ETMA107 Chapters from the History of Anthropological Research

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Roman Doušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Martina Pavlicová, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eva Chovancová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Roman Doušek, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
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
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to define, discuss and assess basic methodological theories and terms on the basis of selected anthropological researches.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to define, discuss and assess basic methodological theories and terms on the basis of selected anthropological researches.
Syllabus
  • Franz Boas and the Central Eskimo
  • Bronislaw Malinowski and the Kula (Trobrian Islands inhabitants)
  • Margaret Mead and Samoa, Derek Freeman and review of Mead
  • Evans-Pritchard and the Nuer
  • Leopold Pospíšil and the Kapauku
  • Karl Heider and the Dani
  • Napoleon Chagnon and the Yanomamö, Patrick Thierey and review of Chagnon
  • Colin Turnbull and the Mbuti
  • Edmund Leach and the Kachin
  • Richard Lee and the !Kung
Literature
  • MALINOWSKI, Bronisław. Argonauts of the Western Pacific : an account of native enterprise and adventure in the archipelagoes of melanesian New Guinea. Edited by James George Frazer. [London: Lightning Source UK, 2009, xxxi, 527. ISBN 9781406752564. info
  • EVANS-PRITCHARD, E. E. The Nuer : a description of the modes of livelihood and political institutions of a Nilotic people. [S.l.: s.n., 2009, viii, 271. ISBN 9780195003222. info
  • GOODY, Jack. Proměny rodiny v evropské historii : historicko-antropologická esej. Translated by Petra Diestlerová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2006, 229 s. ISBN 8071063967. info
  • LEACH, Edmund Ronald. Political systems of Highland Burma : a study of Kachin social structure. Edited by Raymond William Firth. Boston: Beacon Press, 1965, xx, 324. ISBN 0807046914. info
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
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