Ethnography of the Middle East
Module ARA2134 for 2023/4

Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ARA2134: Ethnography of the Middle East

This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.

Week 1 Conceptualising the Middle East

Week 2 Orientalism and Ethnography: Natural Partners

Week 3 A Stranger in our Midst: Participant Observation, Interviews and Oral Histories

Week 4 Locations and Populations I: Rural Areas

Week 5 Locations and Populations II: Urban Spaces

Week 6 Social Hierarchies I: Family and Kinship Ties

Week 7 Social Hierarchies II: Gender Roles

Week 8 Religious Beliefs and Expressions

Week 9 Identities: Constructing Ethnicities and Selves

Week 10 Power and Authority: State and Opposition

Week 11 Modernity

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22	128	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	11	11 x 1 hour lectures, which develop and explain the themes of the week
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	11	Seminars will involve discussing question(s) relating to the themes of the week; students will be expected to play an active role and will sometimes be asked to explain/comment on texts. Reaction papers will be set to test that these texts have been read
Guided Independent Study	50	Preparation of reaction papers
Guided Independent Study	78	Reading, class preparation

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).