SUS_182 Cultural anthropology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Kostrhun, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Dagmar Koudelková (deputy)
PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 16:00–17:40 N51
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
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Course objectives
Introduction to cultural anthropology and to the issue of human and cultural relations. Definition of cultural anthropology as a holistic discipline about man. The course follows the anthropological theory of culture and society in the historical context. The student is acquainted with specific manifestations of human culture through so-called cultural universes - areas of human life, whose content, independent of time and space, occurs in all cultures but takes on different forms in each of them. By studying this unity in diversity, listeners become acquainted with some of the specific features of man as a cultural being and learn to appreciate the breadth and variability of human manifestations. This is an essential basis for intercultural tolerance, understanding and possible dialogue. Culture as the fourth layer of reality. The theme will be accompanied by excursions to anthropological thinking in the Czech lands and its development in the historical context from the middle of the 19th century, taking into account the Moravian specifics.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
1. Define basic concepts in the field of cultural and social anthropology
2. Explain the relations between the subdisciplines of the discipline (anthropology, archeology, linguistics, ethnology)
3. Formulate opinions / conclusions on civilization problems based on multicultural contemporary context
4. Interpret texts from the field of cultural anthropology (Boas, Frazer, Malinowski, Tyrol, Benedict, Levi-Strauss etc.)
5. To summarize the knowledge from the field of current theory of cultural anthropology
6. Qualitative assessment of the development of anthropological disciplines in our countries compared to the Euro-American development of science.
Syllabus
  • What is Cultural / Social Anthropology, Introduction
  • Ch. Darwin and the birth of anthropological thinking, J. G. Mendel
  • Evolutionary anthropology (Tyrol, Morgan, Frazer)
  • Diffusionist anthropology (F. Boas)
  • Phenomenon of anthropological exhibitions, anthropology and archeology at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries in Moravia (J. Wankel) art in the service of anthropology
  • Man in the web of culture
  • Anthropology and archeology of the interwar period (Karel Absolon)
  • Exurz: Phenomenon Býčí skála from a cultural anthropological perspective
  • Anthropology and art - the birth of the oldest artwork, contemporary views in the context of cultural anthropology
  • Anthropological reconstruction of the form
  • Science in the Service of Power - Anthropology during the Second World War
  • Expedition of Jan Jelínek for the Australian Natives 1969 - An example of cultural anthropology in practice, cultural anthropology in the second half of the 20th century
  • Visiting exhibitions and exhibitions in Pavilion Anthropos
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KOSTRHUN, Petr. Cesty moravské paleolitické archeologie v období Československé republiky. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum, 2014, 339 stran. ISBN 9788070284223. info
  • SOUKUP, Václav. Prehistorie rodu Homo. Vydání první. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 1150 stran. ISBN 9788024629667. info
  • SOUKUP, Václav. Dějiny antropologie : (encyklopedický přehled dějin fyzické antropologie, paleoantropologie, sociální a kulturní antropologie). Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 667 s. ISBN 8024603373. info
  • SOUKUP, Václav. Dějiny sociální a kulturní antropologie. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1996, 303 s. ISBN 8071841587. info
  • BUDIL, Ivo T. Mýtus, jazyk a kulturní antropologie. Vyd. 4. Praha: Triton, 2003, 487 s. ISBN 8072543210. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions with guests, excursions
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Autumn 2024.
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