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Syllabus Going Public: Communicating Research and Public Anthropology - 53628
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Last update 04-03-2021
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Sociology & Anthropology

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: liron Shani

Coordinator Email: liron.shani@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours:

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Liron Shani

Course/Module description:
This workshop will deal with the relationship between social scientists and society and the general public. During the workshop we will get to know and experience a variety of ways to make science accessible (lectures, blogs, podcasts, opinion articles, social networks and more), we will discuss the tensions (real and imagined) between popular science and research, between activism and research and applied and academic research. We will meet guest lecturers from a variety of fields and approaches, we will get to know the prominent theories and articles on the topics of accessibility of science and sociology and public anthropology and more. The final assignment of the course will be to create a project to make social research accessible.

Course/Module aims:

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Students will be able to create a project to make social research accessible
Students will be able to take part in the public debate through social studies

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:

Course/Module Content:
What is science accessibility? What is public sociology and anthropology? Academy-society relations, between popularity and complexity, activism and research, academia and applied anthropology, social media, public debate, institutional critique, importance of storytellers

Required Reading:
On the course website

Additional Reading Material:
On the course website

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 15 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 35 %
Research project 20 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 20 %
project

Additional information:
 
Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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