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Lecturer(s)
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Vránová Lava, doc. PhDr. CSc.
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Course content
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1. Organizational information 2. Basic concepts and anchoring of the topic in the development of anthropological thinking 3. Spatial, temporal and social hierarchy 4. Habitat and household 5. Communities and economic segregation 6. Evolution of the production cultural landscape 7. Social metabolism 8. Informal and formal economy 9. Technology and culture 10. Human settlements as a link between the natural and socio-economic environment 11. Boundaries and ownership 12. Management of natural resources 13. Economic globalization and environmental crisis
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Project-based instruction, Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Textual studies
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 35 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize and explain the basic concepts and methods of sociocultural anthropology |
| Skills |
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| to critically reflect and understand a professional text in the Czech language |
| to critically reflect and understand a professional text in the English language |
| to use electronic information sources |
| to use methods of sociocultural anthropology |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize and explain the approaches and potential of combining economic and ecological anthropology |
| to describe and explain various forms of production, distribution and consumption from an anthropological perspective |
| to characterize and describe key theories, methodologies, and classical studies of economic and ecological anthropology |
| Skills |
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| to analyze the relationship between the environmental, economic and social spheres |
| to critically re-evaluate the information received |
| to apply theories and methods of economic and ecological anthropology to their own research |
| to design and implement an anthropological research project focused on economic and ecological aspects |
| to find and use relevant literature and analytical tools |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| Project-based instruction |
| Discussion |
| Skills demonstration |
| Textual studies |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Skills demonstration |
| Discussion |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Project |
| Oral exam |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Project |
| Competences |
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| Oral exam |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Project |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Barlett, P.F. Agricultural Decision Making: Anthropological Contributions to Rural Development, Studies in anthropology. Orlando: Academic Press, 1984.
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Busby, Cecilia. The performance of gender : an anthropology of everyday life in a south indian fishing village. London . Athlone Press, 2000. ISBN 0-485-19671-9.
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Clammer, J. R. (ed.). Beyond the New Economic Anthropology. Houndmills/London: Macmillan Press, 1987.
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Creevey, L. E. Women Farmers in Africa: Rural Development in Mali and the Sahel, Contemporary issues in the Middle East. 1st ed. Syracuse, N.Y., Syracuse University Press, 1986.
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Crumley, Carole L.; Deventer, A. Elizabeth van; Fletcher, Josef J. New directions in anthropology and environment : intersections. Walnut Creek : Altamira Press, 2001. ISBN 0-7425-0265-1.
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Dennis, N., Henriques, F., Slaughter, C. Coal is our life: an analysis of a Yorkshire mining community. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956.
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Ellen, R.F. Environment, subsistence, and system: the ecology of small-scale social formations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
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Hann, C. M.; Hart, Keith. Market and society : the great transformation today. 1st pub. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-51965-6.
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Heath, A. F. Rational choice and social exchange: a critique of exchange theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976.
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Kelly, R.L. The Lifeways of Hunter-Gatherers: The Foraging Spectrum. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Parkin, D. J. Palms, Wine and Witnesses. Public Spirit and Private Gain in an African Farm Community. London: Intertext, 1972.
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Parry, J., Bloch, M. Introduction: Money and the morality of exchange. In Money and the morality of exchange. J. Parry and M. Bloch, eds. Pp. 1-32. Cambridge University Press, 1989.
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Plattner, Stuart. Economic anthropology. Stanford : Stanford University Press, 1989. ISBN 0-8047-1752-4.
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Ross, R. J. S. Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops.. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004.
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Silitoe, Paul. A Place against time : land and environment in the Papua New Guinea highlands. Amsterdam: Hardwood Academic Publishers, 1996. ISBN 3-7186-5925-5.
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Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice. The modern world. I, Capitalist agriculture and the origins of the European world-economy in the sixteenth century : with a new prologue. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-520-26757-2.
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Wilk, Richard R. Economies and cultures : foundations of economic anthropology. Oxford : Westview Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8133-2058-5.
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Wolf, Eric R. Peasants. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1966.
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