FSS:PSYb1510 Cultural Anthropology - Course Information
PSYb1510 Cultural Anthropology
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Roman Hytych, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Roman Hytych, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- Tue 19. 9. 8:00–9:40 Aula, Tue 10. 10. 8:00–9:40 AVC, Tue 31. 10. 8:00–9:40 Aula, Tue 21. 11. 8:00–9:40 Aula, Tue 12. 12. 8:00–9:40 Aula
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PSYb1510/S02: Tue 26. 9. 9:00–9:50 P52, Tue 17. 10. 9:00–9:50 P52, Tue 7. 11. 9:00–9:50 P52, Tue 28. 11. 9:00–9:50 AVC
PSYb1510/S03: Tue 3. 10. 8:00–8:50 Aula, Tue 24. 10. 8:00–8:50 Aula, Tue 14. 11. 8:00–8:50 Aula, Tue 5. 12. 8:00–8:50 Aula
PSYb1510/S04: Tue 3. 10. 9:00–9:50 Aula, Tue 24. 10. 9:00–9:50 Aula, Tue 14. 11. 9:00–9:50 Aula, Tue 5. 12. 9:00–9:50 Aula - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! PSY151 Cultural Anthropology
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 38 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The subject aims at the ability to understand the relevant psychological themes (mental health and illness, body, child raising, emotions, identity, death) from the point of view of Cultural Psychology. The emphasis will be given on ability to apply anthropological perspective in psychological research and practice.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course, student should be able:
- to explain basic terms and apply anthropological perspective in psychological research and practice
- to be acquitanted with historical development of cultural antropology
- to apply cultural anthropology findings for understanding of actual socio-cultural phenomenon - Syllabus
- Themes of lectures:
- Introduction to Cultural anthropology
- Short history of Cultural anthropology; Child development: Who sleeps with whom?
- Identity and values, body and embodiment
- Mental health and illness;
- Death and dying
- Literature
- required literature
- Jagoda, G. (2012) Culture and Psychology: Words and Ideas in History. In Valsiner, J. (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology. (pp. 25-42). Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- Valsiner, J. (2012). Encounter of Inquisitive minds. In Valsiner, J. (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology. (pp. 3-22). Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- HEINE, Steven J. Cultural psychology. Third edition. New York: W. W. Norton, 2016, xxiii, 591. ISBN 9780393283709. info
- BOCK, Philip K. Rethinking psychological anthropology : continuity and change in the study of human action. 2nd ed. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, 1999, xiv, 309. ISBN 1577660552. info
- recommended literature
- ) Watzlawik, M., Valsiner, J. (2012). The Making of Magic: Cultural Constructions of the Mundane Supernatural. In Valsiner, J. (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology. (pp. 783-795). Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- Rasmussen, S. J. (2012). Cultural Anthropology. In Valsiner, J. (Ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology. (pp. 96-115). Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- Schweder, R. A. (2003). Why do man barbecue? Recepis for cultural psychology. Cambridge, Massachutsetts, London: Harvard University Press.
- HYTYCH, Roman. Smrt a nesmrtelnost : sociální reprezentace smrti. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Triton, 2008, 227 s. ISBN 9788073870928. info
- Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie. Edited by Robert Francis Murphy - Hana Červinková. 1. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 267 s. ISBN 80-85850-53-2. info
- Teaching methods
- Monology preferentially lecture, alternatively explanation. Dialogue method based on the discussion and dialoque on a in advance chosen topic,or, alternativelly literature. The subject matter analysis of the text.
- Assessment methods
- exam.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
- Teacher's information
- http://www.fss.muni.cz/psych/studium.html
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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