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Course: Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

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Course title Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
Course code KSH/PUSA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jetmarová Jana, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Hrabáková Luďka, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with social and cultural anthropology as a social science reflecting man as a social and cultural being. Students will be familiarized with selected key topics and universal cultural phenomena. Attention will be paid to the key anthropological concepts (culture, enculturation, cultural relativism, ethnocentrism etc.) During the seminars, students will deepen their knowledge of topics discussed in lectures using literature and film samples.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature
  • ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Etnicita a nacionalismus: antropologické perspektivy. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON).Sociální a kulturní antropologie: příbuzenství, národnostní příslušnost, rituál. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-465-6..
  • GELLNER, Ernest André. Nacionalismus. Brno: CDK, 2003. ISBN 80-7325-023-3..
  • HROCH, Miroslav. Národy nejsou dílem náhody: příčiny a předpoklady utváření moderních evropských národů. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2009. ISBN 978-80-7419-010-0..
  • LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude. Antropologie a problémy moderního světa. Praha: Karolinum, 2012. ISBN 978-80-246-2098-5..
  • MURPHY, Robert Francis. Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004. ISBN 80-86429-25-3..
  • SOUKUP, Martin. Základy kulturní antropologie. Vyd. 2. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7465-186-1..


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