FVPAA011 Cultural Anthropology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Andrea Preissová Krejčí, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Andrea Preissová Krejčí, Ph.D.
Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Bortlíková
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
The course focuses on basic introduction into the field of cultural anthropology. The aim of this course is to gain basic terminology of social sciences and its use in cultural and social anthropology (culture, enculturation, socialization, communication, cultural relativism, acculturation, etc.). After finishing the course students should be able to recognize the definition of anthropology as a general science of human and the problems of internal division into "sub-anthropology", the importance primarily leans on defining the cultural and social anthropology, ethnology and ethnography. The essential subject of the course is the interpretation of the major paradigms of cultural and social anthropology and reference to their historical representatives. Other purpose of this course is to introduce students to contemporary debates related to the concept of culture. Next the attention is paid to concepts of ethnicity, language and gender. Teaching methods: Lecture Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training) Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming) Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization) Assessment methods: Seminar Work
Syllabus
  • 1. Main anthropological approaches to human as a bio-psycho-social being.
    2. Integral approach to human in anthropology.
    3. Ontogenetic and phylogenetic development of human.
    4. Contemporary position of human in animal life and its uniqueness.
    5. Racism and the term "race" in history.
    6. Human diversity.
    7. Finding of anthropology in education and nurture.
    8. Main paradigms of cultural anthropology.
    9. Evolutionism and its representatives.
    10. Diffusionism. Functionalist paradigm.
    11. Configurationism. Structuralism in anthropology.
    12. Symbolic anthropology. Interpretive anthropology.
Literature
    required literature
  • ERICKSON, Paul A.; MURPHY Liam D. A History of Anthropological Theory. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. info
  • SOUKUP, V. Dějiny antropologie. Praha: Karolinum, 2005. info
  • ERIKSEN, H. T.; NIELSEN, Sivert F. A History of Anthropology. London: Pluto Press, 2001. info
  • KOTTAK, C. P. Cultural antropology: The exploration of human diversity. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1991. info
  • EVANS-PRITCHARD, E. E. History of Anthropological Thought. London: Faber, 1981. info
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2018, Winter 2021, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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