Part I

Our paper can be taken as part of the Archaeology and Anthropology Tripos, in which case it is most usually studied alongside Archaeology, Biological Anthropology, and a range of optional papers, including an interdisciplinary paper on being human, and introductions to sociology, psychology, politics, or the languages and cultures on Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Students with a particular interest in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia can take Social Anthropology as part of the Faculty’s Ancient Near Eastern Studies programme.

Finally, Social Anthropology is a popular option for students in the first year of the Politics, Psychology and Sociology Tripos, where it is studied alongside core papers in each of the three main PPS disciplines. For more general information about Social Anthropology, see here.

Please note that from October 2013 Social Anthropology will be part of the Human, Social and Political Sciences Tripos. A suggested reading list for the Tripos is available here.

Reading lists and syllabus outline for Part 1, Paper 3 -
Human Societies: the Comparative Perspective (pdf):

Michaelmas 2012

• Syllabus Outline
• Identity and Difference – Prof H Moore
• Identity and Difference – Dr C Kaplonski
• Ethnographic Film
• Introduction to Anthropological Theory

Lent 2013

• The Symbolic and The Real
• Politics and Economic Life

Easter

• Ethnography
  • Handout Lecture 2
  • Handout Lecture 5
  • Handout Lecture 6
  • Handout Lecture 8

Reading lists from previous years are available here.

Exam Questions

• Part 1, Paper 3 exam questions – 2004/05 – (pdf)
  
• Part 1, Paper 3 exam questions – 2005/06 – (pdf)
• Part 1, Paper 3 exam questions – 2006/07 – (pdf)
• Part 1, Paper 3 exam questions – 2007/08 – (pdf)
• Part 1, Paper 3 exam questions – 2008/09 – (pdf)
• Part 1, Paper 3 exam questions – 2009/10 – (pdf)
• Part 1, Paper 3 exam questions – 2010/11 – (pdf)
• Part 1, Paper 3 exam questions – 2011/12 – (pdf)