Ethnographic Approach to Cultural Diversity
Code: 107234Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Social and Cultural Anthropology | FB | 1 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste
- Email :
- joseplluis.mateo@uab.cat
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.
Objectives
Ethnographic approach to cultural diversity. Maghreb
Professor. Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste
CONTEXTUALIZATION AND TRAINING OBJECTIVES OF THE SUBJECT:
This is a first year course that develops the basic training to study Social and Cultural Anthropology and that corresponds to the basic subject 'basic concepts and fields of Anthropology'. Introduction to the classic fields of Anthropology (economics, politics, kinship, religion) through specific ethnographic cases and a monograph, in order to provide a holistic approach to cultural diversity and the contrast with the own sociocultural context and with other ethnographic examples.
TRAINING OBJECTIVES:
Students will have to recognize and identify the complex and changing reality of the Maghreb populations, from the recent past to the current social situation, marked by processes of modernization, globalization and diaspora, and will receive the tools to deconstruct stereotypes on the otherness and its political uses. Students should be able to detect and analyze the central socio-cultural dimensions as well as the main changes and continuities of Maghreb societies in their main fields: economic and ecological, political and social organization, kinship relations, and symbolic, religious and ritual varieties. From here, ethnographic case studies will be presented, especially in the northern area of Morocco, and tools will be offered to analyze this area from a dynamic point of view, considering the conflict over power, the construction of gender and community inequalities and the impact of modernization processes (colonization, urbanization, emigration), in order to be able to interpret contemporary phenomena.
Learning outcomes
- CM07 (Apply knowledge of cultural variability and its genesis to overcome ethnocentric projections in the understanding of social and cultural phenomena.) Apply knowledge of cultural variability and its genesis to overcome ethnocentric projections in the understanding of social and cultural phenomena.
- CM10 (Use an appropriate specific vocabulary in the transmission of basic anthropological information.) Use an appropriate specific vocabulary in the transmission of basic anthropological information.
- KM08 (Recognise social and cultural diversity theoretically and on the basis of specific cases.) Recognise social and cultural diversity theoretically and on the basis of specific cases.
- KM09 (Identify the cultural character of conceptualisations and practices, as well as the various institutional systems that govern societies.) Identify the cultural character of conceptualisations and practices, as well as the various institutional systems that govern societies.
- SM12 (Analyse ethnographical examples of cultural diversity.) Analyse ethnographical examples of cultural diversity.
Contents
1. Introduction
- Ethnocentrism and otherness.
- Diversities: ethnicity, religion, class.
- Doing Ethnography in the Maghreb.
2. Economic relations and social organization
- Agricultural and livestock systems in transition.
- Exchange forms
- The informal economy of the border
3. Power, kinship and social organization
- The power of genealogy: state and tribe
- Patrons and clients
- Powers and counterpowers
4. Kinship and gender relations
- Dimensions of kinship
- Marriage and alliance
- Notions of person and gender
5. Islam, text and popular religion
- Religion, magic and symbolic systems
- Popular Islam
- Revitalization movements
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study and personal work | 50 | 2 | |
| Master classes | 40 | 1.6 | |
| Discussions on audiovisuals and texts | 10 | 0.4 | |
| Preparation and presentation of essays | 35 | 1.4 | |
| Individual and collective tutorials | 15 | 0.6 |
Teaching methodology:
- Master classes with the support of the new information and communication technologies (NTIC).
- Viewing and discussion of ethnographic documentaries.
- Guidelines for the autonomous search of information.
- Preparation of essays and text comments on bibliographic and audiovisual material (individual or group).
Training Activities:
- Theoretical classes and discussion sessions oriented to audio-visual and written documents.
- Presentation and discussion of ethnographic cases and explanation of key concepts.
- Ethnographic observation in small groups.
- Comprehensive reading and discussion of texts, and analysis of audio-visual products.
- Individual study and discussion in a team prior to the presentation of work.
