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The Department of Social Anthropology at Cambridge is a major centre for anthropological research. It combines expertise in the central traditional fields of social anthropology with active explorations of new areas of study. Most of the main anthropological fields of kinship, religion and ritual, economics, law and politics are studied.
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At the Institute of Social Anthropology various research projects are carried out both in Africa and concerning Africa. In addition, researchers take part in interdisciplinary projects with an African emphasis, the majority of which are currently focusing on the ethnology of art and medicine. Other areas with a strongly interdisciplinary nature, which are being developed at present, are Political Anthropology and State and Statehood in Africa.
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The Spevialist MA programmes in Social Anthropology are governed by the Faculty of Humanities regulations on postgraduate courses. The School of Anthropological Studies applies University marking norms. Candidates on the programmes must pass all modules at the required level in order to be eligible for the appropriate award. The required levels for passes and distinctions are as follows:
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The MSc in Social Anthropology is intended to give students a thorough grounding in anthropology, both in terms of its ethnographic diversity and its theoretical development. The programme serves as a major part of preparation for research work in the discipline, but is ... suitable as an introduction to the subject for students who intend to proceed with other careers. Prior knowledge of anthropology is not essential.
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Social Anthropology has been taught at Manchester since 1949 and is recognised nationally and internationally as one of the premier centres for research and teaching. It has always derived its strength from the diversity of the specific interests of its staff and students. Staff members' current main geographical research areas are: Europe (Britain, Germany, Greece, Spain, post-Yugoslav states); Asia (India, Japan); Latin America (Mexico, Peruvian Andes, Brazil, Colombia, Chile); Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia), and Oceania/Melanesia. General interests cover practically every major branch of anthropology.
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Ingold was appointed to a Chair at the University of Manchester in 1990, and in 1995 he became Max Gluckman Professor of Social Anthropology. He was Editor of 'Man' (the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute) from 1990 to 1992, and edited the Routledge 'Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology', published in 1994. In 1988 he founded the Group for Debates in Anthropological Theory, and edited a volume of the first six annual debates ('Key Debates in Anthropology', 1996). He was elected to a Fellowship of the British Academy in 1997, and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2000. In 1999 he was President of the Anthropology and Archaeology Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
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