Course: Social Anthropology

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Course title Social Anthropology
Course code KSA/SOANT
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 unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Topinka Daniel, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Kissová Blanka, Mgr.
  • Janečková Tereza, Mgr.
  • Šotola Jaroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Society and culture, traditional and modern society 2. Man as a social being, social behavior, socialization 3. Social structure, social stratification, social groups, types of social groups 4. Cohesion, integration and categorization of the Others 5. Social systems, status and role, social order, rules, norms and values 6. Institutions and social control, authority and power 7. Family and kinship, kinship systems 8. Social relations, donation and exchange 9. Language and Society, sociolinguistics, communication 10. Researching social life groups, ethnicity as an analytical category conceptualization of ethnicity 11. Ethnicity, nation and race 12. Forms of group conflicts - intercultural coexistence

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Semestral Work - 24 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 36 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 60 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The goal of discipline is to teach students the basics of social anthropology, social anthropology and the formation of the subject of interest - studies of negotiations between the social groups and collective action. Discipline deals with the analysis of human behavior in the context of social groups and the possibility of exploring (especially field research), social anthropology looks at human society through the social system and social structure. Discipline disseminate with the form of society, such as social human beings as part of social relations, the social structure, the formation of social groups, their types, the selected aspects of social life. The course concludes information about the possibilities of exploring the social life of the group.
After completing the course the student will be able to describe the process of socialization and the importance of social life for humans. Students can explain the form of social structure and typology of social groups. Studnet can interpret the basic aspects of social life, can apply the basic terminology can design basic ways of exploring social life groups with respect to selected topics.
Prerequisites
The ability to read and understand the text in English.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Student performance

Completion of the course is conditional reading of academic literature in the English language in the 50 ts and ts 150 in the Czech language, submitting essays 5 ns, presenting a sub-theme.
Recommended literature
  • BRUBAKER, Rogers. Ethnicity without Groups.Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 2006..
  • Eriksen, T. H.:. Antropologie multikulturních společností: rozumět identitě. Praha, 2007..
  • GELLNER, Ernest. Nacionalismus.Brno: CDK. 2002..
  • JENKINS, R.:. Rethinking Ethnicity. London: Sage, 1997..
  • MARADA, Radim. Etnická různost a občanská jednota. Brno: CDK. 2006..
  • MURPHY, R. F.:. Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2006..
  • POCOCK, D.:. Understanding Social Anthropology. London: The Athlone Press, 1998..
  • REDFIELD, R.; WILCOX, C.:. Social Anthropology. New Brunwick: Transactions publishers, 2008..
  • Sollors, W. Theories of Ethnicity. A Classical Reader. New York, New York University Press, 1996..
  • SOUKUP, V.:. Dějiny sociální a kulturní antropologie. Praha: Karolinum, 1996..
  • ŠMAUSOVÁ, Gerlinda. "Rasa" jako rasistická konstrukce. Sociologický časopis, 35, s. 443-446, 1999..


Study plans that include the course
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