Course: Anthropology for political scientist

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Course title Anthropology for political scientist
Course code KSA/KSAHB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Švátorová Anna, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Pohorecký Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Definition of the SCA in relationship to the general anthropology and other humanities and social sciences (political science, sociology, history, archeology) 2. Anthropological theory of culture. 3. Concept of society in anthropology, basic terminology and theories. 4. Anthropological field research 5. Kinship, marriage and aliances. 6. Economics, production, distribution, consumption 7. Politics, typology of governments, power, law. 8. Religion, ritual, moral, ethics. 9. Social differentiation, gender, castes, classes, statuses... 10. Language and culture 11. Nationalism, ethnicity, identity. 12. Urban space, social exclusion, ghettoization, poverty.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Individual study, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 38 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
at the basic level to understand science-structured lecture
to understand text in English
Skills
to read and understand professional social-science literature
to read and understand professional text in English
on a basic level to think in terms
to interpret professional text and communicate about its content and form
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize social and cultural anthropology in relation to other social sciences, natural sciences and humanistic sciences
to define and explain key concepts, concepts and theories of social and cultural anthropology
to list the anthropologists who were most prominently involved in shaping social and cultural anthropology, to explain and critically evaluate their basic ideas
to describe the basic methodological practices used in the framework of social and cultural anthropology
to introduce and interpret basic works of social and cultural anthropology
Skills
to use key concepts, concepts and theories of social and cultural anthropology in interpreting relevant social phenomena and themes
to design and apply the basic methodological practices used in social and cultural anthropology as part of a research project
to give examples of research that took place in the 20th century in social and cultural anthropology and critically reflect them in terms of contemporary theoretical approaches
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Individual study
One-to-One tutorial
Skills
Skills demonstration
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Multimedia supported teaching
One-to-One tutorial
Seminar
Discussion
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills demonstration
Group discussion
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Written exam
Test
Seminar work
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Written exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Written exam
Test
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Augé, Marc. Antropologie současných světů. Praha : Atlantis, 1999. ISBN 80-7108-154-X.
  • Benedictová, Ruth. Kulturní vzorce. Vyd. 1. Praha : Argo, 1999. ISBN 80-7203-212-7.
  • Copans, Jean. Základy antropologie a etnologie. Praha : Portál, 2001. ISBN 80-7178-385-4.
  • Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. Sociální a kulturní antropologie : příbuzenství, národnostní příslušnost, rituál. Praha : Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-465-6.
  • Evans-Pritchard, E. The Nuer. Oxford University Press, 1940.
  • Firth, Raymond. We, the Tikopia : a sociological study of kinship in primitive Polynesia. Stanford : Stanford University Press, 1983. ISBN 0-8047-1202-6.
  • Geertz, Clifford. Interpretace kultur : vybrané eseje. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000. ISBN 80-85850-89-3.
  • Gennep, Charles-Arnold Kurr van. Přechodové rituály : systematické studium rituálů. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1997. ISBN 80-7106-178-6.
  • Heider, Karl G. Seeing anthropology : cultural anthropology through film. Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2007. ISBN 0-205-48355-0.
  • Kandert, Josef. Každodenní život vesničanů středního Slovenska v šedesátých až osmdesátých letech 20. století. Praha : Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0782-4.
  • Lawless, Robert. Co je to kultura. Olomouc : Votobia, 1996. ISBN 80-7198-106-0.
  • Lévi-Strauss, Claude. Smutné tropy. Praha : Odeon, 1966.
  • Malinowski, Bronisław. Sex a represe v divošské společnosti. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86429-76-2.
  • Mauss, Marcel. Esej o daru, podobě a důvodech směny v archaických společnostech. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999. ISBN 80-85850-77-X.
  • Mead, Margaret. Pohlaví a temperament u tří primitivních společností. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7419-036-0.
  • Peters-Golden, Holly. Culture sketches : case studies in anthropology. Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 0-07-287608-5.
  • Rapport, Nigel; Overing, Joanna. Social and cultural anthropology : the key concepts. 1st pub. London : Routledge, 2000. ISBN 0-415-18156-9.
  • Salzmann, Zdeněk. Jazyk, kultura a společnost : úvod do lingvistické antropologie. Praha : Ústav pro etnografii a folkloristiku AV ČR, 1997.
  • Salzmann, Zdeněk. Studijní materiály k přednáškám o lingvistické antropologii. [Plzeň] : [ZČU], 1999.
  • Skupnik, Jaroslav. Antropologie příbuzenství : příbuzenství, manželství a rodina v kulturněantropologické perspektivě. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7419-019-3.


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