The trouble with theory in contemporary research on cultural aspects of human functioning. 3700-AL-KTWB-OG

Assessment will include class activities, and a credit project.
The course concludes with a pass/fail assessment. The assessment is based on activities (25%) and the completion of an individual end-of-semester project on topics covered in the course (75%).

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Clark A., Material Surrogacy and the Supernatural: Reflections on the Role of Artifacts in “off-line” Cognition, w: The cognitive life of things. Recasting the boundaries of the mind, L. Malafouris, C. Renfrew (red.), Oxford 2010.

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Fujihata M., Voices of Aliveness (2012), instalacja multimedialna.

Girard R., Geneza mitów i rytuałów, w: tegoż, Sacrum i przemoc, przekł. M. J. Plecińscy. Kraków 2019.

Gosden Ch., The Death of the Mind, w: The cognitive life of things. Recasting the boundaries of the mind, L. Malafouris, C. Renfrew (red.), Oxford 2010.

Kołakowski L., Ogólna teoria nie-uprawiania ogrodu, w: tegoż, 13 bajek z królestwa Lailonii dla dużych i małych oraz inne bajki, Kraków 2015.

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Pałubicka A., Ponowoczesność i humanistyka, w: Estetyka w archeologii: Obrazowanie w pradziejach i starożytności, red. D. Minta-Tworzowska, Gdańsk 2018.

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Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

• Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
• Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
• Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
• Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
• Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
• Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

• Description of 3700-AL-KTWB-OG in USOSweb