ant2cac childhood, youth
CHILDHOOD , YOUTH AND CULTURE
ANT2CAC
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Studying childhood and youth is an important means of understanding culture and society. In this subject students examine the ways anthropologists and sociologists have studied childhood from birth to adulthood and how their theories and methods have been influenced by work in other fields such as psychology and linguistics. Students are introduced to recent approaches which emphasise the active role children play in their own social development. Topics central to the study of childhood and youth cross-culturally are explored, such as infant care, identity construction, gender development, child labour and child survival, child abuse and children's rights.
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorHelen Lee
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjects ANT3CAC
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Analyse a range of texts in the field of childhood and youth studies
- Activities:
- Tutorial discussions of readings; worksheets based on tutorial readings; written assignment
02. Compare different theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of childhood and youth.
- Activities:
- Lectures; films; tutorial discussions of readings; worksheets based on tutorial readings; written assignment; online tests.
03. Examine the local and global dimensions of social and cultural change for children and youth.
- Activities:
- Lectures; films; tutorial discussions of readings; worksheets based on tutorial readings; written assignment; online tests.
04. Produce a sustained written argument about a specific topic in childhood and youth studies.
- Activities:
- Written assignment.
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