FF:ETBA112 History of Ethnology - Course Information
ETBA112 History of Ethnology
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Martina Pavlicová, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Martina Pavlicová, CSc.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 14:00–15:40 J31
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Ethnology in history informs a student of development interest in culture of man, theoretical conceptions and important persons at an ethnological research.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students should be able to: explain the development of fundamental basic theoretical directions of ethnology; interpret the results of the history of ethnology research in social and cultural connections; combine the methodological steps in ethnology and cultural anthropology; evaluate the development of ethnology in comparison with other disciplines.
- Syllabus
- 1. Inntroduction to the history of ethnology.
- 2. Beginning of interest in the “strange” and “different” in antiquity.
- 3. Islam and Europe, conflicts of various cultures.
- 4. Discovery of America and “end of certainty” in Europe.
- 5. Consequences of modern explorations (new knowledge as well as different views on own culture).
- 6. The Enlightenment, pre-Romantism in Europe.
- 7. Romantism as the background for defining “Folk” and its culture
- 8. Evolutionist theory in anthropology and ethnology.
- 9. Diffusionism.
- 10. Psychological and sociological schools.
- 11. Functionalism.
- 12. Structuralism.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Sociální a kulturní antropologie : příbuzenství, národnostní příslušnost, rituál. Translated by Hana Antonínová. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2008, 407 stran. ISBN 9788073674656. info
- Lidová kultura : národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Edited by Stanislav Brouček - Richard Jeřábek - Dušan Holý - Václav Hubing. Vydání první. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, v.v.i., v Praze a Ústav evropské etnologie Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity v Brně v nakladatelství Mladá fronta, 2007, Strana 643. ISBN 9788020414502. info
- BUDIL, Ivo T. Za obzor Západu : proměny antropologického myšlení od Isidora ze Sevilly po Franze Boase. Vyd. 2. V Praze: Triton, 2007, 809 s. ISBN 9788072549986. info
- SOUKUP, Václav. Dějiny antropologie : (encyklopedický přehled dějin fyzické antropologie, paleoantropologie, sociální a kulturní antropologie). Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 667 s. ISBN 8024603373. info
- Sociální a kulturní antropologie. Edited by Olga Vodáková - Václav Soukup - Alena Vodáková. Vyd. 2., rozš. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000, 175 s. ISBN 808585029X. info
- SOUKUP, Václav. Dějiny sociální a kulturní antropologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1994, 226 s. ISBN 80-7066-882-2. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussion, readings.
- Assessment methods
- Students have to take part in lessons. They pass the written test with open questions on the basis of lectures and literature.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
General note: Předmět je součástí PZk.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Kombinované studium 12 hodin přímé výuky v semestru. - Information about innovation of course.
- This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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