Ethnology of Asia 3102-LPAZ
Far from being a complete description, this course offers insights into some areas of life and culture of a few Asiatic societies, where the author had a chance of doing his own ethnological fieldwork. Concentrating on the issues of religion, symbolism and ritual, it is a presentaton of elementary forms and institutions of spiritual life of the traditional nomadic groups of Central Asia and Siberia as well as an introduction into analysing the basics of their symbolic language. Additionaly, some recent processes and phenomena in contemporary Asiatic societies like the Japanese or the Chinese are presented.
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Students can depict some peculiarities of Asian religious cultures.
Assessment criteria
written exam
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.
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