AANK13518U The anthropological project: Anthropreneurship

Volume 2015/2016
Content

Through small-scale anthropological projects the course seeks to share light on the “sharing economy”.

With a license to make an impact the students will dig into concrete cases in the “sharing economy”, and here discuss the “do´s and don´ts” of for example the marketplace 2.0, the maker movement, collaborative consumption, circular economy and open innovation.

The course will flesh out concrete aspects of the “sharing economy” with more traditional concepts in the anthropological repertoire, such as exchange, consumption, materiality, entrepreneurship, power and design.

The course will be facilitated in a hands-on process of “sharing”, and the students will experiment with collaborative and engaging methods and “mindsets” inspired by design and organizational anthropology.

The small-scale collaborative projects will furthermore come together in an on-going discussion/formation of the anthropological project: anthropreneurship.

Learning Outcome

Towards the end of the course the students will be able to:

 

  • design an anthropological project according to concrete case material.

  • identify and apply ethnographic methods in project development processes.

  • analytically engage with relevant concepts and practices in relation to the “sharing economy”.

  • translate abstract insights into concrete deliveries.

  • critically reflect on the application of anthropology in project development.

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lectures and workshops
The course also serves as a part of the specialised track in Business and Organisational Anthropology.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Course Preparation
  • 20
  • Exam
  • 30
  • Exam Preparation
  • 16
  • Field Work
  • 30
  • Project work
  • 100
  • Seminar
  • 10
  • Total
  • 206
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Portfolio
Obligatory portfolio assignments: The course lecturer determines the number and length of portfolio assignments. A minimum of 75% thereof will be assessed as the exam. At the end of the course, the lecturer will announce upon which portfolio assignments the assessment will be based.
Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
No external censorship
There is appointed a second internal assessor to assist with the assessment when the first assessor finds this necessary.
Re-exam

1. re-exam:

A new essay with a revised problem statement must be submitted at the announced date. The students are automatically registered for the 1. re-exam. Please note that the re-exam is an essay even for courses, where the ordinary exam is a portfolio exam.

2. re-exam:

A new essay with a revised problem statement must be submitted at the announced date next semester. The students must sign up for the 2. re-exam.

Criteria for exam assesment

See description of learning outcome. Formalities for Written Works must be fulfilled, read more: MSc Students/ BA students (in Danish)/ exchange, credit and Open University students