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Lecturer(s)
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Pohorecký Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction. Sources of information, conditions of atestation. 2. Basic characteristics of the discourse of the visual-anthropology (theories, methods, topics) 3. Anthropology and fotographic documentation. 4. Origins of visual anthropology (Bateson, Meade) 5. Photography as a anthropological research method (Colliers) 6. Visual antropology since 80s - changes of paradigms (Ruby, Pink) 7. Photography as a subject of an anthropological research. 8. Movie as an instrument of anthropological research, education and data presentation (ethnographical movie) 9. Movie and audovisual technology as a subject of an anthropological research 10. Digital ethnography and internet from the perspective of the visual anthropology. 11. Posibilities of the visual anthropology in the Czech and Central European context. Institutional basis and contemporary perspectives of the visual anthropology in the world. 12. Prezentation and discussion of the student's projects and essays. Closing remarks.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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E-learning, Cooperative instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, Laboratory work, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 25 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| characterize the basic theoretical and methodological foundations of social and cultural anthropology |
| describe and characterize the basic schools of thought (paradigms) of social and cultural anthropology |
| based on their knowledge, devise and design their own research topic |
| formally present a topic in the field of social and cultural anthropology, ethnology |
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| read and understand a professional social science text |
| write a sophisticated professional text on a given topic |
| use electronic information resources |
| distinguish literature from different periods in the development of the discipline |
| apply general theoretical and methodological models of social and cultural anthropology in relation to the subtopic |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to define visual anthropology in relation to the foundations of the anthropological study of culture, society and human action |
| from a theoretical and methodological point of view, compare and evaluate the perspective of visual anthropology with other social science approaches to the study of (audio)visual communication |
| clarify and critically evaluate the ideas of scholars working in the field of visual anthropology |
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| apply contemporary theories of sign to the field of audiovisual communication |
| critically reflect on the uses of photography and film in classical and contemporary anthropology |
| to use photography or film in the context of field research as a tool for anthropological interpretation of cultural and social conditions of actors' actions |
| use specialised software tools to process audiovisual material for presentation purposes (e.g. editing) and for analysis purposes (e.g. evaluation of audiovisual data) |
| interpret socially shared patterns of behaviour through quantitative and qualitative analysis of visual manifestations of the observed society and use relevant software tools in the analysis |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| E-learning |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Textual studies |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Skills |
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| E-learning |
| Seminar classes |
| Cooperative instruction |
| Skills demonstration |
| Students' portfolio |
| Laboratory work |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| E-learning |
| Seminar classes |
| Cooperative instruction |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Banks, Marcus; Morphy, Howard. Rethinking visual anthropology. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-300-06691-3.
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Collier, J. Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method.
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Flusser, Vilém. Za filosofii fotografie. 1. vyd. Praha : Hynek, 1994. ISBN 80-85906-04-X.
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Hocking, P. Principles of Visual Anthropology.
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Hudeček, Pavel. Možnosti vizuální antropologie při popisu lokální komunity. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita. Fakulta humanitních studií, 2004.
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Pink, Sarah. Doing visual ethnography : images, media, and representation in research. 2nd ed. Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4129-2348-4.
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Sztompka, P. Vizuální socilogie. SLON, 2008.
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