ARCH30930

Learning Outcomes:

1. To appreciate and assess how material culture acts as infrastructure for ideas and social formations

2. To understand and apply archaeological and anthropological theories of community to past and present case-studies

3. To critically evaluate the erasures and exclusions often embedded in notions of ‘community’ and to think creatively about strategies for generating novel forms of belonging

4. To write, discuss, and present arguments that are both framed within generalizing theory and well-grounded in empirical data

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will be given written feedback and assessment for the auto-ethnography presentation (week 5) and the final creative essay (week 11). Students will also be given opportunities to discuss and seek advice on their plans prior to submission of each assessment. Students can contact me via email, schedule meetings, or drop in during open office hours. Moreover, feedback and assessment on student presentations will be offered with the aim of helping students refine their thinking for the final essay. I expect students to attend class and participate in class discussions and activities with due diligence and respect for their peers. Students will be notified via email if enhancing or adjusting their participation would be appropriate.