Cultures of Everyday Life

Undergraduate | 2026

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ANTH 2000
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Course ID
200909
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
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Course level
2
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Single course enrolment
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Course data is interim and subject to change

Course overview

Through a cultural lens this course will advance students’ understanding of theoretical frameworks for interpreting and analysing everyday life and its cultural practices and, through ethnographic research approaches, facilitate students’ exploration of specific consumption sites. Students will develop case studies of everyday life by drawing on theorists such as Ahmed, Bourdieu, de Certeau and Foucault, coupled with some fieldwork experiences. Topics such as suburban houses, gardens, food, technology, and fashion will be examined to understand how they developed historically, and continue to shape identity, resistance and pleasure in the present.

Course learning outcomes

  • Develop cultural readings of familiar sites and practices of everyday cultures in the past and the present
  • Demonstrate an understanding of history as a resource for questioning contemporary ideas of everyday life
  • Identify and apply complex theoretical concepts in the study of everyday life cultures
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between theory and practice by conducting primary ethnographic research

Prerequisite(s)

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Antirequisite(s)

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