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Lecturer(s)
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Švátorová Anna, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Novotný Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Cihla Jan, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Power, political and ideology as a topic of study of sociocultural anthropology. 2. Constitution of political anthropology as a subdiscipline of social and cultural anthropology. Definition of basic terms. Paradigms of political anthropology. 3. Structural functionalist paradigm. Segment companies. (M. Fortes, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, etc. and their view on political phenomena). Age systems as a subject of study of structural functionalists. 4. Procedural approach to the study of political systems, (M. Gluckman, E. Leach, V. Turner, F. Bailey, etc.). Strategies for achieving power and rules of political / power play. Microstudy of political processes. 5. Macro approaches to the study of power relations. An overview of the basic approaches of the neo-revolutionary school (E. Service, M. Fried, etc.). Comparative method. Political economy (E. R. Wolf, etc.), the theory of dependence, development and the theory of the world system. 6. Power as action, structure and governmentality. Bureaucracy and transparency (M. Weber, P. Bourdieu, M. Foucault)7. Nationalism and identity politics. Ideas of community, state formation, social movement, resistance and rebellion (B. Anderson et al.). 8. State, law and crime. Stigmatization, criminalization, segregation, punishment. (E. Goffman, M. Foucault, J. T. Siegelaj.). 9. Globalization and neoliberalism. Structural aspects of state weakening (L. Wacquant et al.). 10. Functioning and failing states. Authority, sovereignty, transition and deterritorialization (J. Comaroff & J. Comaroff, N. Scheper-Hughes, H. E., Vigh et al.). 11. Informality. Corruption, clientelism, informal economy, systems of social and economic obligations, mafia (A. Blok, H. Hess, P. Bourgois, etc.). 12. Political emotions and aesthetics. Corporeality, collective feelings, affect, desire, transgression. (R. Haluzík, J. Pine, L. Abu-Lughod, etc.).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture with a video analysis, Cooperative instruction, Students' portfolio, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature, Lecture
- Individual project (40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 51 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 65 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize and describe basic concepts and theoretical concepts of anthropological thought |
| to characterize and describe approaches to study socio-cultural phenomena from an anthropological perspective |
| to describe the difference between individual anthropological subdisciplines |
| to understand scientifically structured lecture |
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| to read and understand anthropological literature |
| to read and understand foreign language literature (especially English-language texts) |
| to understand and interpret professional text in a selected world language (English) |
| to critically reflect and understand professional text in English |
| to use electronic information resources |
| to formally present your own understanding of the professional text and have expert debates |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize and explain the basic characteristics and subject matter of exploring political anthropology |
| to distinguish and describe specific thematic areas that political anthropology focuses on |
| to characterize and explain the basic approaches and concepts that political anthropology works with |
| to distinguish different approaches, methods, objectives and terminology by sub paradigms of political anthropology |
| to define the basic characteristics of postmodern approaches in sociocultural anthropology to the study of power, politics and ideology |
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| to define and analyse paradigms in the context of policy and power research from an anthropological perspective |
| to critically reflect the sources and literature, which it is being worked with |
| to interpret the analysis of power and power relations from an anthropological perspective in a broader context (evolution of anthropological thinking, external circumstances, current influences) |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Collaborative instruction |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Students' portfolio |
| Self-study of literature |
| Skills demonstration |
| E-learning |
| Textual studies |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Competences |
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| Self-study of literature |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Individual study |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| E-learning |
| Skills demonstration |
| Textual studies |
| Seminar classes |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Oral exam |
| Project |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills |
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| Project |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Oral exam |
| Project |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Bailey, F.G. Stratagems and Spoils: A Social Anthropology of Politics. 2001.
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Comaroff, J., & Comaroff, J. L. (Eds.). Law and Disorder in the Postcolony. University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Fortes, M.-Evans-Pritchard, E. E. African Political Systems. London: Oxford University Press, 1940.
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Gledhill, John. Power and its disguises : anthropological perspectives on politics. London ; Pluto Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7453-1686-7.
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Gluckman, M. Politics, Law and Ritual in Tribal Society. Aldine Transaction, 2006.
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Hinton, A.L. & Roth, K. Annihilating difference: the anthropology of genocide (Vol. 3).. Univ of California Press, 2002.
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Kurtz, Donald V. Political anthropology : paradigms and power. Boulder : Westview Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8133-3804-2.
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Leach, Edmund Ronald. Political systems of Highland Burma : a study of Kachin social structure. Oxford : Berg, 2004. ISBN 1-84520-277-5.
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Lewellen, Ted C. Political anthropology : an introduction. 3rd ed. Westport : Praeger, 2003. ISBN 0-89789-891-5.
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Mitchell, W.J.T.(ed.) Lanscape and power. Lanscape and power. The University of Chicago Press, 2002.
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Nugent, D. - Vincent, J. A Companion to the Antropology of Politics. Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
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Olick, J.K. - Vinitzki-Seroussi, V. - Levy, D. (eds.). The Collective Memory Reader, Oxford University Press, 2011, p. 271-274.. Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Parnell, Philip; Stephanie C. Kane. Crime´s Power: Anthropologists and the Ethnography of Crime. New York and Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
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Sharma, Aradhana; Gupta, Akhil. The anthropology of the state : a reader. Malden : Blackwell, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4051-1468-4.
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Scheper-Hughes, N., & Bourgois, P. I. (Eds.). Violence in war and peace: An anthology (p. 1150).. Blackwell Publ., 2004.
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Siegel, J. T. A new criminal type in Jakarta: counter-revolution today. Duke University Press, 1998.
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Spencer, J. Anthropology, Politics, and the State: Democracy and Violence in South Asia. Cambride University Press, 2007.
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Swartz, M. - Turner, V. - Tuden, A. Political Anthropology. Aldine Transaction. 2006.
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Turner, V. Schism and Continuity in an African Society: A Study of Ndembu Village Life.. 1996.
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Vigh, H. E. Navigating terrains of war: Youth and soldiering in Guinea-Bissau (Vol. 13).. Berghahn Books, 2006.
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Vincent, Joan. The anthropology of politics : a reader in ethnography, theory, and critique. Malden : Blackwell, 2002. ISBN 978-0631224402.
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von Benda-Beckmann, F., & von Benda-Beckmann, K. (Eds.). Rules of law and laws of ruling: on the governance of law. Routledge, 2016.
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Wydra, H. & Thomassen. B. Handbook of Political Anthropology. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020.
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