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Lecturer(s)
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Švarcová Andrea, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. the introduction - the studies of kinship and family 2. kinship - definition of basic concepts 3. kinship, family and sociology 4. kinship, family and anthropology 5. kinship, family and history 6. nature, culture, and the concept of kinship 7. kinship, family and new technologies of reproduction 8. kinship, family and gender 9. rethinking of kinship - procreational and social family 10. rethinking of kinship - procreational and social family 11. ethnicity, race, social class and family 12. family in the context of social networks 13. family research in the Czech Republic
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Project-based instruction, Students' portfolio, Seminar classes, Students' self-study, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 21 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 65 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and explain basic sociological theories. |
| to describe the formation of sociological perspectives on the study of society. |
| to characterize the basic knowledge resulting from empirical research. |
| to enumerate and describe the basic developmental stages of the formation of Western societies. |
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| to create a formally acceptable professional output. |
| to actively use foreign databases of professional journals. |
| to independently interpret knowledge from various subfields of sociology. |
| to use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English. |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to distinguish changes in the development of theories of family and kinship. |
| to explain the theoretical background and methodological problems associated with the study of family and kinship. |
| to characterize different types of conflicts between theoretical approaches explaining what family and kinship are. |
| to enumerate and characterize individual comparative researches dealing with the study of kinship and family. |
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| to classify different types of approaches to the study of family and kinship. |
| to independently demonstrate specific conflicting approaches in theories of family and kinship. |
| to independently critically evaluate the paradigm of sociology of family and kinship. |
| to independently choose a suitable theoretical and methodological approach for the analysis of social phenomena associated with the study of family and kinship. |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Students' portfolio |
| Seminar classes |
| Skills |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Students' portfolio |
| Seminar classes |
| Competences |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Students' portfolio |
| Seminar classes |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Project |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Project |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Project |
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Recommended literature
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Atkinson, Jane, Monning a Errington, Shelly (eds.). Power and Difference. Gender in Island Southeast Asia.
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Barrie, Thorn a Yalom, Marilyn. Rethinking the Family. Some Feminists Questions. Northeastern University Press, 1992.
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Bianchi, Suzanne M.; Robinson, John P.; Milkie, Melissa A. Changing rhythms of American family life. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2006. ISBN 0-87154-136-X.
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Burguiere, Andre; Klapisch-Zuber, Christiane; Segalen, Martine; Zonabend, Francoise (eds.). A History of the Family. The Impact of Modernity. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996.
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Burguiere, Andre; Klapisch-Zuber, Christiane; Segalen, Martine; Zonabend, Francoise (eds.). History of the Family. Distant Worlds, Ancient Worlds. Vol. 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996.
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Carsten, Janet, ed. Cultures of Relatedness, New Approaches to the Study of Kinship. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., 2000.
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Casper, Lynne M.; Bianchi, Suzanne M. Continuity and change in the American family. Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-7619-2009-9.
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Coontz, Stephanie. Marriage, a history : from obedience to intimacy or how love conquered marriage. New York : Viking, 2005. ISBN 0-670-03407-X.
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Franklin, Sarah a McKinnon, Susan (eds.). Relative Values. Reconfiguring Kinship Studies. Duke University Press. London, 2001.
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Goody, Jack. The Orient, the Ancient and the Primitive. System of Marriage and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Societies of Eurasia.
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Haraway, Donna. Primate Visions. Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science. London, 1989.
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Holý, Ladislav. Anthropological Perspectives on Kinship. London: Pluto Press.
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Laslett, Peter a Wall, Richard. Household and Family in Past Time. Cambridge University Press, 1972.
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Maynes, Mary, Jo; Walter, Ann; Soland, Birgitte, Soland a Strasser, Ulrike (eds.). Gender, Kinship, Power. Routledge, New York, 1996.
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Parkin, Robert a Stone, Linda. Kinship and Family. An Anthropological Reader.
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Stone, L. Kinship and Gender, An Introduction. Boulder: WestviewPress, 1997.
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Stone, Linda. New directions in anthropological kinship ; Linda Stone, editor. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2001. ISBN 0-7425-0108-6.
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