Duration
30h Th, 16h FW
Number of credits
| Master in anthropology (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of social sciences) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The profusion of religions that the world presents involves all the disciplines of the social sciences. How can we identify these new or parallel religious forms which often oscillate between "tradition" and "modernity"? The curiosity, mistrust or sometimes fear that they give rise to raises questions. What is the meaning of these contemporary religiosities and spiritualities in their context of production?
This course will seek to explore the answers that anthropology provides to these questions using a variety of ethnographic examples (neopagan practices, religions on the internet, ecospirituality, prophetism, multiconfessionalism, etc.) as well as various and recent theoretical approaches.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Students will be able to identify and describe forms of contemporary religiosity and spirituality which they will be able to analyse in the light of methodological and theoretical proposals. They will be able to report and debate these in a reflective manner.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Classes, conferences, videos, discussions and debates, reading, ethnographic fieldwork.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
In class.
Recommended or required readings
Students will have to read articles and extracts from publications and will choose other ones for their final report and the debate they will conduct.
See "course materials".
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam AND oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Students must write a final report based on their ethnographic fieldwork and give an oral presentation; students must also prepare and conduct a debate on a subject that will be chosen in class.
Final report downloaded on Ultra : 50%
- compliance with the guidelines
- transfer of learned knowledge and skills (class and texts' analysis)
- quality of writing
Oral presentation: 30%
- understanding of the text
- discussion moderation
Debate : 20%
- preparation
- transfer of learned knowledge and skills (class and texts' analysis)
- participation
See "course materials".
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course will take place during the first semester.
Contacts
Students can arrange to see me by appointment.
Elodie Razy: elodie.razy@uliege.be
Bureau 2.36 (B31)