English version published 2006-11-08 11.54.37

Study units and instruction

Study unit Bachelor´s Degree

In Finnish: Kandidaatin opinnot/vtk

title: Bachelor´s Degree

(In Finnish: Kandidaatin opinnot )
Credits: 180, Credit Units: 120,
  • Studies in major subject: basic studies 25 credits, intermediate studies 53 credits (minors 35 credits)
  • All-faculty general studies: 24 credits
  • Elective studies or minor subjects: a minimum of 78 credits

Subordinate units

Study unit General Studies

In Finnish: Yleisopinnot/yleisopinnot

General Studies

  • Personal study plan (HOPS) 1 credit
  • Finnish/Swedish language 15 credits
  • Foreign Language Text Comprehension + Oral Course 3 credits
  • ICT (TVT-opinnot) 5 credits

Study unit Basic Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

In Finnish: Perusopinnot (25 op/15 ov)/75018

(In Finnish: )

Literature

Study unit 101. Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

In Finnish: 101 Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologian johdantokurssi (5 op / 3 ov)/758101

title: 101. Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 3,

Mode of assessment:

Lecture course which includes the examination of Eriksen’s book “Small Places, Large Issues”, or faculty examination.

Literature

  • Keesing, R & Strathern, A: Cultural Anthropology; A Contemporary Perspective (examined separately in the faculty exam.)

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology spring 07 (758101)

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 5 Credits (study weeks) 3

Teachers

Marie-Louise Karttunen E-mail marie-louise.karttunen@helsinki.fi

Time and location

15.1.2007 - 30.4.2007

Mondays at 12-14 pm, Unioninkatu 40, room 4

No prior registration required.

Study unit 102. Introductory Seminar

In Finnish: 102 Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologian johdantoseminaari (4 op / 2 ov)/758102

title: 102. Introductory Seminar

Credits: 4, Credit Units: 2,

Mode of Assessment:

Students majoring in Social and Cultural Anthropology, general sociology, demography, or cultural anthropology take part in the introductory seminar instructed by a graduate student. Students majoring in other subjects complete the requirement in the faculty examination.

Literature

  • Delaney, C.: Investigating Culture. An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology.

Literature examinations

Study unit 103. History of Anthropological Theory

In Finnish: 103 Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologian oppihistoria (8 op / 5 ov)/758103

title: 103. History of Anthropological Theory

Credits: 8, Credit Units: 5,

Mode of Assessment:

Students majoring in Social and Cultural Anthropology take part in the lecture and theme seminar organised in the Spring semester. The course is also open to students majoring in general sociology, demography, and cultural anthropology. Other students complete the requirement in the faculty examination.

Literature

  • Bohannan, P: High Points in Anthropology
  • Stocking, G: The Ethnographer's Magic
  • Stocking, G: After Tylor

Literature examinations

Study unit 104. Central Themes of Anthropological Research

In Finnish: 104 Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologian keskeiset suuntaukset (8 op / 5 ov)/758104

title: 104. Central Themes of Anthropological Research

Credits: 8, Credit Units: 5,

Mode of Assessment:

Students majoring in Social and Cultural Anthropology take part in the lecture and theme seminar organised in the Spring semester. The course is also open to students majoring in general sociology, demography, and cultural anthropology. Other students complete the requirement in the faculty examination.

Literature

  • Malinowski, B: Argonauts of the Western Pacific
  • Firth, R: We, the Tikopia
  • Evans-Pritchard, E.E: Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande
  • Kluckhohn, C: Navaho Witchcraft
  • Sahlins, M: Tribesmen

Literature examinations

Study unit Intermediate Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

In Finnish: Aineopinnot (53 op/31 ov)/75022

(In Finnish: )

Literature

Superordinate Units

Subordinate units

Study unit 201. Anthropological Research Problems I: Economy and Exchange

In Finnish: 201 Tutkimusala I (7 op/4 ov)/758201

title: 201. Anthropological Research Problems I: Economy and Exchange

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

Choose four of the following works:

  • Alexander, J: Trade, Traders and Trading in Rural Java
  • Godelier, M: The Enigma of the Gift
  • Gregory, C: Gifts and Commodities
  • Mauss, M: The Gift (suomeksi: Lahja)
  • Sahlins, M: Stone Age Economics
  • Mintz, S: Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History

Literature examinations

Study unit 202. Anthropological Research Problems II: Politics and Society

In Finnish: 202 Tutkimusala II (7 op/4 ov)/758202

title: 202. Anthropological Research Problems II: Politics and Society

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

Choose four of the following works:

  • Evans-Pritchard, E.E: The Nuer
  • Geertz, C: Negara. The Theatre-State in 19th Century Bali
  • Gluckman, M: Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society
  • Godelier, M: The Making of Great Men
  • Koskinen, A: Ariki, the First-Born
  • Scott, J: Seeing Like a State
  • Turner, V: Schism and Continuity in an African Society
  • Sahlins, M: Islands of History

Literature examinations

Study unit 204. Anthropological Research Problems IV: Myth and Worldview

In Finnish: 204 Tutkimusala IV (7 op/4 ov)/758204

title: 204. Anthropological Research Problems IV: Myth and Worldview

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Literature

Choose four of the following works:

  • Douglas, M: Purity and Danger
  • Sather, C: Seeds of Play, Words of Power
  • Keesing, R: Kwaio Religion
  • Lévi-Strauss, C: Savage Mind
  • Okhnuki-Tierney, E (ed.): Culture through Time
  • Reichel-Dolmatoff, G: Amazonian Cosmos
  • Siikala, J: Akatokamanava
  • Robbins, J: Becoming Sinners
  • Valeri, V: The Forest of Taboos

Literature examinations

Study unit 301. Ethnographic Seminar

In Finnish: 301 Etnografiaseminaari I (7 op/4 ov)/758301

title: 301. Ethnographic Seminar

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

See list provided in the departmental office and consult the examiner.

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Post-communist societies (758301/758302, 7 op, 4 ov)

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 7 Credits (study weeks) 4

Teachers

Lecturer Toomas Gross E-mail toomas.gross@helsinki.fi

Time and location

18.1.2007 - 3.5.2007

Thursdays at 12-14, Unioninkatu 38, room D113

Courses in English

Problems in the Ethnography of Melanesia (758301/758302, 7/10 op, 4 ov)

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 7 Credits (study weeks) 4

Teachers

Lecturer Thomas Strong

Time and location

8.9.2006 - 15.12.2006

Fridays at 10-12, Unioninkatu 38, room D112

No preregistration required.

Content

This course visits the diverse and dynamic cultures of Melanesia, exploring seemingly-exotic systems of exchange, patterns of ritual, cosmological constructs, notions of gender, styles of sexual practice, and more. We review both long-term Melanesian historical trajectories (e.g., migration and settlement, agricultural intensification, etc.) and those more recent ( e.g., the social effects of Christian conversion and [post-] colonial governance). The course pairs the innovative and inventive forms of sociality exhibited across Melanesia with the innovations the ethnography of Melanesia has yielded for both anthropology and social theory as a whole, focusing especially on theories of economy and value, personhood and gender, and culture and history.

Study unit 401. Field Methods

In Finnish: 401 Antropologiset kenttämenetelmät (7 op/4 ov)/758401

title: 401. Field Methods

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

  • Metcalf, P: They Lie, We Lie
  • Powdermaker, H: Stranger and Friend: The Way of an Anthropologist
  • Wolcott, H: The Art of Fieldwork

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Anthropological field methods - Antropologiset kenttämenetelmät kevät07 (758401, 7op, 4ov)

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 7 Credits (study weeks) 4

Teachers

Lecturer Thomas Strong

Time and location

19.1.2007 - 4.5.2007

Fridays at 10-12, Unioninkatu 38, room D112

No preregistration required.

Content

What do anthropologists actually do and what is unique about anthropological research? Though ethnographic methods are shaped by each research situation and its particular historical and cultural circumstances, they are also guided by broad theoretical questions. Ethnographic research is comprised of three inter-related domains: creative theoretical speculation, methodological 'operationalization' of theoretical questions, and concrete research practices. The trick (or 'magic') of ethnographic research is creatively and pursuasively to relate empirical and observational data in many forms to the theories that motivate their collection. We explore the politics and ethics of research, kinds of observation, effective interviewing strategies, note-taking, ways of 'coding' or indexing information, data analysis, and approaches to writing.

Study unit 402. Analysis of Data

In Finnish: 402 Aineiston käsittely ja analyysi (7 op/4 ov)/758402

title: 402. Analysis of Data

Credits: 7, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a course and completion of writing assignments.

