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Lecturer(s)
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Novotný Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Brewin Alois, Doc. Ph.D.
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Krechovská Dana, Doc. M.A., Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. The role of field research in the process of constituting the discipline. 2. B. K. Malinowski and (not only) participant observation. 3. Miklucho-Maklaj and his (forgotten) inheritance. 4. The specifics of anthropological field work. 5. The definition of anthropological methodological arsenal against the procedures and techniques of related disciplines. 6. The possibilities and limits of anthropological research techniques. 7. The role of researcher in the field. 8. The ethic dimension of the field work. 9. Applied anthropology and a "bespoken" research. 10. The question of choice of self theme and relevant techniques of data collection. 11. The question of publication, eventually of other types of publishing the research findings. 12. The financial question of the research; grants, projects. 13. FAQ (frequently asked questions).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, One-to-One tutorial, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature
- Contact hours
- 65 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 51 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to understand of a professionally situated lecture |
| to independently devise and design a topic of (field) research |
| Skills |
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| to read and understand of a professional text in the English language |
| to read and understand of a professional text |
| to transform the content of a professional text into one's own research, research work |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize and explain the most important methodological approaches (structuralist, structural-functionalist, cognitive, interpretativist, feminist approaches) |
| to characterize and describe various topics related to ethnographic research (choice of topic, approach to the field, relationship to informants, etc.) |
| to discuss the ethical dimension of research |
| Skills |
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| to create and design ethnographic research - from fieldwork to writing an ethnographic text |
| to apply basic methods and techniques of ethnographic research (participatory observation, ethnographic interview, questionnaires, spatial maps, kinship diagrams, work with biographies, analysis of the social scene, community study, case study, study of institutions, etc.) |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Self-study of literature |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Seminar classes |
| Skills |
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| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Seminar classes |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Skills demonstration |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Skills demonstration |
| Individual study |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Oral exam |
| Seminar work |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Oral exam |
| Seminar work |
| Group presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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AbuLughod, Lila. Can There Be A Feminist Ethnography?. Women and Performance, 1990.
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Agar, Michael H. The professional stranger : an informal introduction to ethnography. San Diego : Academic Press, 1996. ISBN 0-12-044470-4.
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Briggs, Jane, L. Never in Anger: Portrait of An Eskimo Family. , CambridgeMassachusetts, London, England: Harvard University Press, 1970.
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Crone, Julia G. and Michael Angrosino. Field Projects in Anthropology. A Student Handbook. Prospect Heights, Ill, Waveland Press, 1992.
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Emerson, Robert M.; Fretz, Rachel I. Writing ethnographic fieldnotes. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1995. ISBN 0-226-20681-5.
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Ginsburg, Faye, D. Contested Lives. The Abortion Debate in an American Community. Berkeley, Los Angeles, University of Clifornia Press, 1989.
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Lofland, John; Lofland, Lyn H. Analyzing social settings : a guide to qualitative observation and analysis. Belmont : Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1995. ISBN 0-534-24780-6.
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Myerhoff, Barbara. Number Our Days. Culture and Community Among Elderly Jews in an American Ghetto. New York, Dutton, 1979.
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Rabinow, Paul. Reflections on fieldwork in Morocco. [1st ed.]. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1977. ISBN 0-520-03529-1.
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