Course: Economic Anthropology

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Course title Economic Anthropology
Course code KSA/TES
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
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)
  • Pavlíček Yana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction 2. Economic anthropology 3. Cultural and social economy I 4. Cultural and social economy II 5. Methodology 6. Production 7. Test 8. Exchange I 9. Exchange II 10. Property 11. Money 12. Counting 13. Economic globalization

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Project-based instruction, Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, 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 characterize and explain the basic concepts and methods of sociocultural anthropology
Skills
to critically reflect on and understand a professional text in the Czech language
to critically reflect on and understand a professional text in English
to use electronic information resources
to use the methods of socio-cultural anthropology
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterise and explain the approach and potential of economic anthropology
to describe and explain the different forms of production, distribution and consumption of resources from an anthropological perspective
to characterize and describe the key theories, methodology, and classic studies of economic anthropology
Skills
to analyse the relationship between the economic and social spheres
to critically review the information received
to apply the theories and methods of economic anthropology to their own research
to design and implement an anthropological research project focusing on the economic aspects of social organisation
to find and use relevant literature and analytical tools
Competences
N/A
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
Textual studies
Project-based instruction
Discussion
Skills
Seminar classes
Project-based instruction
Discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills demonstration
Textual studies
Competences
Seminar
Skills demonstration
Multimedia supported teaching
Textual studies
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Project
Oral exam
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Recommended literature
  • 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.
  • Godelier, Maurice. The enigma of the gift. 1st ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999. ISBN 0-226-30045-5.
  • Gudeman, Stephen. Economy's tension : the dialectics of community and market. New York : Berghahn Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84545-514-9.
  • 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.
  • Henrich, J., et. al. "Economic man" in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (6): 795-815. 2005.
  • 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.
  • Wilk, Richard R. Economies and cultures : foundations of economic anthropology. Oxford : Westview Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8133-2058-5.


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