LLCER bachelor's degrees with thematic and disciplinary paths

Introduction

Convinced of the unity of the human race, anthropology aims to grasp both the diversity of human cultures and the universal characteristics of man in society. The undergraduate anthropology course provides an introduction to this discipline, its methods (fieldwork), its fields of research, its scientific currents and reflections, and its major authors.
It prepares students for the research-oriented anthropology course in the LLCER master's program.

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With some thirty courses on the arts of the five continents, INALCO has a teaching offer unique in France and the world on the diversity of artistic expressions of yesterday and today (sound arts, performing arts, visual arts) in connection with the study of Oriental languages and civilizations.

The Arts of the World course offers training in methods of approaching the artistic fact as it manifests itself from one continent to another. It has the dual specificity of enabling:
a/ the decompartmentalization of artistic disciplines by creating bridges between the study of different arts, from the sound arts (music) to the visual arts (architecture, comics, calligraphy, painting, photography) via the performing arts (cinema and audiovisual, dance, theater);
b/ combining reflection on the arts and artistic practice (students who so wish can integrate their training in the arts into their curriculum at the rate of 3 ECTS per semester).

The program has developed partnerships with prestigious arts training institutions (Musée du Louvre for the visual arts, CRR de Créteil for traditional music) and shares some of its courses with other bachelor's programs (ANT, LITT, VMM). In particular, it prepares students wishing to combine language and the arts in their course of study for entry to the Master LLCER mention ARL (professional or research orientation) to open up careers in cultural activities, cultural mediation or research.

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The "Global Political Issues" course aims to introduce students to the study of transnational issues whose nature is at once political, institutional, social and economic: Through the study of institutions, political regimes and modes of government, the various courses will equip students with the knowledge and analytical tools essential to apprehend phenomena that manifest themselves both within national spaces and across state borders. Dynamics characterizing various regions of the world will be approached in a comparative manner and by crossing scales of analysis.

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Climate change and environmental crises are experienced on the surface of the globe from specific locations. Thanks to its openness to the world and the multidisciplinary nature of its undergraduate courses, Inalco provides an original and unique opportunity in France to think about the ecological crisis in a decentralized way, both geographically and from a disciplinary point of view, in connection with the languages and cultures represented there.
This pathway thus brings together, under the expression of "environmental humanities ", an emerging field of research in France since the 2000s, a set of disciplines that analyze the link between environment, practices (cultural, social) and issues (political, economic, ethical), and see themselves progressively transformed in their theoretical models, methods and fields of investigation, by this object of study that has been "the environment" for some thirty years.
This course, a pioneer in France, in touch with a burning topicality and the diversity of the world, thus brings together economists, literary scholars, anthropologists, historians, geographers.

Please note, courses ENVA240b (by Charlotte Marchina, entitled "Anthropology of human-animal relations") and ENVB340b (by Jean-François Huchet, entitled "Environmental public policies in a globalized world") are suspended in 2022-2023.

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The thematic and disciplinary course "Genres et sexualités dans le monde " proposes to give food for thought and deconstruct the principle of "differential valence of the sexes" (F. Héritier-Augé), defined as a hierarchization between genders and which is at the expense of women. The extreme diversity of the feminine and masculine in different cultural areas of the world and the limit of gender binarity will be studied in fields as varied as education, reproduction, religion, and sexuality.

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The "Connected World History" pathway showcases the diversity of disciplines that study human history, and the change of perspective brought about by anthropology, archaeology, genetics and connected history. This makes it possible to integrate the pre-colonial period of the extra-European world into the narrative of human history for the first time.

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The "linguistics" -as a discipline within the humanities and social sciences-offers courses organized in a coherent progression:

1. general presentation of the world's languages, language usage and the relationship between language and society;
2. studies of language units;
3. syntactic models, presentation of type classifications and application;
4. language dynamics (languages in contact, historical changes).

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The "literatures, arts and translation" course aims to give students the methodological, critical and conceptual tools to understand how text is organized and functions within the literary field and culture in which it is embedded, to better grasp the networks of signifiance and images with which it is woven. Highly recommended for any student wishing to pursue a master's degree in ARL or TRL at Inalco.

