UMH - ANTHROPOLOGY, WORK AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

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ANTHROPOLOGY, WORK AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

Course

Code: 3528

Degree: Master's in Social Practice Anthropology

Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of Elche

Year: Year 1 of Master's in Social Practice Anthropology

Semester: Spring

Type: Required

Language: Spanish

ECTS credits: 4.5

Lecture: 3.5

Laboratory: 1

Hours: 112.5

Directed: 18

Shared: 13.5

Autonomous: 81

Subject matter: Anthropology, Work and Local Development

Module: Professional Anthropology

Course instructors are responsible for the course content descriptions in English.

Description

Study of the diversity of the human experience in the workplace as a cultural and ideological construction over time and space. Analysis of the general effects of the changing concept of work in contemporary societies and particular effects on the dynamics of development at a local level.

Faculty

Name	Coordinator	Lecture	Laboratory
CUESTA AVILA, RAFAEL	■	■	■
TELLEZ INFANTES, ANASTASIA		■	■

Competencies and learning outcomes

General competencies

Analytical and critical capacity to define, understand, and address any problem in work scenarios within multi- and intercultural contexts.
Mastery of the necessary theoretical, analytical, and methodological knowledge that is transdisciplinary in nature for use in distinct specific social and cultural situations and problems.
Skills to analyze, evaluate, and assess distinct professional, institutional, territorial, and/or associative scenarios through the identification of problems, interpretation of data, and the formulation of solutions by applying action methodologies that favor community participation.

Specific competencies

Advanced ability to manage and apply social and anthropological methods and techniques in professional environments.
Ability to transfer and apply theoretical knowledge and scientific and social methodologies to new situations and problems.
Ability to work, plan, and intervene in multi- and intercultural contexts by integrating knowledge and skills from distinct disciplines.
Capability of presenting and communicating work results in a clear manner to specialized and non-specialized audiences.
Skills for autonomous acquisition and self-study of knowledge from a transdisciplinary perspective.
Mastery of the strategies necessary for critical access to information and reliability in the use of documentary sources.
Knowledge of cross-cultural variability of systems of work organization and the social relations that it generates and the anthropological theory about it.

Objectives (Learning outcomes)

Students should be able to understand and manage the main theoretical approaches to the subject matter
Students will have to present their arguments in a clear, accurate, consistent and accurate
Students must demonstrate mastery of knowledge applied to ethnographic research

Teaching units

Basic bibliography

André Gorz. "La metamorfosis del trabajo". Icaria.
Coriat, Benjamín. Figueroa Pérez, Juan Miguel. "El taller y el cronómetro ensayo sobre el taylorismo, el fordismo y la producción en masa". Madrid Siglo XXI de España 1993.
Cuesta Ávila, Rafael A. "Crónicas de Yucatán". Granada Editorial Universidad de Granada 2008.
Daniel Bell. "El advenimiento de la sociedad postindustrial". Alianza editorial.
Daniel Cohen. "Tres lecciones sobre la sociedad postindustrial". Editorial Katz.
Davyyd Greenwood. José Luis González. "Culturas de Fagor. Estudio antropológico de las cooperativas de Mondragón.". Editorial Txertoa.
Esteva Fabregat, Claudio. "Antropología industrial". Barcelona Anthropos 1984.
Guido de Ruggiero. "El concepto del trabajo en su génesis histórica". Editorial La Plátade.
Ivan Illich. "La convivencialidad". Virus Editorial.
Lafargue, Paul, (1842-1911.). "El derecho a la pereza". Madrid Fundamentos 1980.
Lipovetsky, Gilles. "La era del vacío Ensayos sobre el individualismo contemporáneo". Barcelona Anagrama 2000.
Marvin Harris. "La cultura contemporánea norteamericana. Una visión antropológica.". Editorial Katz.
Ritzer, George. Hierro, Ignacio / Hierro, Ricard. "La McDonalización de la sociedad :un análisis de la racionalización en la vida cotidiana". Barcelona Ariel 2002.
San Miguel del Hoyo, Begoña. "Elche: La fábrica dispersa los trabajadores de la industria del calzado, cambios en las condiciones de vida y de trabajo". Alicante Instituto de Cultura "Juan Gil-Albert", Diputación de Alicante D.L.2000.
Xavier Montagut. Esther Vivas. "Supermercados, no gracias.". Icaria.
"Antropología industrial y de la empresa /". Barcelona Ariel 1998.

Complementary bibliography

Methodology and grading

Methodology

Case studies: Learning through the analysis of actual or simulated cases in order to interpret and resolve them by employing various alternative solution procedures.
Cooperative learning: Develop active learning through cooperative working strategies among students and promote shared responsibility to reach group goals.
Lecture: Pass on knowledge and activate cognitive processes in students, encouraging their participation.

Grading

The course grade is based on the double application of a system of continuous and final assessment. The latter take the form of a personal or group test even be decided in class with students. The test is not free content but the reflections expressed in it should be subject to the topics discussed in class, after consultation with the teacher, avoiding as far as possible the mere repetition of content taught in the classroom to promote creativity and originality of student work. Any attempt of plagiarism based on the practice of cutting and pasting from the internet automatically imply the invalidation trial. Finally, if time permits, the work will be presented on the last day of class. Similarly, student participation in the classroom through the comments taken during the relevant practical classes and tutorials, and discussions of issues and questions raised throughout the course will be assessed.

The scale will apply to the following criteria:
- Suspense: The essay moves between gibberish and theoretical-conceptual poverty.
- Enough: The test successfully reaches a minimum level only reproductive level, a student who has learned the art without incorporating personal contributions.
- Notable: The test adds a relational value between theoretical concepts and successful works and authors, introducing new horizons to use the knowledge learned.
- Outstanding: The test results documented in an original creative field through an ethnographic immersion quality writing.

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General competencies

Specific competencies

Objectives (Learning outcomes)

Lecture topics

Teaching units

Course contents

Basic bibliography

Complementary bibliography

Links

Software

Methodology

Grading