The Andean World of JM Arguedas (SPAN0052)

The Peruvian writer, folklorist and ethnologist José María Arguedas (1911-1969) is not only the most prominent representative of the neo-indigenist literary movement in the Andean region but also one of its most acute interpreters, particularly with respect to the cultural values and traditions of the Quechua communities of his native country. This course explores Arguedas’s vivid representation of the Andean world through a careful reading of some of his most important literary and ethnological works. From his early short stories and novels—in which he draws from his own personal experiences among the Indians of the southern sierra—to his insightful essays on the historical development of Andean mestizo culture and society, Arguedas captures the spirit of a people that have endured centuries of oppression and, at the same time, presents a challenging economic model for its social and political survival.

N.B. This module is taught in Spanish (seminar discussions are held in English).

Data Collection and Processing|Quantitative Analysis|Statistics

STATA|POST-ESTIMATION|LOOPS|LOCAL GLOBAL MACROS|.ADO FILE WRITING|EXCEL|DATA ANALYSIS|DO-FILE

This module equips students with skills for working with data that comes directly from the source and may need some manipulation (such as merging, cleaning,...

Data Analysis in the Real World (SOCS0055)

This module equips students with skills for working with data that comes directly from the source and may need some manipulation (such as merging, cleaning, recoding) as an initial stage in analysis  The module aims to develop good data ‘housekeeping practice’ amongst students, equipping them with vital and valuable skills and techniques that they can apply in their future career. A key aim of the course is to get students to be able to '‘crunch data’ through the use of simple statistical tools, such as merging techniques, recoding of outliers and missing values, and macros and loops, for example. 