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Lecturer(s)
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Hautová Dana, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Vodičková Radka, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Demographics of Middle East, Ethnicity, Identity, Citizenship 2. Structure and organization of the social system 3. Family rituals and traditions 4. Social norms and control, the position of religious law 5. Religion, state power and politics 6. Institutions and organizations, religious and other authorities 7. Status of religious and ethnic minorities 8. Status of women and anthropology of gender 9. Orientalism and Occidentalism 10. Urban anthropology 11. War, the concept of jihad, martyrdom 12. Health and anthropology of medicine 13. Media and journalism
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 65 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 53 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 8 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 30 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| - to describe important events, processes and context of the modern and contemporary history of the countries in the region of the Middle East and North Africa - to characterize the history of main religious traditions of the region - to identify important personalities of islamic religious thought till the 21st century - to define scholarly tools for analysis of the socio-political role of religions - to identify and characterize important concepts and theoretical approaches of cultural and social anthropology in relation to the study of culture - to identify different cultural minorities - to know related academic literature |
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| - to use relevant terminology of social sciences and humanities - to search individually for and work with relevant academic sources - to interpret the importance of specific historical events and processes - to analyse the context of religious traditions and specific socio-political development - to apply anthropological approaches for the study of cultural specifics |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| - to characterize family and kinship systems from anthropological perspective, the context of policy, law and religious traditions in the region - to characterize and evaluate the issue of social organization and differentiation on the basis of gender and age, segments and social groups - to explain issue of urbanism, globalization and transnationalism in the region - to identify related academic literature and sources |
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| - to use potential of cultural and social anthropology and other relevant disciplines for analysis and interpretation of cultural diversity and different social patterns and phenomena of the studied region - to analyse critically discussions about compatibility originally Western concepts with local thought environment - to analyse and use critically related sources and academic literature - to argue in discussions about selected topics - to compare usefulness or adequacy of different theoretical approaches |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Lecture with a video analysis |
| Discussion |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Individual study |
| Self-study of literature |
| Textual studies |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Individual study |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Individual study |
| assessment methods |
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| Seminar work |
| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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| Seminar work |
| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Combined exam |
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Recommended literature
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Bowie, Fiona. Antropologie náboženství. Praha : Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-378-9.
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Haenfler, Ross. Subcultures : the basics. London : Routledge, 2014. ISBN 978-0-415-53029-3.
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Luhmann, Niklas. Realita masmédií. Praha : Academia, 2014. ISBN 978-80-200-2333-9.
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Luhmann, Niklas. Sociální systémy : nárys obecné teorie. Brno : CDK, 2006. ISBN 80-7325-100-0.
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Nešpor, Zdeněk R.,; Václavík, David. Příručka sociologie náboženství. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86429-92-2.
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Soukup, Václav. Antropologie : teorie člověka a kultury. Praha : Portál, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7367-432-8.
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