SANb2019 Material Culture

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Čanigová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:40 U33
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
Passing SANb1003 and SANb1005
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 8 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 8/8, only registered: 0/8
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
To be able to uderstand basic concepts of material culture from anthropological perspective.
Learning outcomes
Analyse current accademic knowledge in material culture from the perspective so social anthropology
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. Social life of things 3. How to research objects 4. Comodity, comodification and gifts 5. Material Culture and Social Differentiation 6. Overeproduction and consumption 7. Reading week 8. Material culture of everyday life: power and the state 9. Student presentations 10. Museusm, art and its effect 11. Visit to Roma Museum 12. Colonialism and materiality of body 13. Materiality of living: architecture and home
Literature
    required literature
  • The social life of things : commodities in cultural perspective. Edited by Arjun Appadurai. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986, xiv, 329. ISBN 9780521357265. info
    not specified
  • WOODWARD, Ian. Understanding material culture. 1st pub. Los Angeles: Sage, 2007, vii, 191. ISBN 9780761942269. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminar, student workhosps, presentation, working with text
Assessment methods
Student presentation, coursework, final project draft
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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