Cultural Anthropology 3600-7-IN1-AK
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. Postmodernism in anthropology
13. Nationalist theories
14. Theories of ethnicity
15. Visual anthropology
The course is conducted within the “Integrated Teaching & Learning Development Programme – ZIP 2.0”, which is co-financed by the European Social Fund – the European Funds for Social Development Programme 2021–2027 (FERS) (contract no.: FERS.01.05-IP.08-0365/23-00).
Type of course
obligatory courses
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
The graduate knows and understands:
K_W01
the place and significance of Oriental Studies within the system of the humanities and its subject-specific and methodological distinctiveness, including the state of research on issues related to the region South Asian
K_W02
advanced terminology, theory, and methodology of the humanities (literary studies, linguistics, history, or culture and religion studies) necessary for applying analytical methods, understanding selected aspects of culture, and interpreting its various expressions
Assessment criteria
Written test.
List of issues will be given after discussing each subject.
Bibliography
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, Kraków 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
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