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Course: Anthropology of Kinship

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Course title	Anthropology of Kinship
Course code	KSA/ANPR
Organizational form of instruction	Lecture + Seminar
Level of course	Bachelor
Year of study	2
Semester	Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits	4
Language of instruction	Czech
Status of course	Compulsory-optional
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. Marek Ondřej, Mgr.
Course content
unspecified
Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
This course introduces the students to the basic concept of kinship in social and cultural anthropology. By way of this course student will be able to explain the meaning of kinship as a subject in social and cultural anthropology (differences between social and biological kinship, interelatedness of kinship and incest tabu, descent theory, marriage exchange system, and issue of postmarital residence) and its transformation into new kinship studies. After the successful completion of the course students describe approaches to the study of kinship in anthropological perspective; clarify the relationship between biological and social kinship; examples to clarify familial arrangement in cross-cultural perspective; discuss the role of kinship in contemporary society; apply theories of kinship within anthropological research.
Prerequisites
Students are required to attend the lectures of the course, participate on discussions and study the assigned readings.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Seminar Work The course requires very good knowledge of English, because the most of reading materials is not avaliable in Czech language.
Recommended literature
FOX, Robin:. Kinship and Marriage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.. GELLNER, Ernest:. Ideal Language and Kinship Structure. Philosophy of Science 24, 3: 235-242, 1957.. GOODENOUGH, H. W.:. A Problem in Malayo-Polynesian Social Organization. American Anthropologist. New Series 57, 1: 71-83, 1955.. HOLY, Ladislav:. Anthropological Perspectvies on Kinship. London: Pluto Press.. CHAGNON, Napoleon A.:. Yanomamö: The Fierce People. New York: Holt McDougal, 1984.. KUPER, Adam:. Reinvention of Primitive Society. Transformation of Myth. London: Routledge, 2005.. MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw:. Sex a represe v divošské společnosti. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007.. NEEDHAM, Rodney. Descent Systems and Ideal Language. Philosophy of Science, 27, 1: 96-101, 1960.. PARKIN, Robert; STONE, Linda (eds.):. Kinship and Family. An Anthropological Reader. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004.. PFLEGEROVÁ NARENDA, Mariana:. Matky královny a synové vyslanci na cestách do světa a zase zpátky. Matrilinearita, migrace a identita u indonéských Minangkabau. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2009.. SCHWEITZER, Thomas; WHITE Douglas R.:. Kinship, Networks and Exchange. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.. SKUPNIK, Jaroslav:. Antropologie příbuzenství. Příbuzenství, manželství a rodiny v kulturně antropologické perspektivě. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2010.. SOUKUP, Martin:. Terénní výzkum v sociální a kulturní antropologii. Praha: Karolinum 2014.. SOUKUP, Martin:. Základy kulturní antropologie. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2015. [v tisku]. TURNER, Victor:. Schismand Continuity in an African Society: A Study of Ndembu Village Life. London: Butler and Tanner, 1972..

Study plans that include the course

Faculty	Study plan (Version)	Category of Branch/Specialization	Recommended year of study	Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Indonesian Studies for Tourism (2017)	Category: Philological sciences	1	Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -

Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 09.06.2024 00:06.