UHVHMBP054 Cultural Anthropology

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
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.
Learning outcomes
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. Anthropological study of culture and way of life 2. Cultural aspects of anthropogenesis 3. Basic topics in anthropology 4. Issues of race and ethnicity 5. "First nations" in the light of science 6. Evolutionary anthropology 7. Diffusionist schools in ethnology and anthropology 8. American historicism 9. Configurationism 10. Structural anthropology 11. - 13. Original cultures of North America
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
Teaching methods
The course will consist of lectures and seminars - the active participation of students in all forms of teaching is expected, as well as independent study of compulsory and recommended literature. Lectures will be supplemented by documentary material (photographs, pictorial material, video recordings, a visit to the current museum exhibition ...)
Assessment methods
The condition for granting credits is active participation in the course, processing and presentation of the selected topic at the seminar and passing the knowledge test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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