SANb1019 Material Culture

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Eva Kotašková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Eva Kotašková, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 U43
Prerequisites
! SANb2033 Material Culture
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 5/25, only registered: 0/25
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
  • Introduction; Social life of things; How to study objects; Comodity, comodification and gifts; Material Culture and Social Differentiation; Overeproduction and consumption; Reading week; Material culture of everyday life: power and the state; Student presentations; Museusm, art and its effect; Materiality of living: architecture and home; Nature and environment
Literature
  • WOODWARD, Ian. Understanding material culture. 1st pub. Los Angeles: Sage, 2007, vii, 191. ISBN 9780761942269. info
  • 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
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 2023.
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