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Course: Readings of Anthropological Texts 2

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Course title Readings of Anthropological Texts 2
Course code KFI/NČAT2
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course 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
Reading of assigned texts and their analysis, collective interpretation, control of understanding and discussion of the texts, presented documentaries or debate with invited experts.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
Seminars are based on the reading of assigned anthropological texts, presenting anthropological or ethnographical documentaries and their collective interpretation and analysis. Student will learn to use the antropological concept of culture in practice and open discussion.
Students learn to work up selected expert books, to compare two or more books concerning the same or similar topic, to present the books in the form of oral report, and to spark off and moderate the debate.
Prerequisites
This seminar number 2. IS NOT conditioned by the seminar number 1. Both seminars may be passed in the reverse succession.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Systematic student observation

- two presentations of two voluntary selected books concerning the same topic - 85% attendance and the active participaton in the 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: Summer
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 18.04.2024 23:50. Data created for academic year 2023/2024