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Course: Anthropological Proseminary II

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Course title Anthropological Proseminary II
Course code KSA/ANPR2
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Mildnerová Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1.Terminological glossary of cultural anthropology. 2. Scientific work in cultural anthropology - the possible subject field and areas of interest of anthropologists 3. Anthropological work methods - qualitative, quantitative approaches, comparison, synthesis, analysis. 4. Presentation skills. 5. Working with scientific texts. Procedures for criticism and interpretation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Semestral Work - 40 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 25 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 24 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to develop student's professional skills, learn the basic terminology of the social sciences, especially anthropology. Anthropology will be emphasized as an integrated science of human being, including his physical, biological, psychological and therefore also social and cultural features. Students will be encouraged to write an essay in the field of anthropology, showing signs of professional work. The space will also be devoted to anthropological practices and methods that can be useful for reviews and interpretation, ie.: qualitative, quantitative and comparative approaches, induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, etc.
The aim of this course is to be familiarized with the definition of anthropology as an integral science of human being. Students define subject and methods of anthropology, clarify the terms of formation and a development anthropological sciences, use terminological equipment of human sciences, analyze and critical evaluate scientific literature, orient themselves in a basic anthropological literature and periodicals, write up individually a professional essay, logical argue and present their ideas.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog, Seminar Work

Active participation in class (80 %), writing an essay about chosen anthropological topic (15 SP).
Recommended literature
  • AUGÉ, M. Antropologie současných světů. Brno: Atlantis, 1999..
  • BENEDICTOVÁ, Ruth:. Kulturní vzorce. Praha: Argo, 1999..
  • BUDIL, Ivo T.:. Mýtus, jazyk a kulturní antropologie. 4. vyd. Praha: Triton, 2003..
  • CORETH, Erich. Co je člověk? 2. vyd. Praha: Zvon, 1996..
  • Eliade, Mircea. (2006). Posvátné a profánní. Praha.
  • ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Antropologie multikulturních společností: rozumět identitě. Praha: Triton, 2007..
  • ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Etnicita a nacionalismus: antropologické perspektivy. Praha: SLON, 2012..
  • ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Sociální a kulturní antropologie: příbuzenství, národnostní příslušnost, rituál. Praha: Portál, 2008..
  • FRAZER, James George. Zlatá ratolest. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 2012..
  • GEERTZ, Clifford:. Interpretace kultur: vybrané eseje. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000..
  • KOTTAK, Conrad P. Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity. 5th Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991..
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Myšlení přírodních národů. Praha: Dauphin, 1996..
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Rasa a dějiny. Brno: Atlantis, 1999..
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Smutné tropy. Praha: Rybka, 2011..
  • MÁCHA, Karel. 100 tezí o integrální antropologii. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2004..
  • MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw:. Sex a represe v divošské společnosti. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007..
  • MAUSS, Marcel. Esej o daru, podobě a důvodech směny v archaických společnostech. Praha: SLON, 1999..
  • MEADOVÁ, Margaret. Pohlaví a temperament u tří primitivních společností. Praha: SLON, 2010..
  • MURPHY, Robert F. Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie. 2. vyd. Praha: Slon, 2004..
  • SOUKUP, Martin. Základy kulturní antropologie. Praha: Akademie veřejné správy, 2009..
  • SOUKUP, Václav. Antropologie: teorie člověka a kultury. Praha: Portál, 2011..
  • TURNER, Victor Witter. Průběh rituálu. Brno: Computer Press, 2004..


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