ETBB96 Reading of Anthropological Texts

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Klára Brožovičová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Tuesday 14:10–15:45 J31
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Having completed the course, the students will be able to describe the basic paradigms and questions of current social and cultural anthropology. The students will be able to identify key concepts and explanatory outlines by means of reading the prescribed texts and consultation of these materials during the course. The students will be able to apply the concepts and theories studied to specific cultural and social phenomena.
Syllabus
  • The course is structured in accordance with individual topics – identity policy – minorities and nationalism, exchange, kinship, marriage and alliance, gender and age, anthropology and body, religion, ritual, anthropology and language. -Introduction -Identity policy – minorities and nationalism -Exchange -Kinship -Marriage and alliance -Gender and age -Anthropology and body -Religion -Ritual -Anthropology and language
Literature
    recommended literature
  • The interpretation of cultures : selected essays (Orig.) : Interpretace kultur : vybrané eseje. 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
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Strukturální antropologie. Translated by Jindřich Vacek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2006, 374 s. ISBN 8072037137. info
  • MAUSS, Marcel. Esej o daru, podobě a důvodech směny v archaických společnostech. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999, 201 s. ISBN 80-85850-77-X. info
  • BOURDIEU, Pierre. Teorie jednání. Translated by Věra Dvořáková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 179 s. ISBN 8071845183. info
  • LEVI-STRAUSS, C. Cesta masek. Liberec; Praha: Dauphin : Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR, 1996. info
  • MEAD, Margaret. Coming of Age in Samoa : a study of adolescence and sex in primitive societies. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1928, 240 s. info
Teaching methods
test
Assessment methods
Colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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