UCL - Anthropologie, histoire et sociologie de la famille et de la sexualité : questions spéciales

[SEXM2272]

[45h] 6 credits

Teacher(s): Françoise Bartiaux, Jacques Marquet, Paul Servais(coord.)

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

By the end of this course, students will be able to analyse a folder of documents relating to the family and/or sexuality by using concepts, methods and techniques from anthropology, history and/or sociology.
They will be able to examine critically the information they find and identify where it may be biased. They will be able to identify the epistemological and methodological choices which have shaped it and draw lessons for its interpretation. They will be able to undertake intercultural comparisons, put material in a historical context and draw sociological interpretations.

Main themes

The topics covered in the course will make connections between current problems and those encountered in other parts of the world or in other social or cultural groups or perhaps even in other periods of time. The themes are linked with kinship, the formation and characteristic features of unions, types of domestic groups etc. Various cases are selected for analysis and may change from year to year.

Content and teaching methods

Methodology : the course makes connections between the anthropological perspective and historical and sociological approaches ; the extensions within these subjects are emphasized.
Teaching methods : the course comprises both lectures and activities directly involving students. Distance learning tools are also used.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisites : the subject courses from the first year of the Master's degree
Assessment : the methods of assessment will be explained by the lecturer(s) at the beginning of the course.
Support : reading folder and students' notes
References : a bibliography on each subject area is given to students at the beginning of the course