Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Practical
Seminar
Module Offerings
7761NATSCI-JAN-PAR
Aims
This module seeks to provide students with an understanding of the role of symbolism in definitions of modern humans;
This module aims to provide students with an understanding of a diversity of specialist approaches to the recognition and interpretation of symbolism;
This module aims to provide students with a critical appreciation of the strengths and weakness of symbolic interpretations of the earliest 'symbolic artefacts'.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of symbolic behaviour to a definition of modern human behaviour
2.
Demonstrate a critical appreciation of competing approaches to, and definitions of artistic and symbolic behaviour
3.
Demonstrate a critical appreciation of different models for the origins of symbolic behaviour in hominins
4.
Demonstrate a critical appreciation of methods for the recording and analysis of the archaeological evidence of symbolic behaviour
5.
Integrate specific bodies of archaeological evidence into sociological and anthropological models of early hominin life
6.
Critically appreciate the material and technological complexities in producing early parietal art images
7.
Critically assess the interpretation of a form of symbolic material culture as a case study
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
Topics covered during the module may include: Symbolism and symbolic, communication within the definition of modern human behaviour; Approaches to the evolution of a symbolic communication in hominins; Understanding art: anthropological and philosophical definitions; Ornaments and symboling of identity; Palaeolithic art and definitions of art; The problem of close reading and the identification of meaning.
Topics covered during the module may include: Symbolism and symbolic, communication within the definition of modern human behaviour; Approaches to the evolution of a symbolic communication in hominins; Understanding art: anthropological and philosophical definitions; Ornaments and symboling of identity; Palaeolithic art and definitions of art; The problem of close reading and the identification of meaning.
Module Overview:
Topics covered during the module may include: symbolism and symbolic communication within the definition of modern human behaviour; approaches to the evolution of a symbolic communication in hominins; understanding art: anthropological and philosophical definitions; ornaments and symbolling of identity; Palaeolithic art and definitions of art; the problem of close reading and the identification of meaning.
Topics covered during the module may include: symbolism and symbolic communication within the definition of modern human behaviour; approaches to the evolution of a symbolic communication in hominins; understanding art: anthropological and philosophical definitions; ornaments and symbolling of identity; Palaeolithic art and definitions of art; the problem of close reading and the identification of meaning.
Additional Information:
University of Liverpool Module Code ALGY761
University of Liverpool Module Code ALGY761