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Lecturer(s)
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Pohorecký Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Švátorová Anna, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1) What is the applied social anthropology (ASA). Definition. Opposition to the so-called "pure" anthropology. Overview of typical themes and areas of interest. 2) ASA development, basic concepts, topics and overview and characteristics of the "domains of application" (health, education, agriculture, environment, tourism, migration) in the context of the ASA's possibilities. 3) Research methods and techniques of ASA (Rapid apparisal procedure, Focus Group Discussions, participant observation, interviews, questionaries, document analysis, visual analysis). 4) Analysis of institutional policies and practices from anthropological perspective (programmes evaluation, social impact assesment, need analysis). 5) Strategies of social and cultural change management (Cultural Brokerage, Social Marketing, Collaborative Research, Action Research). 6) Ethics and dilemmas of development project area. 7) Development project, phases and examples of project and their reflection. 8) The basic principles of project planning and the Logical Framework Approach in the creation of a development project. 9) Guest lectures by external lecturers with the straight experience of development project. 10) Film projection and their reflection. 11) Student's presentations and their discussions.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, E-learning, Collaborative instruction, Cooperative instruction, Project-based instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Task-based study method, Seminar classes, Individual study, Self-study of literature
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 50 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 14 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize key basic theoretical and methodological themes of Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| to describe and characterize basic mental directions (paradigms) of Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| on the basic of own knowledge to create and propose the topic of development project |
| to discuss the focus and structure of the discipline |
| Skills |
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| to understand of professional social science text |
| to write cultivated professional text on the stated theme |
| to use electronic information resources |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and propose basic methodological methods use under applied anthropology in research development project |
| to name the anthropologists that were dealing with utilization of the anthropological knowledge of social and cultural change and explain their basic thoughts. |
| to describe and apply the basic principles of project planning and the Logical Framework Approach in the creation of a development project |
| to introduce the problematics of humanitarian and development aid into context of recent and contemporary geopolotical situation |
| Skills |
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| to analyse and critically reflect historical development of Applied Anthropology |
| to discuss and apply the ethical considerations of an applied terminology |
| to define the project intention framework of development project |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| E-learning |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Task-based study method |
| Project-based instruction |
| Collaborative instruction |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Students' portfolio |
| E-learning |
| Self-study of literature |
| Textual studies |
| Individual study |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Project-based instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Seminar |
| E-learning |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Project |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Edelman, Marc; Haugerud, Angelique. The anthropology of development and globalization : from classical political economy to contemporary neoliberalism. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub, 2004. ISBN 0631228802.
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Ervin, M. Applied Anthropology: Tools and Perspectives for Contemporary Practise. 2000.
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Escobar, Arturo. Encountering development : the making and unmaking of the third world. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1994. ISBN 978-0-691-00102-9.
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Gardner, Katy; Lewis, David. Anthropology, development and the post-modern challenge. London : Pluto Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0-7453-0747-3.
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McDonald, James H. The applied anthropology reader. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 2002. ISBN 0-205-32491-6.
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Nolan, Riall W. Development anthropology : encounters in the real world. Boulder : Westview Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8133-0984-0.
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Örtengren, K. The Logical Framework Approach. SIDA, 2003.
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Podolefski, A - Brown, P. J. Applying Cultural Anthropology: An Introductory Reader. McGraw Hill, 2007.
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Sachs, W. (ed). The Development Dictionary. A Guide to Knowledge as Power. Zed Books Ltd, London, 1992.
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Van Willigen, John. Applied anthropology : an introduction. 3rd ed. Westport : Bergin & Garvey, 2002. ISBN 0-89789-833-8.
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