SAN261 Economic Anthropology

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Sekeráková Búriková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Eva Kotašková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 15:15–16:45 U35
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
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 on the topic - to understand development of thinking in this theme
Syllabus
  • Introduction, consumption, consumerism and consumer society. Study of consumption in anthropology
  • Modernity and Capitalism – Classical theories of consumption 1
  • Critiques of consumerism, popular culture and postmodernism Kritika konzumerizmu, populárna kultúra a postmodernizmus – Classical theories of consumption 2
  • Commodification and its consequences, globalisation and local variations.
  • Consumption and local culture - case studies
  • Consumption and identity
  • Shopping - practices of consumption
  • Objects of consumption: material objects, experiences, services, time
  • Spaces of consumption
  • *sylabus a metódy hodnotenia sú len orientačné, ich finálna verzia bude zverejnená v sylaboch na začiatku semestra
Literature
    required literature
  • MILLER, Daniel. Consumption and its consequences. Cambridge: Polity, 2012, x, 205. ISBN 9780745661087. URL info
    recommended literature
  • Consumption and space. London: University College London. info
  • PATERSON, Mark. Consumption and everyday life. 1st ed. New York, NY: Routledge, 2006, xi, 252. ISBN 0415355060. info
  • MCCRACKEN, Grant David. Culture and consumption II : markets, meaning, and brand management. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005, x, 226. ISBN 9780253217615. info
  • Acknowledging consumption : a review of new studies. Edited by Daniel Miller. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1995, vii, 341. ISBN 0415106893. info
  • LEE, Martyn J. Consumer culture reborn : the cultural politics of consumption. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1993, xiii, 190. ISBN 041508413X. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, critical reading of academic texts, oral presentations
Assessment methods
Evaluation: active participation in discussions - 10 points
presentation of essay - 10 points
essay - 40 points
Final examination- 40 points
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2017.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
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