Human Rights and the Politics of Culture (824M9)
Human Rights and the Politics of Culture
Module 824M9
Module details for 2025/26.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Module learning outcomes
1. Demonstrate a systematic and critical understanding of contemporary scholarship on human rights’ philosophical, historical and anthropological underpinnings.
2. Critically appraise and reflect on anthropological understandings of culture and how they inform human rights issues.
3. Analyse and evaluate contributions to academic and public debates on human rights in order to critically engage with issues of human social and cultural difference.
4. Apply key human rights concepts and theories to inform a critical analysis of human rights practice in different contexts.
5. Demonstrate a detailed understanding of how anthropological approaches to human rights relate to other approaches (law, human geography; international relations) and how such a critical lens can be used to inform human rights practice.
6. Demonstrate self-direction and originality in your analysis and communication of specific themes and materials related to the module.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Essay (3500 words) | Semester 1 Assessment Week 2 Thu 16:00 | 60.00% |
| Coursework | 40.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Report | T1 Week 5 | 50.00% |
| Group Presentation | T1 Week 10 (15 minutes) | 50.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Semester | Seminar | 3 hours | 11111111111 |
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