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Lecturer(s)
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Klápšťová Kateřina, PhDr.
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Berec Michal, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The aim is to enable students a basic orientation in non-European artefacts of ethnographic and artistic-historical value with an emphasis on raw materials and production materials originating from organisms protected by international conventions. Thematic areas follow artifacts according to the material used and production processes, especially leather and fur products, feather products, plant fruits and shellfish shells, wood carvings, bones, walrus, ivory and dentin, noble stones and related types or appearance. The basis is a comparative approach, which is based on identical and different features of artifacts from different cultural and geographical areas. The course should lead students to the basic acquisition of the ability to outline the provenance of typical artifacts from selected cultural areas, classify them relatively and ideally to distinguish ethnic creation, tourist production and imitations. In addition, specific types of raw materials used, unique production and ceremonial production procedures, sources and importance of colors as well as characteristic and often unique functions of final products will be monitored within non-European areas.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Demonstration
- Preparation for classes
- 50 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 12 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 115 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim is to identify artifacts of ethnographic and artistic-historical value with an emphasis on raw materials and production materials originating from organisms protected by international conventions. The thematic areas cover the continents and cultural geographical areas of North and Sub-Saharan Africa, North, Central and South America, the Near and Far East, India, Indonesia, Australia and Oceania. The basis is a comparative approach and analysis of identical and different features and elements observed on sets of artifacts classified according to the material used and production processes (ceramics, glass, textiles, wood carvings, stone, bones and dentures, feather, leather and fur products, precious and precious stones and precious metals, etc.). The aim of the comparative analysis is to identify typical determinants that lead to the distinction of artifacts in terms of their provenance and relative historical classification. In addition, specific types of raw materials used, unique production and ceremonial production procedures, sources and importance of colors as well as characteristic and often unique functions of final products will be monitored within non-European areas.
Ability of a solid orientation in the determination of ethnographic artifacts from the main cultural and geographical areas of the world. Knowledge of raw materials and materials from organisms protected by international conventions.
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Prerequisites
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At least 80% attendance at seminars, seminar work, basic knowledge of phytogeography and zoogeography, plant systematics, animal systematics.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Combined exam
Knowledge of taxonomy, distribution and basic biology of animals included in individual CITES categories, their use and importance in ethnography in individual cultural areas of the world.
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Recommended literature
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Blauer, E. African Elegance. London, 1999.
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Günsberg, M. African Form. Milano, 2000.
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Horst Antes. Federarbeiten der Indianer Sudamerikas aus der Studiensammlung. Koln, 1994.
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J. Kandert. Afrika. Praha, 1966.
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Jiroušková, J. Dějiny odívání. Černá Afrika. Praha, 2003.
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Jiroušková,J. Dějiny odívání. Severní Afriky. Praha, 2007.
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Lips, J. O původu věcí. Praha, 1960.
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Paterek, J. Encyklopedia of American Indian Costume. New York,London, 1994.
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Průvodce. Náprstkovo muzeum NM. Praha. Národní muzeum, 1999.
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Salzmann, Z. Jak se antropolog dívá na výtvarné umění. - In: Český lid. 1999.
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Smithsonian Institution. Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 5-16. Washington, 1980.
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Smithsonian Institution. Handbook of South American Indians.Vol. 5, The Comparative Ethnology. Washington, 1948.
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