SOME EXPERIENCES FROM THE TEACHING OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN MEXICO

Authors

  • Carmen Viqueira Universidad Iberoamericana, México D.F.
Keywords: Methodology, syllabus, pedagogical methods, teachers, corporatism

Abstract

I will discuss here how to improve the academic level and how to diversify the teaching and research of anthropology. Given that this is an inductive science, I have chosen to talk about the process that took place in Mexico between 1965-1980. The main character of this story is Angel Palerm who, just in order to improve the academic level, was compelled to destroy the monopoly that the Escuela Nacional de Antropología had in this country, by directly organizing an anthropological syllabus first at the Universidad Iberoamericana and then at the Universidad Metropolitana. Those syllabus had three purposes: first, improving the theoretical training of teachers, by engaging foreign teachers and sending scholarship holders abroad; second, reorganizing pedagogical methods; and third, training students for their future research and professional task, by introducing fieldwork in the first year of their studies. As I shall show, some problems turned up, particularly of corporate nature.

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Published
23-01-2012
How to Cite
Viqueira, C. (2012). SOME EXPERIENCES FROM THE TEACHING OF SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN MEXICO. Areas. International Social Science Journal, (19), 181–192. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/areas/article/view/144841
Issue
No. 19 (1999): Antropología hoy: teorías, técnicas y tácticas
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