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Orality places the spoken word at the center of communication. It belongs to the intangible heritage of humanity; is also contemporary and can be studied as a verbal art in its own right that encompasses body expression, musical accompaniment and neo-orality. It is attested in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe. Its preferred field of expression is oral literature (epics, tales, proverbs, etc.).
In an often multilingual context, orality involves languages of varying status: minority, dominant, taught or untaught. It is concerned with social facts; it is a powerful tool for creation and transmission; it expresses cultural identities and representations of the world. It is present in artistic expression, eloquence, transmission and teaching, language acquisition, speech-based therapies, customary law.

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At the start of the 2020 academic year, four figures from "philosophies from elsewhere" have been added to the list of authors on the philosophy syllabus for senior classes: Zhuangzi, Nāgārjuna, Maimonides and Avicenna. This context is an opportunity for Inalco to propose a unique offering - virtually absent in French higher education - consisting of a philosophical approach to non-European thought.
The common theme that imposes itself on us is that of the elsewhere in philosophy - with the related question: are philosophies from elsewhere "outside philosophy"?

Publics and teaching methods

• Inalco students (L2 and L3 LLCER ThD license course) in face-to-face,
• philosophy teachers already holding a CAPES or agrégation, or philosophy students wishing to complete their initial course and acquire a "non-Westernist" knowledge of their discipline.

Teaching

The principle of the course is to offer first (year 1) an approach by authors / by major areal or cultural blocks (China, India, the Jewish world, the Arab-Muslim world: two blocks of 19h30 ), then (year 2) a more thematic approach ("philosophy of religions", and "philosophy, languages and language").The course can be completed in 1 or 2 years.

YEAR 1: FOUR FOCUSES - TWO 19:30 CLASSES PER SEMESTER

• Course 1: PHIA240a - Chinese and Indian Philosophies: 19:30 - 3 ects - semester 1
  a. Introduction to the philosophies of India / Nāgārjuna 
  b. Introduction to Chinese philosophy / Zhuangzi (Tchouang tseu)
• Course 2: PHIB240b - Philosophies of the Jewish and Arab-Muslim worlds: 19h30 - 3 ects - semester 2
  c. Introduction to the philosophies of the Muslim world / Avicenna 
  d. Introduction to Hebrew philosophy / Maimonides

YEAR 2: THEMATIC APPROACH - TWO 7:30 PM CLASSES PER SEMESTER

• Course 1: PHIA340a - Philosophy, languages and language, E. Naveau: 7:30 PM - 3 ects - semester 1
  themes covered: genres of discourse, philosophy and poetry, philosophies and translations, philosophy of language, including in relation to theories of knowledge.
• Course 2: RELB340a - Philosophy of Religions, E. Naveau : 19h30 - 3 ects - semester 2
  themes covered: reflection on the delimitations of the two fields, "religion" and "philosophy".

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The "Religion(s)" course aims to provide Inalco students with a basic training in religious sciences, complementing the knowledge acquired in their area of specialization with a generalist education consisting of two elements:

1. in L2, an elementary presentation of a good number of world religions in a format favoring a comparative approach;
2. then, in L3, an introduction to the major disciplinary components of the science of religions: (a) anthropology, (b) history, (c) philosophy and (d) sociology of religious facts.

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The "Violence, Migrations and Memories" thematic path explores the logics underlying wars, political violence and associated migration phenomena. It analyzes representations of the adversary or enemy, and raises the question of identity, its representations and the boundaries they draw between human and social groups. The course also addresses the study of traces of violence, the memory of conflicts, and the ways in which societies and individuals bear witness to them.

As part of the Thematic and Disciplinary pathways, students must choose opening courses in L2, and sometimes in L3 (depending on the pathway).
These opening courses enable students to personalize their pathway, broaden their knowledge of the geographical area or country studied, learn about the methods of the major traditional disciplines (human and social sciences, literature, linguistics), and discover major themes.

Open UE4

Starting at L2 level, students can round out their studies with open UE4 courses. These courses can be chosen from the department's courses not chosen for UE2 or UE3, courses from other departments (subject to intake capacity), courses from other thematic and disciplinary pathways, and cross-disciplinary courses at the school, including English courses.

English courses in L2 or L3

Pre-requisites: English courses ANGB240a (L2 semester 2) and ANGA340a (L3 semester 1) are not intended for absolute or false beginners: minimum level B1 is required.
Please note: capacity is limited.

Student commitment

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