Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Céline Deville, Marc Poncelet, N'koué Emmanuel Sambieni, Joséphine Wouango
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
First part
Basics in anthropology of kinship and family
Second part
- Basics in the field of Population and Development
- Key notions in African contemporary populations studies
- Emmanuel Todd Theories on population and development
- contemporary transformations of South families
Youth, gender, sex, reproduction health in West-Africa.
Contemporary fieldworks.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Knowledge of the main concepts and theories of the anthropology of kinship (filiation/marriage)
- Knowledge and the ability to critically discuss theories of modernisation and the theory of demographic transition
- Introductory knowledge of the problems of family and gender in developing countries
- Discovering researches in children's rights/family law in Africa
At the end of the course, the learner will be able to...
- be able to give an initial description of a family culture and type of family he/she would actually encounter in a developing country
- distance themselves from the many stereotypes about family and kinship issues in developing countries.
- Give a course or lecture on the world's major demographic prospects and their relationship with development, citing specific historical and contemporary examples.
- document (evidence-based) a major contemporary public health problem in Africa, particularly as it relates to sexuality, gender and youth.
-approach with distance and critical perspective the transnational issues, mechanisms, themes and policies of public health and reproductive rights that are omnipresent in Africa.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The course assumes students have read the book by C. Ghasarian, Introduction à l'étude de la parenté. Le Seuil, coll. Point, 1996, Paris. This anthropological piece of work is the educational material for the first part but should be considered as reading to be carried out beforehand.
During the second part of the course, students will be asked to read the texts form the portfolio (to be purchased). Readings will also be uploaded online.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Teaching in small parrticipative group.
Contribiutions :
Dr Wouango, du Prof. Sambieni, de Mme Deville.
experts youth, gender, reproduction health in West Africa.
Prof. Ben Ali (Populations studies University of Tunis), Prof. Jacques Emina (Unikin, DRC)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
- Direct teaching (presentations, film, lectures) in a group which rarely exceeds 20 students.
30 hours of theory given in the first term. Friday mornings from 8:00 to 9:30 Building 31, Sart-Tilman.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- MyULiège
Further information:
- C. Ghasarian, Introduction à l'étude de la parenté. Le Seuil, coll. Point, 1996, Paris. To be purchased.
- Annual reading portfolio
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Further information:
Session (January-September) individual oral examination
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
It is advised to purchase the book of C. Ghasarian mentioned above and to start reading it before the beginning of the course.
Contacts
Lecturer :
Marc Poncelet
Tel.: 04 366 30 74
Marc.Poncelet@ulg.ac.be
Professor Assistant
Melissa Schneider
Melissa.Schneider@uliege.be
Secretary :
secretariat.fass@uliege.be