Ethnology of Asia 3102-LPAZ-OG

Far from being a complete description, this course offers insights into some areas of life and culture of a few societies, where the author was doing his fieldwork. Concentrating on the issues of religion, symbolism and ritual, it analyzes basic ideas and institutions of spiritual life and symbolic language of traditional nomadic groups of Central Asia and Siberia as well as some phenomena in modern societies like Japanese or Chinese.

Type of course

general courses

Prerequisites (description)

For students interested in symbolic cultures of Asia

Course coordinators

Jerzy Wasilewski

Learning outcomes

Students can depict some peculiarities of Asian religious cultures.

Assessment criteria

written exam,
unjustified non-attendance is permitted twice in a semester

Bibliography

A. Kuczyński, Polskie opisanie świata. Studia z dziejów poznania kultur ludowych i plemiennych, t. 1. Azja i Afryka, Wrocław 1994.
A. Sadakata, Góra Sumeru i kraina Sukhawati. Zarys kosmologii buddyjskiej, Poznań 2000.
S. Szynkiewicz, Rodzina pasterska w Mongolii, Warszawa 1981.
J. S. Wasilewski, Podróże do piekieł. Rzecz o szamańskich misteriach, Warszawa 1983.
J. S. Wasilewski, Tabu a paradygmaty etnologii, Warszawa 1989, s. 12-45.

Additional information

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