Study unit 501. Proseminar

In Finnish: 501 Proseminaari, vain pääaineopiskelijoille (5 op/3 ov)/758501

title: 501. Proseminar

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 3,

Mode of Assessment:

Submission of an essay of 15-20 pages and active participation in the seminar in the roles of defendant and opponent.

Study unit 502. Bachelor´s Thesis in Social and Cultural Anthropology

In Finnish: Kandidaatintutkielma, vain pääaineopiskelijoille (6 op/4 ov)/758607

title: 502. Bachelor´s Thesis in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Credits: 6, Credit Units: 4,

Study unit Master´s Degree

In Finnish: Maisteriopinnot/vtm

Master´s Degree

(In Finnish: Maisteriopinnot )
  • Advanced studies: 113-120 credits
  • Elective minor subject studies: a minimum of 0-7 credits

Subordinate units

Study unit Anthropological Research Problems III: Kinship and Social Organisation

In Finnish: 203 Tutkimusala III (10 op/4 ov)/758203

title: Anthropological Research Problems III: Kinship and Social Organisation

Credits: 10, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

Choose four of the following works:

  • Fortes, M: The Web of Kinship among the Tallensi
  • Piot, C: Remotely Global
  • Schneider, D: American Kinship
  • Lévi-Strauss, C: The Elementary Structures of Kinship
  • Radcliffe-Brown, A.R: The Social Organisation of Australian Tribes
  • Fruzzetti, L: Gift of a Virgin

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Kinship Today (758203, 10 op/4 ov)

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 10 Credits (study weeks) 4

Teachers

Lecturer Thomas Strong

Time and location

5.9.2006 - 12.12.2006

On Tuesdays at 14-16, Unioninkatu 40, room 15

No prior registration required.

Content

This course explores fundamental questions about human beings and cultural difference through focused exploration of a single topic: kinship. The family and marriage are today sites of considerable political and ethical debate globally. From test-tube babies to same-sex weddings to transnational adoption, new familial and marital relations demand a rethinking of this most 'anthropological' of subjects. The reinvigorated study of kinship cross-cuts multiple domains of social life: religion (in contestations over reproductive choice), the state (in debates over the legitimacy of same-sex unions), the economy (in changing gender norms), and more. Yet, the study of kinship has always provided a context for finding connections between diverse social phenomena. Anthropology's long-standing attention to kinship cross-culturally affords a unique perspective on current controversies and debates. This course thus grounds students in classic theory in order better to assess what is new and what is old in contemporary accounts of kinship. Our focus is on both canonical anthropological approaches to the study of kinship - approaches that have been central to anthropology's disciplinary identity - and on how they can help us to analyze new forms of familial relationship. The emergence of "gay kinship" provides an extended case study for considering these transformations.

Study unit 205. Anthropological Research Problems V: Rituals

In Finnish: 205 Tutkimusala V: Rituaalit (10 op/4 ov)/758205

205. Anthropological Research Problems V: Rituals

(In Finnish: 205. Tutkimusala V )

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a lecture course with writing assignments, or faculty exam.

Literature

Choose four of the following works:

  • van Gennep, A: The Rites of Passage
  • Lewis, G: Day of Shining Red
  • Richards, A: Chisungu: A Girls' Initiation Ceremony
  • Bloch, M & Parry, I: Death and the Regeneration of Life
  • Huntington & Metcalf: Celebrations of Death: The Anthropology of Mortuary Ritual
  • Lambek, M: Knowledge and Practice in Mayotte
  • Turner, V: The Forest of Symbols
  • Hubert & Mauss: Sacrifice: Its Forms and Functions
  • Valerio, V: Kingship and Sacrifice

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Core Topics in the Anthropology of Religion (758200302, 10 op/4 ov)

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 10 Credits (study weeks) 4

Teachers

Lecturer Toomas Gross E-mail toomas.gross@helsinki.fi

Time and location

4.10.2006 - 13.12.2006

Wednesdays 12-14, Unioninkatu 40, room 13

Pre-registration by email ( toomas.gross@helsinki.fi ) by 20.9.

The beginning of this course has been postponed to October 4!

Prerequisites

This course is in English and meant for students who have completed basic studies (perusopinnot) in anthropology.

Content

This course is a general introduction to anthropology of religion. It gives an overview of major theoretical debates as well as some of the core topics in the anthropological study of religion. The topics discussed include evolution of religious beliefs, magic and witchcraft, modes of thought, rituals, myths, systems of classification, religious specialists and religious movements. Pre-registration by email ( toomas.gross@helsinki.fi ) by 20.9.

