Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Chris Lyttleton
Guy Threlfo
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MGlobalHlthDevStud or GradCertGlobalHlthDevStud or MAppAnth or PGDipAppAnth or MDevCult or PGDipDevCult or PGCertDevCult or MIntRel or MPASR or PGDipPASR or PGCertPASR or GradDipPASR or GradDipIntRel or GradDipPP or MPPP or MSocEntre or PGCertSocEntre or 4cp in ANTH units at 800 level
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit examines themes underpinning international aid to developing countries. It does so from two inter-related perspectives: anthropology of development, which examines theoretical approaches to development over the past 50 years, and development anthropology, which engages with contemporary practices within development programs. The course uses specific themes and case study material to examine how development works in practice. We will look at individual projects run by NGOs and also by the Asian Development Bank as well as related literature to consider what works and what doesn't in the delivery of livelihood improvement to impoverished people. We will also discuss the broader context in which development takes place and examine topics such as Australia's aid policies, structural adjustment and debt relief, consulting agencies and NGOs, sustainable development, gender issues, development-induced displacement and changing approaches to social impact mitigation.
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Name | Weighting | Due |
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summary of weekly readings | 15% | weekly |
Book review | 15% | week 5 |
Research Proposal | 20% | Week 7 |
Essay | 50% | week 13 |
Due: weekly
Weighting: 15%
see guide for details
Due: week 5
Weighting: 15%
see unit guide for details
Due: Week 7
Weighting: 20%
See unit guide for details
Due: week 13
Weighting: 50%
see unit guide for details
Two-hour seminars take palace on mondays from 6pm-8pm in room W6A708. The class operates in a seminar fashion with discussion amongst the class of the week's readings framed by ideas introduced by the convenors and students.
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26/02/2016 | additional assessment task added |