SRUS_01 Anthropology and culture I.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. MUDr. Vladimír Novotný, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Viktor Pantůček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Vlasta Taranzová
Timetable
Thu 11:40–13:15 zruseno D22
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 190 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/190, only registered: 0/190, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/190
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Cultural anthropology is a social science studying human cultures, their origins and development, their comparison and importance for the man. Student will be able to understand and explain the problems of relations of anthropology and culture.
Syllabus
  • human and society, culture and socialization;
  • social systems, status and role;
  • family and relatives, relational systems;
  • race problematics
  • language and society, sociolinguistics;
  • social order and authority, power in the society;
  • feasts, rituals and religion
Literature
  • MALINA, Jaroslav a kolektiv. Antropologie: Brněnská antropologie v českém a mezinárodním kontextu (se zaměřením na Katedru antropologie Přírodovědecké fakulty Masarykovy univerzity v Brně) (Anthropology in Brno: An Overall Historical Review with Respect to National and International Context (with Special Regards to the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno)). Editor: Rudolf Musil. Brno: Masaryk University, 2004, 320 pp. Folia Historica, sv. 73. ISBN 80-210-3507-2. info
  • SOUKUP, Václav. Dějiny antropologie : (encyklopedický přehled dějin fyzické antropologie, paleoantropologie, sociální a kulturní antropologie). Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 667 s. ISBN 8024603373. info
  • KOTTAK, Conrad Phillip. Anthropology : the exploration of human diversity. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994, xxix, 573. ISBN 0070359180. info
  • KOTTAK, Conrad Phillip. Cultural anthropology. 6th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994, xxviii, 43. ISBN 0070359075. info
Assessment methods
Exam in the form of an interview about an expert text on a given topic.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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