Study unit 302. Ethnographic Seminar II

In Finnish: 302 Etnografiaseminaari II (10 op/4 ov)/758302

title: 302. Ethnographic Seminar II

Credits: 10, Credit Units: 4,

Literature

See list of books at the departmental office (Anthropology, Unioninkatu 38) and consult the examiner.

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Post-communist societies (758301/758302, 7 op, 4 ov)

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 7 Credits (study weeks) 4

Teachers

Lecturer Toomas Gross E-mail toomas.gross@helsinki.fi

Time and location

18.1.2007 - 3.5.2007

Thursdays at 12-14, Unioninkatu 38, room D113

Courses in English

Problems in the Ethnography of Melanesia (758301/758302, 7/10 op, 4 ov)

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 7 Credits (study weeks) 4

Teachers

Lecturer Thomas Strong

Time and location

8.9.2006 - 15.12.2006

Fridays at 10-12, Unioninkatu 38, room D112

No preregistration required.

Content

This course visits the diverse and dynamic cultures of Melanesia, exploring seemingly-exotic systems of exchange, patterns of ritual, cosmological constructs, notions of gender, styles of sexual practice, and more. We review both long-term Melanesian historical trajectories (e.g., migration and settlement, agricultural intensification, etc.) and those more recent ( e.g., the social effects of Christian conversion and [post-] colonial governance). The course pairs the innovative and inventive forms of sociality exhibited across Melanesia with the innovations the ethnography of Melanesia has yielded for both anthropology and social theory as a whole, focusing especially on theories of economy and value, personhood and gender, and culture and history.

Study unit 403. Anthropological Research Methodology

In Finnish: 403 Syventävä metodologia (10 op/4 ov)/758403

title: 403. Anthropological Research Methodology

Credits: 10, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Faculty Exam, or participation in a course if available

Literature

Choose three of the following works:

  • Munn, N: The Fame of Gawa
  • Lévi-Strauss, C: The Way of the Masks
  • Hanks, W: Language and Communicative Practices
  • Urban, G: Metaphysical Community
  • Briggs, C: Learning How to Ask

Literature examinations

Study unit Advanced Methods in Anthropology

In Finnish: 404 Erikoismenetelmäkurssi (5 op/2 ov)/758404

title: Advanced Methods in Anthropology

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 2,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in one of the methods courses included in the “methods basket” of the Social Sciences faculty. With the agreement of the instructor, this requirement can also be satisfied by participating in the course listed under unit 402: Practicing anthropological analysis.

Study unit Teori studier i antropologi

In Finnish: 502 Syventävät teoriaopinnot (10 op / 4 ov)/758625

title: Teori studier i antropologi

Credits: 10, Credit Units: 4,

Mode of Assessment:

Participation in a course with writing assignments, or faculty examination

Literature

  • Tcherkezoff, S: Dual Classification Reconsidered
  • Barraud, de Coppet, Iteanu & Jamous: Of Relations and the Dead
  • Strathern, M: The Gender of the Gift

Literature examinations

Courses in English

Contemporary Anthropological Theory (10 op/4 ov)

Study units

Credits

ECTS credits 10 Credits (study weeks) 4

Teachers

Lecturer Thomas Strong

Time and location

16.1.2007 - 8.5.2007

Tuesdays at 10-12, Unioninkatu 38, room D112.

No preregistration required.

Content

Anthropologists are racing to keep pace with the rapidly shifting social terrain of global modernity. This course reviews and critiques the resulting topical foci of contemporary anthropological theory. Whilst sampling important accounts of globalization, including those that emphasize both its 'cultural' and 'economic' dimensions, we ask: What unique knowledge can anthropology today reveal about the world? What general questions about human being does anthropology today seek to answer? We group our inquiries into four thematic areas: value and the problem of the commodity, semiotics and meaning in public culture, indigeneity and quandaries of political recognition, and science and the re-invention of the human.

