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Lecturer(s)
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Petrucijová Jelena, doc. PhDr. CSc.
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Course content
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Course syllabus: 1. What is knowledge? Historical excursion: empiricism (solipsism) and its cultural anthropological connotations. Cognition and sharing of experience. 2. What is knowledge? Historical excursion: rationalism and its cultural anthropological connotations. 3. What is knowledge? I. Kant. Neo-Cantonism: a dispute over nomothetic and idiographic sciences. 4. What is science? Who sets the bar? Nature sciences. 5. Is social knowledge a science? 6. Anthropological bases of knowledge. Atomism and holism. 7. Positivism in human sciences and culture. Man in the light of facts, in pros et cons. 8. Interpretivism in human sciences and culture. Man in the light of meanings, in pros et cons. 9. Participatory epistemology. The epistemological problem of otherness. 10. Multicultural approach in human sciences and culture. Relativism. 11. Science as a phenomenon of Western culture. Science and power. Perspectivism in the view of reality. 12. "Anthropology is the work of empirical scientists who have understood that the reduction of people to words is no better than their reduction to numbers, and both did so with an appeal" (Bernard & Gravlee 2015: 5).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is: to acquaint students with the philosophical foundations and approaches of social sciences with emphasis on the problem of otherness and the possibility of its knowledge; to develop the ability to analyze the heuristic benefits and limits of particular approaches, which will give students the opportunity to better orient themselves in research activities.
Professional knowledge: After completing the course, the student demonstrates knowledge of: * basic epistemological theories and movements, * philosophical and theoretical basis of basic research strategies and * methodological tools and approaches to the problem of otherness.¨ Professional skills: The student is able to identify basic research strategies and methodological problems of otherness, analyze the heuristic benefits and limits of particular approaches. Able to communicate using professional vocabulary.
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Prerequisites
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assumptions are not defined
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Seminar Work, Written exam
1. Active participation in seminars. 2. Paper: 5-7-page work (min. 8000 characters) prepared on the basis of reading the required literature, supplemented by student's own commentary. Oral presentation of the written task accompanied by a discussion of the participants. 3. 60% success rate of the written test. 4. Fulfillment of tasks and submission of the paper within the set deadlines is a requirement conditioning the possibility to take the exam. 5. Oral interview.
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Recommended literature
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Bernard, H. R. ? Gravlee, C. C. (eds.). (2015). Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropoogy.. Lanham, Boulder, NY, Toronto, London: Rowman & Littlefield.
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Fay, B. (2002). Současná filozofie sociálních věd. Multikulturní přístup.. Praha: SLON.
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Foley, D. - Valenzuela, A. (2005). Critical Ethnography: The Politics of Collaboration. In: Denzin, N. K., Lincoln, Y. (eds.) Handbook of qualitative research.. London, New Delhi, SAGE.
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Foucault, M. (2005). Je třeba bránit společnost.. Praha, Filosofia.
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Petrucijová, J. (2013). Metodologie antropologických teorií.. Ostrava, OU.
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Soukup, M. (2014). Terénní výzkum v sociální a kulturní antropologii.. Praha, Karolinum.
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Winch, P. (2004). Idea sociální vědy a její vztah k filosofii.. Brno:SDK.
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