FSS:SAN261 Anthropology of Consumption - Course Information

SAN261 Economic Anthropology

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Zuzana Sekeráková Búriková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Division of Social Anthropology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Tue 12:00–13:30 U32

Prerequisites

Ability to read anthropological literature in English - about 20 pages a week (a paper or chapter).

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Media Studies and Journalism (programme FSS, C-CV)
• European Studies and International Relations (programme FSS, C-CV)
• Political Science (programme FSS, C-CV)
• Psychology (programme FSS, C-CV)
• Social Anthropology (programme FSS, B-HE) (2)
• Social Anthropology (programme FSS, B-HS)
• Social Anthropology (programme FSS, B-KS) (2)
• Social Anthropology (programme FSS, B-MS)
• Social Anthropology (programme FSS, B-PL) (2)
• Social Antropology (programme FSS, B-PS) (2)
• Social Anthropology (programme FSS, B-SO) (2)
• Social Anthropology (programme FSS, B-SP) (2)
• Social Policy and Social Work (programme FSS, C-CV)
• Sociology (programme FSS, C-CV)
• Studium jednotlivých předmětů (programme FSS, C-CV)

Course objectives

The course of Anthropology of Consumption introduces students to key themes and approaches in anthropology of consumption as well as ethnographies in this subdiscipline. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: - to addopt anthropological approach to study of consumption - to learn key themes of anthropology of consumption - to read selected ethnographies in anthropology of consumption - to understand development of thinking in this discipline - to learn to analyze texts

Syllabus

• Introduction to the course, anthropology of consumption
• Anthropology of consumption, theories
• Classical theories of consumption - modernity a capitalism
• Classical theories of consumption 2 - popular culture, postmodernism
• Commodification and its consequences, globalisation and regional variations
• Consumption and identity
• Consumption and practice - shopping
• material and imaterial objects of consumption
• Spaces of consumption
• Politics and Ethics of Consumption

Literature

recommended literature
• Slater, Don. 1997. Consumer Culture and Modernity. Cambridge: Polity.
• Miller, Daniel. In Miller, D. (ed.). 1995. Acknowledging Consumption: A Review of New Studies. London: Routledge.
• Sassatelli, Roberta. 2007. Consumer Culture: History, Theory and Politics. London: SAGE Publications.

Teaching methods

Lectures, class discussion

Assessment methods

Form: lectures, class discussions, homeworks, reading Assessment: weekly written assignments, final essay

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials

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