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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT3025: Social Movements and Collective Action
This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- What is the nature of political action and social movements and how have these changed over time?
- Concepts of resistance – does the term still serve us today?
- What counts as activism and who gets to decide?
- New technologies of mobilisation from social media to clicktivism
- Identity politics
- Climate activism
- Activist anthropology
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 22 | 11 x 2 hours per week comprising of lectures and seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 40 | Weekly reading for seminar |
| Guided Independent Study | 28 | Watching film and writing review |
| Guided Independent Study | 60 | Coursework essay and outline preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
- ELE – College to provide hyperlink to appropriate pages