- Elaboration of essays.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentations and participation | 20 | 0 | 0 | CM10, SM12 |
| Delivery of essays | 40 | 0 | 0 | CM07, CM10, KM08, KM09, SM12 |
| Theoretical exam | 40 | 0 | 0 | CM10, KM08, KM09, SM12 |
EVALUATION
- At the beginning of the course, a schedule will be provided with the calendar of assessment activities and the instructions for the exercises. Consult Moodle regularly to extend / update the information in this guide and for the general functioning of the course.
- Students may request a review of the grade of the exercises, which will be done in the teacher's office. The dates for the review of grades will be announced through the Virtual Campus.
- Students will obtain a \"Not assessed/Not submitted\" course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.
- In order to pass the course, it is necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 5.
- In order to participate in re-assessment, the teacher requires the student: to have obtained a minimum final grade of 3,5; and to have submitted 66% of the evaluation exercises.
- Activities excluded from re-assessment: non-presence during a visit, practice or presentation cannot be recovered.
- PLAGIARISM: In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the Student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. The exercise will not be recoverable. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
- This subject allows the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies exclusively for bibliographic or information searches (with the source to be cited in all cases and under no circumstances producing literal copies as if they were one's own), text correction (in no case the production or drafting of texts) or translations. The student must (i) identify the parts that have been generated with AI; (ii) specify the tools used; and (iii) include a critical reflection on how these tools have influenced the process and the final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in the assessed activity will be considered academic dishonesty; the corresponding grade may be lowered, or the work may even be awarded a zero. In cases of greater infringement, more serious action may be taken.
-This subject does not allow a single assessment.
Continuous evaluation
40% Delivery of essays
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20% Presentations and participation
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40% Theoretical exams
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Bibliography
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GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE MAGHREB
(*Recommended general reference work)
Aixelá, Yolanda. 2000. Mujeres en Marruecos. Un análisis desde el parentesco y el género. Barcelona, Edicions Bellaterra.
Bennani-Chraïbi, Mounia; Fillieuele, Olivier (eds.). 2004. Resistencia y protesta en las sociedades musulmanas. Barcelona, Edicions Bellaterra.
Berque, Jacques. 1953. “Qu’est-ce qu’une “tribu” nord-africaine?”, Éventail d’histoire vivante: Hommage à Lucien Febvre offert par l’amitié d’historiens, Paris, Armand Colin, vol. I., pp. 261-271.
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Bonte, Pierre (ed.). 1994. Épouser au plus proche. Inceste, prohibition et stratégies matrimoniales autour de la Méditerranée, Paris, Ed. de l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.
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*Eickelman, Dale F. 2003. Antropología del mundo islámico. Barcelona, Edicions Bellaterra [2002].
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Hammoudi, Abdellah. 2007. Maestro y discípulo. Fundamentos culturales del autoritarismo en las sociedades árabes. Barcelona, Anthropos.
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Lacoste-Dujardin, Camille. 1993. Las madres contra las mujeres. Patriarcado y maternidad en el mundo árabe, Madrid, Cátedra.
López García, Bernabé; Berriane, Mohamed (dir.). 2004. Atlas de la emigración marroquí en España, Madrid, Taller de Estudios Internacionales Mediterráneos - Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales - UAM Ediciones.
Mateo Dieste, Josep Lluís. 2010. Salud y ritual en Marruecos. Concepciones del cuerpo y prácticas de curación, Barcelona, Edicions Bellaterra.
––2017. Moros vienen. Historia y política de un estereotipo, Melilla, Instituto de las Culturas.
––2021. Recordando a las tatas. Mujeres domésticas y esclavitud en Tetuán (siglos XIX-XX). Granada, Comares.
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Moreras, Jordi. 2024. Morts sense terra, cossos sense repòs. Història de la gestió funerària entre els marroquins a Catalunya. Manresa, Bellaterra Edicions.
Ramírez, Ángeles; López García, Bernabé (eds.). 2002. Antropología y antropólogos en Marruecos. Homenaje a David M. Hart. Barcelona, Edicions Bellaterra.
Roque, Maria-Àngels (ed.). 1996. Las culturas del Magreb. Antropología, historia y sociedad. Barcelona, Institut Català de la Mediterrània.
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Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |