Unit Code:	ANT2BMC
Alternative Unit Code:	ANT3BMC
Unit Short Title:	BODY, MIND AND CULTURE
Credit Points:	20.0
Unit Description:	In this subject we explore the complex and controversial relationship between the 'body' and the 'mind' from a variety of cultural perspectives and across a range of diverse life-fields. We question basic epistemological assumptions of Western science and challenge the limitations of empirical knowledge, including the ethnographic method. We consider various interpretative frameworks, (e.g., phenomenology, psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, etc.) while examining diverse corporeal and psychological phenomena and cultural orientations/beliefs (e.g., embodiment, body-image, body-modification [tattoo, scarification], self-identity, mysticism and shamanism, etc.).
Prerequisites:	30 credit points of first-year sociology, anthropology or Asian studies, or co-ordinator's approval.
Class Requirements:	one 3-hour lecture/workshop per week
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 2500-word assignment	50
one 1500-word assignment	30
one 1-hour test	20	Third-year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their writen work than second-year students.

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Preliminary	The meditations,	Descartes, R.	Any edn
Preliminary	Discourses on methods,	Descartes, R.	Any edn

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
2   26-JUL-10   29-OCT-10	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Dr	Nicholas	Herriman	BUNDOORA	Y