Description
These internships allow students to gain a practical perspective about what social anthropology is in professional practice, providing them comprehensive training that combines academic instruction with practical work at both public and private businesses, entities, associations, institutions, and organisms. The internships also afford the possibility for students to acquire professional experience in the field of social anthropology at businesses and institutions with which the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, through its Occupational Observatory, has signed agreements for such purpose. New agreements may also be enacted should the needs arise.
General competencies
- Analytical and critical capacity to define, understand, and address any problem in work scenarios within multi- and intercultural contexts.
- Skills to design alternatives for resolving social and cultural conflicts by applying multidisciplinary tools.
- Mastery of the necessary theoretical, analytical, and methodological knowledge that is transdisciplinary in nature for use in distinct specific social and cultural situations and problems.
- Ability to update, consolidate, and integrate new knowledge to improve professional practice using self-learning continuous techniques and improvements and critical analysis.
- Skills to analyze, evaluate, and assess distinct professional, institutional, territorial, and/or associative scenarios through the identification of problems, interpretation of data, and the formulation of solutions by applying action methodologies that favor community participation.
- Critical capacity for social analysis of the causes and consequences of inequality and discrimination, keeping in mind the full diversity between persons, fundamental rights, and equal opportunities between men and women, the principles of equal opportunities and universal access for persons with disabilities, and the very values of a culture at peace and with democratic values.
Specific competencies
- Ability to handle theoretical concepts, perspectives, and scientific and social methodologies in an advanced manner in contemporary social, economic, political, and cultural situations.
- Advanced ability to manage and apply social and anthropological methods and techniques in professional environments.
- Capacity of analysis and synthesis to understand issues related to social, economic, political, and cultural situations and problems from a critical point of view.
- Ability to transfer and apply theoretical knowledge and scientific and social methodologies to new situations and problems.
- Ability to work, plan, and intervene in multi- and intercultural contexts by integrating knowledge and skills from distinct disciplines.
- Ability to plan and organize socio-cultural intervention projects in contemporary situations and local problems.
- Capability of presenting and communicating work results in a clear manner to specialized and non-specialized audiences.
- Skills for autonomous acquisition and self-study of knowledge from a transdisciplinary perspective.
- Mastery of the strategies necessary for critical access to information and reliability in the use of documentary sources.
- Ability to identify and resolve problems and issues related to the professional environment and plan actions and projects from the training received in social anthropology.
Objectives (Learning outcomes)
- Ser capaces de aplicar los conocimientos teóricos y prácticos adquiridos en el contexto laboral y profesional del alumando.
- Ser capaces de integrar en la acción profesional cotidiana la perspectiva práctica de la Antropología Social.
- Conocer la efectividad de la práctica antropológica en entidades públicas y privadas.
- Haber aprendido a crear y usar materiales y recursos que introduzcan la perspectiva antropoógicosocial en el ámbito profesional.
- Saber diseñar, planificar y desarrollar una práctica relacionada directamente con las necesidades de la empresa, administración, institución, asociación, etc., transfiriendo la aportación de la Antropología Social a esos contextos profesionales o asociativos.
Contents
Teaching units
Basic bibliography
- Riall W. Nolan (ed.). "Handook of Practicing Anthropology". Wiley - Blackwell.
Complementary bibliography
- Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban (ed.) 2003. "Ethics and the Profession of Anthropology: Dialogue for Ethically Conscious Practice". Altamira Press.
- Pat Clapan (ed.). "The Ethics of Anthropology: Debates and Dilemmas". Routledge.
Links
- Monográfico de la Revista de Antropología Experimental de la Universidad de Jaén sobre "Antropología en España: Nuevos caminos profesionales".
- Dossier Ética y Antropología del colegio de Etnólogos y Antropólogos Sociales de México.
- Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association Approved Frebruary 2009.
- Handbook of Ethical Issues in anthropology, edited by Joan Cassel and Sue-Ellen Jacobs. A special publication of the American Anthropological Association, number 23.
- Associació Catalana de Professionals de l'Antropologia, Presentació, Barcelona, Institut Català d'Antropologia, 2012.
- UK Ethica guide of Association of Social Anthropologist.
- Propuesta para un Código de Ética, aprobado en 2007, del Colego de Antropólogos de Chile.
- Portal WEB de la NAPA National Association of Practice of Anthropology
- Revista: Annals of Anthropological Practice, de la American Anthropological Association
- Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings, 2008, American Anthropological Association.
- Externally funded research projects.
Software
Methodology and grading
Grading
- El sistema de evaluación combina la evaluación continua y la final, y corre a cargo del/a tutor/a académico/a asignado/a. Se valorará la tutorización (20%), el informe previo de prácticas (20%) y la memoria final (60%), una vez realizadas las prácticas externas. Asimismo, se podrá recabar la valoración al tutor/a profesional.