Course: Readings of Anthropological Texts 1

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Course title Readings of Anthropological Texts 1
Course code KFI/NČAT1
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Erban Vít, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
- individual reading selected texts - collective analysis and the checking of understanding - open discussion concerning the theme

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
Seminar is based on reading of selected classical and important anthropological texts and essays and their discussion and application.
Students learn to work up selected expert texts and to use the texts for discussion and application.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Systematic student observation

- regular short written essays - 85 % attendance and participaton in discussions
Recommended literature
  • BARRETT, R. A. Culture and Conduct: an Excursion in Anthropology.. Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont, 1990. ISBN 0-534-14724-0.
  • BENEDICTOVÁ, R. Kulturní vzorce. Praha : Argo, 1999.
  • ERIKSEN, T. H. Antropologie multikulturních společností: rozumět identitě. Praha : Triton, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7254-925-2.
  • ERIKSEN, T. H. Sociální a kulturní antropologie: příbuzenství, národnostní příslušnost, rituál. Praha : Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7254-925-2.
  • GEERTZ, C. Interpretace kultur: vybrané eseje. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000.
  • INGOLD, T. (ed.). Key Debates in Anthropology. Routledge, London and New York, 1996. ISBN 0-415-15020-5.
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, C. Rasa a dějiny. Brno : Atlantis, 1999.
  • MIDDLETON, D. R. The Challenge of Human Diversity: Mirrors, Bridges, and Chasms. Waveland Press, 2003.
  • MONAGHAN, J. - JUST, P. Social and Cultural Anthropology. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
  • POSPÍŠIL, L. Kultura. Národopisný časopis Český lid (suplemnet), 1993.
  • ROBBINS, R. H. Cultural Anthropology: A Problem-Based Approach. Belmont, 2006.
  • WALBRIDGE, L. S. - SIEVERT, A. K. Personal Encounters: A Reader in Cultural Anthropology. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2003.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Theology Study plan (Version): Philosophy and Religious Studies (2016) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: Winter