand and explain the relationship between anthropological knowledge and practical societal challenges in different work-related contexts
• Identify what may be your own anthropological contribution to a selected field of practice
• Understand how applied anthropology converges and diverges from academic anthropology
• Become aware of how your own competence can be applied in practice

General competence

• Deepen the capacity for independent academic thought and appreciate its relevance in non-academic contexts
• Enhance the ability to talk about one’s written and presentation skills
• Improve competence in essay writing/argument construction

You have to be enrolled in the master’s programme in Social Anthropology and must have completed ANTH4115 and ANTH4125.

Alternatively you must be enrolled in the master’s programme for Social Anthropology, and must have completed ANTH4010​, ANTH4020​, and ANTH4030​.

Students must be enrolled in the master’s programme in Social Anthropology.

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled in the Master's Programme in Social Anthropology, please see our admission requirements and apply, and see the information on application and admission to master's degree programmes at UiO.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Teaching blocks with a combination of lectures and in-class group discussions moderated by the lecturer.

In addition to the syllabus in Leganto you are required to select and read an additional 200 pages of relevant literature of your own choosing. More information about the self-chosen readings will be given in class.

Compulsory activity:

Mandatory oral presentation which will reflect on what you have learned about applied anthropology during the course.

The compulsory activity will be assessed as Approved/Not approved. You must have the compulsory activity approved in order to take the exam.

In the event of illness or other valid reasons, you can apply for a valid absence or postponement of compulsory activity. Apply for valid absence from or need for postponement of compulsory activity

Access to teaching:

A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Reflection paper (2,500 words) which will reflect on what you have learned about applied anthropology during the course.

The compulsory activity must be approved and the exam passed in the same semester.

Previous exams and assessment guidelines.

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Resitting an examination

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.

Also see Grading guidelines in social anthropology