UHVD0004 Cultural Anthropology

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
Emphasis on reading key texts of cultural anthropologists and analyze their influence in the field of historiography.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will be acquainted with the main features, methods, approaches and concepts of cultural anthropology as a discipline about perception and formation of cultura otherness. Attention will be paid also to creating ethnic, gender and religious alterities. Economic and visual anthropology will be addressed. Emphasis will be on reading key texts of cultural anthropologists and analyzing their impact in historiography.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction
    2. Methods
    3. Key Concepts
    4. Economic anthopology
    5.-7. Exchange of Goods and Gift Giving
    8. Visual anthropology
    9.-12. Interpretation of Texts

Literature
    recommended literature
  • Nešpor, Z. ? Horský, J. Historická antropologie? Metodické problémy a paradoxy na pomezí dějepisectví, sociologie a sociální antropologie. Kuděj 1/ 2004, s. 61- 81. info
  • Bowie, F. Antropologie náboženství. Praha, 2008. info
  • ERIKSEN, THOMA H. Sociální a kulturní antropologie: Příbuzenství, národnostní příslušnost, rituál. Praha: Portál, 2008. info
  • Nünnig, A. - Nünnig, V. Konzepte der Kulturwissenshaften. Stuttgart, 2003. info
  • R. F. Murphy. Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie. Praha, 1999. info
  • Kottack, C.P. Anthropology, The Exploration of Human Diversity. New York, 1991. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023.
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