Course: Anthropology of space and place

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Course title Anthropology of space and place
Course code KSA/APM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester 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)
  • Vránová Lava, doc. PhDr. CSc.
  • Zajícová Naďa, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Švátorová Anna, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Pavlíček Yana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to the study of anthropology of space and place 2. Social construction of space 3. Places and landscapes in anthropology 4. Territoriality, borders, names / toponyms 5. Continuity and changes of the cultural landscape 6. Methods of spatial analysis in social sciences 1 7. Methods of spatial analysis in social sciences 2 8. Anthropology of urban space 9. The place as a bearer of historical and collective memory 10. Imaginative and idealized landscapes, their importance in selected cultures. Landscape concept a nature in intercultural comparison 11. Living places, ritual landscapes 12. Home as a place and people without a place 13. Gender and space

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Lecture supplemented with a discussion, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Individual study, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 25 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to read understand professional text in English
to think in basic socio-anthropological concepts
Skills
to use electronic information sources
to use write a cultivated professional text
to interpret professional text
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize and explain the approaches and potential of anthropology of space, place and landscape
to describe and explain various forms of socially conditioned construction and perception of space from an anthropological perspective
to characterize and describe key theories, methodologies, and classical studies of the anthropology of space and place
Skills
to analyze the relationship between social, cultural and spatial behavior
to critically re-evaluate the information received
to apply theories and methods of spatial anthropology to their own research
to design and conduct anthropological research of spatial aspects of the organization of society and culture
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Textual studies
One-to-One tutorial
Self-study of literature
Interactive lecture
Skills
Discussion
Skills demonstration
Textual studies
Individual study
Seminar
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Textual studies
Skills demonstration
Discussion
One-to-One tutorial
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written exam
Test
Seminar work
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Written exam
Test
Seminar work
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Written exam
Test
Recommended literature
  • ALDERMAN, Derek H. Place, naming and the interpretation of cultural landscapes. Heritage and Identity, edited by Brian Graham and Peter Howard, 195-213. 2016.
  • ARDENER, S. (ed.). Women and Space: Ground Rules and Social Maps. London: Croom Helm, 1981.
  • BENDER, B. Landscape: politics and perspectives. Oxford: Berg, 1993.
  • Birdwell-Pheasant, Donna; Lawrence-Zú?iga, Denise. House life : space, place and family in Europe. Oxford : Berghahn, 1999. ISBN 1-85973-235-6.
  • Blunt, A.; Dowling, R. Home. Routledge, 2006.
  • Cresswell, Tim. Place : a short introduction. Malden : Blackwell, 2004. ISBN 978-1-4051-0672-6.
  • CROLL, E., PARKIN, D. Bush Base, Forest Farm: Culture, Environment, and Development.. Taylor & Francis, London, 1992.
  • FELD, S., BASSO, K. H. (eds.). Senses of Place. School of American Research Press, Santa Fe, 1996.
  • Hirsch, Eric,; O'Hanlon, Michael. The anthropology of landscape : perspectives on place and space. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1995. ISBN 0-19-828010-6.
  • HUBBARD, Phil; KITCHIN, Rob (ed.). Key thinkers on space and place. Sage, 2010.
  • KEITH, M., PILE, S. (eds.). Place and the Politics of Identity. London: Routledge, 1993.
  • Low, Setha M.; Lawrence-Zú?iga, Denise. The anthropology of space and place : locating culture. 1st pub. Malden : Blackwell Publishing, 2003. ISBN 978-0-631-22878-3.
  • MÁCHA, P. Krajiny antropologie a antropologie krajiny. Český lid 97, 225-246, 2010.
  • PAUKNEROVÁ, K. Krajina mezi pamětí a zapomínáním. Karolinum, 2020.
  • ROGELJA, Nataša; SPREIZER, Alenka Janko. Fish on the Move: Fishing Between Discourses and Borders in the Northern Adriatic. Springer, 2017.
  • SHABAZZ, R. Spatializing Blackness: Architectures of Confinement and Black Masculinity in Chicago. University of Illinois Press, Baltimore, 2015.
  • STEWART, P.J., STRATHERN, A.. Landscape, Memory and History: Anthropological Perspectives. Pluto Press, London, 2003.


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