Anthropology of Culture 3600-7-AK1.1
Course comprises basic problems, terms, theories and methods of cultural anthropology. The topics are: culture and nature opposition; social and kinship systems; psychological anthropology; language and relativism and universalism of language (and culture); supernatural powers, worldview, myth and rituals; time and space of life; contemporary anthropology and anthropology in everyday life.
1. Introduction to the discipline of cultural anthropology.
2. The origins of ethnological science – the word of ours and strangers
3. The first anthropological theories - evolutionism and diffusionism
4. Functional revolution in anthropology - functionalism and structural functionalism
5. A structural view of culture
6. Language and communication – language of culture
7. Man and nature
8. Man in society
9. Word of supernatural powers
10. Culture, individuals and society
11. Anthropological theories of power
12. Modern and postmodern theories in anthropology
13. Visual anthropology
14. Constructionism in culture.
Course coordinators
Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
K_W01 – has basic knowledge of the place and importance of cultural anthropology in the social sciences and oriental studies, their specificity in relation to the subject and methodology
K_W02 - has organized general knowledge (including terminology, theory and methodology) in the scope of cultural studies
K_W10 - basic cultural phenomena of societies of Asi and Africa
K_W18 - knows and understands basic analysis and interpretation methods of various products of culture characteristic of chosen theories and schools of research within the scope of cultural studies
K_U02 - indicate sources of cultural differences of Oriental and African countries
K_U09 - can use the knowledge of socio-cultural issues of Asian and African countries in typical professional situations
K_U17 - properly function in the linguistic and cultural environment of Asian and African
K_K05 – make others aware of the cultural distinctness and its religious, philosophical, traditional and historical roots and its significance for understanding modern world
K_K06 - sees the need of dialogue between cultures
K_K09 - perceives the positive socio-cultural values of Asia and Africa and possibility to use them in own personal development and effective intercultural communication
Assessment criteria
Written examination - credit with note.
List of issues will be given after discussing each subject.
Practical placement
Bibliography
Podstawowe podręczniki / Basic textbooks
Barnard A., Antropologia. Zarys teorii i historii, Warszawa 2006
Barth F., Gingrich A., Parkin R., Silverman S., Antropologia. Jedna dyscyplina, cztery tradycje: brytyjska, niemiecka, francuska i amerykańska, Kraków 2007
Bowie F., Świat człowieka, Antropologia religii, Kraków 2009
Brocki M., Antropologia kulturowa i społeczna, Kraków 2013
Burke P., Historia kulturowa. Wprowadzenie, Kraków 2012
Burszta W., Antropologia kultury. Tematy, teorie, interpretacje, Poznań 1996
Deliege R., Historia antropologii. Szkoły, autorzy, teorie, Warszawa 2011
Eller J.D., Antropologia Kulturowa. Globalne siły, lokalne światy, Kraków 2012
Gajda J., Antropologia Kulturowa, część I, Wprowadzenie do wiedzy o kulturze, Kraków 2015
Gajda J., Antropologia Kulturowa, część II, Kultura obyczajowa początki XXI wieku, Kraków 2015
Hann Ch., Antropologia społeczna, Krakw 2008
Kuligowski W., Antropologia współczesności. Wiele światów, jedno miejsce, Kraków 2007
Nowicka E., Świat człowieka – świat kultury. Wydanie nowe, Warszawa 2009
Olszewska-Dyoniziak B., Człowiek – kultura – osobowość. Wstęp do klasycznej antropologii kulturowej, Wrocław 1991
Pink S., Etnografia wizualna. Obrazy media i przedstawienie w badaniach, Kraków 2007