Course: Theory and Practice of Development Projects

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Course title Theory and Practice of Development Projects
Course code KSA/DPDG
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pohorecký Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Švátorová Anna, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) What is the applied social anthropology (ASA). Definition. Opposition to the so-called "pure" anthropology. Overview of typical themes and areas of interest. 2) ASA development, basic concepts, topics and overview and characteristics of the "domains of application" (health, education, agriculture, environment, tourism, migration) in the context of the ASA's possibilities. 3) Research methods and techniques of ASA (Rapid apparisal procedure, Focus Group Discussions, participant observation, interviews, questionaries, document analysis, visual analysis). 4) Analysis of institutional policies and practices from anthropological perspective (programmes evaluation, social impact assesment, need analysis). 5) Strategies of social and cultural change management (Cultural Brokerage, Social Marketing, Collaborative Research, Action Research). 6) Ethics and dilemmas of development project area. 7) Development project, phases and examples of project and their reflection. 8) The basic principles of project planning and the Logical Framework Approach in the creation of a development project. 9) Guest lectures by external lecturers with the straight experience of development project. 10) Film projection and their reflection. 11) Student's presentations and their discussions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, E-learning, Collaborative instruction, Cooperative instruction, Project-based instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Task-based study method, Seminar classes, Individual study, Self-study of literature
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 50 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 14 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to characterize key basic theoretical and methodological themes of Social and Cultural Anthropology
to describe and characterize basic mental directions (paradigms) of Social and Cultural Anthropology
on the basic of own knowledge to create and propose the topic of development project
to discuss the focus and structure of the discipline
Skills
to understand of professional social science text
to write cultivated professional text on the stated theme
to use electronic information resources
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe and propose basic methodological methods use under applied anthropology in research development project
to name the anthropologists that were dealing with utilization of the anthropological knowledge of social and cultural change and explain their basic thoughts.
to describe and apply the basic principles of project planning and the Logical Framework Approach in the creation of a development project
to introduce the problematics of humanitarian and development aid into context of recent and contemporary geopolotical situation
Skills
to analyse and critically reflect historical development of Applied Anthropology
to discuss and apply the ethical considerations of an applied terminology
to define the project intention framework of development project
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
E-learning
Multimedia supported teaching
Task-based study method
Project-based instruction
Collaborative instruction
Cooperative instruction
Self-study of literature
One-to-One tutorial
Skills
Seminar classes
One-to-One tutorial
Students' portfolio
E-learning
Self-study of literature
Textual studies
Individual study
Multimedia supported teaching
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Project-based instruction
Self-study of literature
Seminar
E-learning
assessment methods
Knowledge
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Project
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Group presentation at a seminar
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Group presentation at a seminar
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Edelman, Marc; Haugerud, Angelique. The anthropology of development and globalization : from classical political economy to contemporary neoliberalism. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub, 2004. ISBN 0631228802.
  • Ervin, M. Applied Anthropology: Tools and Perspectives for Contemporary Practise. 2000.
  • Escobar, Arturo. Encountering development : the making and unmaking of the third world. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1994. ISBN 978-0-691-00102-9.
  • Gardner, Katy; Lewis, David. Anthropology, development and the post-modern challenge. London : Pluto Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0-7453-0747-3.
  • McDonald, James H. The applied anthropology reader. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 2002. ISBN 0-205-32491-6.
  • Nolan, Riall W. Development anthropology : encounters in the real world. Boulder : Westview Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8133-0984-0.
  • Örtengren, K. The Logical Framework Approach. SIDA, 2003.
  • Podolefski, A - Brown, P. J. Applying Cultural Anthropology: An Introductory Reader. McGraw Hill, 2007.
  • Sachs, W. (ed). The Development Dictionary. A Guide to Knowledge as Power. Zed Books Ltd, London, 1992.
  • Van Willigen, John. Applied anthropology : an introduction. 3rd ed. Westport : Bergin & Garvey, 2002. ISBN 0-89789-833-8.


Study plans that include the course
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