Course: Economic anthropology

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Course title Economic anthropology
Course code KSA/EAN
Organizational form of instruction Not filled in + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Pohorecký Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Novotný Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Podlena Jaroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Skalický Bohumil, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Klečková Tereza, Mgr.
Course content
1. Introduction to economic anthropology 2. Hunting and gathering 3. Pastoralism and gardening 4. Agriculture 5. Pre-capitalist and capitalist economy 6. Shift 7. Market and money 8. Political economy and theory of world systems 9. Formalism, substantivism and culturalism 10. Economic inequality and uneven development 11. Work 12. Mass consumption and shopping 13. Global economy and neoliberalism

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Collaborative instruction, One-to-One tutorial, Seminar classes, Individual study, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 22 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to read understand texts in the English language
Skills
to interpret professional text.
think in basic socio-anthropological concepts
to use electronic information sources
to write a cultivated professional text
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize and explain the approach and potential of economic anthropology.
to describe and explain the various forms of production, distribution and consumption of resources from an anthropological perspective
to characterize and describe key theories, methodologies, and classical studies of economic anthropology
Skills
to analyze the relationship between the economic and social spheres
to critically re-evaluate the information received.
to apply theories and methods of economic anthropology to their own research
to design and conduct anthropological research of economic aspects of society
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Textual studies
One-to-One tutorial
Interactive lecture
Self-study of literature
Skills
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Seminar classes
One-to-One tutorial
Individual study
Skills demonstration
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Interactive lecture
Skills demonstration
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Textual studies
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Written exam
Seminar work
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Written exam
Test
Competences
Written exam
Test
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • BOURDIEU, Pierre. Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market. New York: New Press, 1999. ISBN 1-56584-523-4.
  • Bourdieu, Pierre. Distinction : a social critique of the judgement of taste. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-674-21277-0.
  • CARRIER, James G.. A Handbook of Economic Anthropology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-1-84545-514-9.
  • Graeber, David. Dluh : prvních 5000 let. Brno : BizBooks, 2012. ISBN 978-80-265-0044-5.
  • Gudeman, Stephen. Economic persuasions. New York : Berghahn Books, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84545-436-4.
  • Gudeman, Stephen. Economy's tension : the dialectics of community and market. New York : Berghahn Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84545-514-9.
  • Gudeman, Stephen. The anthropology of economy : community, market, and culture. Malden : Blackwell, 2001. ISBN 978-0-631-22567-6.
  • Hann, Chris; Hart, Keith. Economic anthropology : history, ethnography, critique. 2011. ISBN 978-0-7456-4483-7.
  • HO, Karen. Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street. B.m.: Duke University Press, 2009.
  • Mauss, Marcel. Esej o daru, podobě a důvodech směny v archaických společnostech. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999. ISBN 80-85850-77-X.
  • MILLER, Daniel. A Theory of Shopping. Cambridge: Polity, 2013.
  • MILLER, Daniel. Material culture and mass consumption. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994.
  • MILLER, Daniel. Stuff. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2009. ISBN 0-7456-4424-4.
  • Wilk, Richard R. Economies and cultures : foundations of economic anthropology. Oxford : Westview Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8133-2058-5.


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