Study unit 503. Final Exam

In Finnish: 503 Lopputentti (8 op/4 ov)/758503

title: 503. Final Exam

Credits: 8, Credit Units: 4,

Literature

  • Sahlins, M: Apologies to Thucydides
  • Kapferer, B: Feast of the Sorcerer
  • Dumont, L: Homo Hierarchicus

Literature examinations

Study unit 603. Thesis Research Seminar I

In Finnish: 603 Tutkielmaseminaari I (5 op/2 ov)/758603

title: 603. Thesis Research Seminar I

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 2,

Study unit 604. Thesis Research Seminar II

In Finnish: 604 Tutkielmaseminaari II (5 op/2 ov)/758604

title: 604. Thesis Research Seminar II

Credits: 5, Credit Units: 2,

Study unit 605. M.Soc.Sc. Thesis

In Finnish: 605 Tutkielma (40 op/20 ov)/758605

title: 605. M.Soc.Sc. Thesis

Credits: 40, Credit Units: 20,

Study unit 606. Practical Work Training

In Finnish: 606 Työharjoittelu ( vapaaehtoinen, 7 op/3 ov)/758606

606. Practical Work Training

Code 758606
Credits: 7, Credit Units: 3

Study unit Social and cultural anthropology as a Minor Subject

In Finnish: Sosiaali- ja kulttuuriantropologia sivuaineena/sivuaineena

title: Social and cultural anthropology as a Minor Subject

Subordinate units

Study unit Basic Studies

In Finnish: Perusopinnot (25 op/15 ov)/perussivu

title: Basic Studies

Credits: 25, Credit Units: 15,

Study unit Intermediate Studier

In Finnish: Aineopinnot (35 op/20 ov)/ainesivu

title: Intermediate Studier

Credits: 35, Credit Units: 25,

Study unit Postgraduate Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

In Finnish: Jatko-opinnot/75082

(In Finnish: )

Literature

Subordinate units

Study unit 1. Pre-fieldwork studies (first year)

In Finnish: 1. Kenttätyötä edeltävät opinnot (1 vuosi)/j1

title: 1. Pre-fieldwork studies (first year)

Study unit 1a. Research proposal

In Finnish: 1a. Tutkimussuunnitelma (3 op/2 ov)/758700

(In Finnish: )

Literature

Study unit 1 b. Course work.

In Finnish: 1b. Kurssimuotoiset opinnot (42 op/24 ov)/j1b

(In Finnish: )

Literature

Study unit Comparative ethnography

In Finnish: Vertaileva etnografia (14 op/8 ov)/758701

title: Comparative ethnography

Study unit General Anthropological Theory

In Finnish: Yleinen antropologinen teoria (14 op/8 ov)/758702

title: General Anthropological Theory

Study unit Research theory related to thesis topic

In Finnish: Omaan aiheeseen liittyvä tutkimusteoria (14 op/8 ov)/758703

title: Research theory related to thesis topic

Study unit 2. Fieldwork (about 1 year)

In Finnish: 2. Kenttätyö (n 1 vuosi)/j2

title: 2. Fieldwork (about 1 year)

Study unit 3. Post-fieldwork studies

In Finnish: 3. Kenttätyön jälkeiset opinnot/j3

title: 3. Post-fieldwork studies

Study unit Research seminar

In Finnish: 3a. Tutkijaseminaari (6 op/4 ov)/758704

(In Finnish: )

Literature

Courses in English

Tutkijaseminaari - Department Seminar

Study units

Teachers

Professori Jukka Siikala E-mail jukka.siikala@helsinki.fi

Time and location

ke 6.9.-13.12.2006, 17.1.-2.5.2007, klo 14-16, Unioninkatu 38, sali D112

Ei ennakkoilmoittautumista.

Study unit Internship

In Finnish: 3b. Työharjoittelu (9 op/5 ov)/758705

title: Internship

Study unit 3c. Coursework.

In Finnish: 3c. Väitöskirjan valmistelu ohjaajan alaisuudessa/j3c

(In Finnish: )

Literature

Study unit Philosophy of values and world views

In Finnish: Elämänkatsomustieto (ET)/et

title: Philosophy of values and world views

Subordinate units

Study unit Philosophy of values and world views: introduction to anthropology

In Finnish: Elämänkatsomustieto: antropologian perusteet/758647

(In Finnish: )

Literature

Literature examinations

Study unit Philosophy of values and world views: Central Themes of Anthropological Research

In Finnish: Elämänkatsomustieto: antropologian keskeiset suuntaukset/758648

title: Philosophy of values and world views: Central Themes of Anthropological Research

Literature examinations

Study unit Philosophy of values and world views: Anthropological Research Problems - Myth and Worldview

In Finnish: Elämänkatsomustieto: antropologian tutkimusalakurssi - myytti ja maailmankuva/758649

title: Philosophy of values and world views: Anthropological Research Problems - Myth and Worldview

Literature examinations

Courses