Anthropologie du développement

This course is organized into three modules: general presentation of the anthropology of development, neoliberal development as seen from below, moral economy of corruption.

At the end of this course, students will be able to mobilize theoretical and methodological tools inherited from development anthropology. Module I is devoted to general considerations on the subject of development anthropology and its main theoretical perspectives. Module II deals with a contemporary form of development cooperation, neoliberal development. It looks at how this is perceived and experienced by the populations it targets. Module III deals with an important theme in development aid: corruption. Corruption is considered from the point of view of its moral economy, an approach well studied in development anthropology.

The teaching method is lecture-based. It includes ex cathedra presentations, case studies, extracts from emblematic texts, obligatory readings, conferences and the use of documentary films.

Contribution to the teaching profile

This course is aimed primarily at students of socio-anthropology and development cooperation, but can also be taken by any student, particularly in the Faculty of Science, interested in learning about the contributions of development anthropology.

Course notes

• Université virtuelle

Contacts

Appointments can be made by e-mail to véronique.joiris@ulb.be. They take place in the titular's office (Institute of Sociology, S.13.208, 44, Avenue Jeanne, 1050 Ixelles) or via Teams.

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• written examination

written examination

• Open question with short answer

Subject assimilation is assessed on the basis of two questions: the first on course content and the second on film documents, lectures and obligatory readings.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

The course content question (10/20) is a memory question requiring you to have assimilated the course material. The question on film documents, lectures and obligatory readings (10/20) is designed to require you to illustrate the course content.

Language(s) of evaluation

• french
• (if applicable english )