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(Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing) UNIVERSITY OF KENT AT CANTERBURY Computing School for Social Anthropologists, April 6-10, 1987

BICA Issue No. 5: February 1987

We propose to offer a second school for social anthropologists and others from related disciplines at Kent. (The first school was held in January 1986: a report was published in BICA 4). The cost will be about \(sp200, depending on the number of people who attend. The fee will cover full board and lodging and tuition materials. ESRC students whose supervisors certify that the course is part of their research training will get all the tuition, part of their board and lodging, and their fare from ESRC. We can quote for non-residential participants.

The course will be possible only if 15 people come: at that point we break even. If more than 15 come (up to a maximum of 20) the fees will be reduced somewhat. So: we need to know how many people will come. If you are interested, and have a reasonable expectation that you will in fact turn up, please send in the slip at the bottom of this page, BY MARCH 7th. We will let you know on March 7 whether the course is on or not.

The course is divided into two streams: one is for beginners and provides a basic introduction to computing for anthropologists. The other is for people who have some knowledges: they learn how to program in the language C. The streams re-unite for sessions 9-16. Evening sessions are common to both streams. An outline syllabus is given overleaf.

The course is based on UNIX, which is a very common operating system in University mainframes in the UK and USA. It provides a useful introduction, however, to any use of computers.

Our experience is that anthropologists learn computing more easily, and are more relaxed, when they are taught by fellow anthropologists (rather than computer scientists): the teachers know that the learners are not ignorant and stupid; they know what sort of problems anthropologists want to solve. This course is the only one of its kind available in the UK. COMPUTING FOR SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGISTS

I wish to attend the School planned for April 6-10 1987 at Canterbury, as a resident/non-resident.

I am chiefly interested in the beginnners course/in the C course.

I understand that the school will not take place if less than 15 people show interest in it; and that I will be informed by March 7 if it is on or not. I do not commit myself to coming, but I do have a reasonable expectation that I will.

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Please fill in this slip, mark your choice of residential (or not) and of Beginnners or the C course, and post it to: Prof. J.Davis, Eliot College, The University, Canterbury, CT2 7NS.

Centre for Social Anthropology & Computing

Spring School, April 6-10, 1987

Programme

The courses begin on Monday April 6 at 2.00pm. There will be two classes each morning, two each afternoon, and the school will end at tea-time on Friday April 10.

In addition to the formal classes, there will be supervised practice each day; and you will have unlimited access to terminals throughout the week.

Session 1@Introduction, logging-on and -off; Mail. 
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INTRODUCTORY COURSE:@
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Session 2@A very simple procedural language
Session 3@Editing documents
Session 4@Files and pipes
Session 5@ Awk
		  
Session 6@Prolog (1)
Session 7@Prolog (2)
Session 8@Text manipulation
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THE `C' PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE:@
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Session 2@Introduction
Session 3@Variables and Operators
Session 4@Functions and flow control
Session 5@Arrays & pointers
Session 6@More functions
Session 7@Data structures
Session 8@More data structures
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THE COMBINED SESSIONS:
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Session 9@Simulation (MDF)
Session 10@Simulation (MDF)
Session 11@Kinship and the computer (NSR)
Session 12@Kinship and the computer (NSR & Janet Bagg)
Session 13@Relational Databases (NSR)
Session 14@Computerised bibliographies (JD)
Session 15@Computerised bibliographies (JD)
Session 16@Evaluation of the course
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@Models and computer models (MDF)
@Research design for computing (MDF)
@Computers in the the field (Roy Ellen)
@Using mail to comunicate between Universities (MDF/NSR)

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