RLKA24 Religion in Sociological/Anthropological Perspectives

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 7 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Milan Fujda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Andrea Beláňová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Lucie Čechovská (assistant)
Mgr. Michaela Ondrašinová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Mgr. et Mgr. Miroslav Vrzal, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. David Zbíral, Ph.D.
Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Šárka Londa Vondráčková
Supplier department: Department for the Study of Religions – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 4. 3. 15:50–17:25 G31, Fri 18. 3. 15:50–17:25 G31, Fri 1. 4. 15:50–17:25 G31, Fri 15. 4. 15:50–17:25 G31, Fri 29. 4. 15:50–17:25 G31, Fri 13. 5. 15:50–17:25 G31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
RLKA01 Introduction to Religion
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is twofold: (a) introduction to principal themes and problems in anthropology and sociology with reference to studying religion; (b) practical training in research process in anthropology/sociology.


After passing the course the students should:


Have practical experience with planning and carrying on the social scientific research: They should be aware
of practical difficulties concerning the problem formulation and its operationalization;
of practical difficulties concerning the data collection;
of practical difficulties concerning the data analysis;
of demands of the research on time and effort as a resource for carrying on particular research tasks;
Concerning the theory students should gain a hand-on experience with the principal anthropological/sociological themes like:
body and its social and cultural significance;
social institutions and formation of society and culture;
social organization of human activities;
cultural symbols as resources in social mobilization, negotiation and the management of problems in life;
identity formation, belonging and relatedness;
significance of the patterns in social action and knowledge, including definition of situation, prejudice and stereotyping;
political negotiation, power, and marginalization.
Syllabus
  • THEORY IN ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY


    1. The subject of anthropological and sociological research
    2. Historical and political aspects in the formation of the research agenda in anthropology and sociology and the division of labour between these disciplines
    3. Body and its social and cultural significance
    4. Social institutions and formation of society and culture
    5. Cultural symbols as resources in social mobilization, negotiation and the management of problems in life
    6. Identity formation, belonging and relatedness
    7. Political negotiation, power, and marginalization
  • REFLECTION OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS


    8. Searching a theme of the research
    9. Discussion concerning the formulation of research problem
    10. Discussion concerning the appropriate methodology of data collection and analysis
    11. Discussion concerning the practical difficulties with data collection
    12. Discussion concerning the data analysis I
    13. Discussion concerning the data analysis II
Literature
    required literature
  • BOWIE, Fiona. Antropologie náboženství. Translated by Vladimír Petkevič. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2008, 335 s. ISBN 9788073673789. info
  • 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
  • NEŠPOR, Zdeněk R. and Dušan LUŽNÝ. Sociologie náboženství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2007, 232 s. ISBN 9788073672515. info
    recommended literature
  • BAUMAN, Zygmunt and Tim MAY. Myslet sociologicky : netradiční uvedení do sociologie. Translated by Jana Ogrocká. Druhé vydání. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2010, 239 stran. ISBN 9788074190261. info
  • VÁCLAVÍK, David, Zdeněk NEŠPOR, Iva DOLEŽALOVÁ, Eleonóra HAMAR, Dana HAMPLOVÁ, Olga NEŠPOROVÁ and Jiří VEČERNÍK. Příručka sociologie náboženství (Handbook of Sociology of Religion). Spoluautor. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2008, 449 pp. Studijní texty ; sv. 44. ISBN 978-80-86429-92-2. info
  • HAMMERSLEY, Martyn and Paul ATKINSON. Ethnography : principles in practice. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2007, xi, 275. ISBN 9780415396042. info
  • EMERSON, Robert M., Rachel I. FRETZ and Linda L. SHAW. Writing ethnographic fieldnotes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995, xviii, 254. ISBN 0226206815. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, practical research tasks (team work), seminar discussions, writing a research report (team work)
Assessment methods
Evaluation three successive homeworks, evaluation of a research report, oral exam, i.e. oral deffence of the research report and oral presentation of one of theoretical themes.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Posluchači religionistiky povinně ukončují zkouškou.
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: Doporučen současný zápis RLKA13.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: bloková výuka.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zápis mimo religionistiku je podmíněn souhlasem vyučujícího.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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