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Workshop on the academic application of anthropology in multi-disciplinary departments
Venue: Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB
Date: 27th April 2005
Rationale:
Whilst recruitment of students to anthropology degree courses in British universities remains relatively stagnant, undergraduates are increasingly encountering anthropology outside of traditional anthropology departments, in the context of business and tourism, art and design, education, social work, planning and development and related degrees. Yet little attention is paid to the academic applications of anthropology to other areas of study, nor the roles of anthropologists working in multi-disciplinary university settings.
London Metropolitan University's International Institute for Culture, Tourism and Development, with the support of C-SAP, is convening a workshop to address these issues. The workshop will provide a forum for bringing together anthropologists working outside traditional anthropology departments in order to explore experiences, identify major issues, and share best practices.
The one-day workshop will take place at London Metropolitan University's Graduate Centre, 27th April 2005. The day will be divided into four plenary sessions. Each of the first three sessions will take one specific topic, with a short prepared presentation by one or two speakers providing a focus for discussion. Each session will also have a designated raporteur, to summarise and comment on the issues arising from the day's debates in the final discussion session.
Places are limited and we do ask those wishing to attend to confirm their places by Monday 4th April 2005. A limited number of travel bursaries are available.
Programme:
10.00 - 10.30: Welcome, coffee and introduction
10.30 - 11.45: Teaching anthropology-related modules in multi-disciplinary departments
Professor Peter Burns, Centre for Tourism Policy Studies, University of Brighton
Students are often introduced to anthropology in stand-alone modules, frequently without any reference to 'anthropology' in the title. How should 'anthropology' be presented to students in such modules? What level of theoretical rigour is appropriate? Are suitable resources and teaching materials available? What strategies have lecturers developed?
11.45 - 12: Coffee break
12.00 - 1.15: Anthropological research in non-traditional academic settings
Professor Gerald Mars, Brunel University/London Metropolitan University
The dilemma of how to maintain a dialogue with anthropology as a discipline, whilst engaging with the wider subject issues, is exacerbated by the pressure from RAE subject panels to achieve 'output' targets in particular subject-related journals. Ethnography is increasingly widely taught and used as a research methodology in business schools, but arguably its anthropological underpinning remains largely unacknowledged. How do both of these factors affect the development of anthropological research in generic subject areas, such as tourism or business, and access to research funding by grant-making bodies? Is there an old university/new university divide - and how does it operate?
1.15 - 2.15: Lunch
2.15- 3.30: Institutional relationships
Professor Tom Selwyn, London Metropolitan University and RAI
What interests do anthropological institutions - whether anthropology departments in universities, or anthropology associations - have in the teaching, learning, and dissemination of anthropology outside the non-traditional settings of the discipline? How might they support and benefit from anthropology in non-specialist departments? What kind of relationship with such institutions would anthropologists working in non-specialist departments like to develop, and how could this be achieved?
3.30-3.45 Tea
3.45- 4.45 Report back and discussion - what next?
5.00: Closing
For further information, please contact:
Dr Julie Scott
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Dr Peter Lugosi
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