Anthropology of Symbolic systems : Religion, Nature and Virtual Worlds

Teacher(s)

Servais Olivier;

Language

French

Main themes

Through lectures and reading exercise the course will encounter … Authors such as : Douglas, Hallowell, Turner, Gauchet, Lévi-strauss, De Certeau, Leenhardt, Van der Leeuw, Dumezil, Mali-nowski, Leach, Goody, Otto, Van Gennep, Descola, Viveiros de Castro, Bastide, Girard, Frazer. Following subject and concepts such as : Myth, mythology, ideology, ritual, the symbolic, the belief, the conversion, the religion, the religious, the sa-cred, the secularization, totemism, animism, naturalism, the magic, the sorcery, shamanism, phenomenological approaches, structuralism and symbolic functionalism.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	At the end of the course : 1. the student will understand the main trends and great authors of symbolic systems anthropology. 2. the student will be able to develop a personal point of view about these trends.

Content

The course Methodology : 1. Lecture of introduction (first lesson) 2. Previous article readings 3. Collective analysis or presentations and feedback about reading exercise 4. Final lecture: conclusion and synthesis.

Teaching methods

Active pedagogy with strong student involvement. Each course uses a different didactic or pedagogical method. 

Evaluation methods

Students are evaluated on the basis of their participation and a final collective and individual work.
The use of artificial intelligence in the assessment tests for this course is governed by the rules set out in the faculty memorandum on the subject, which is available on the faculty intranet in the information for students section.

Other information

Pre-requisite : A first course in anthropology. Evaluation : Students' work will be appraised according to the jury system (cf. Master in Anthropology) Materials course : Texts portfolio will be distributed.

Online resources

A moodle support with all the texts needed. If the sanitary conditions require it, the course can be organized partly by distance learning.

Teaching materials

• PDF disponible sur moodle

Faculty or entity

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