Anthropology. History, Theory and Research Practice. 3500-FAK-ANHIS-OG

In spite of advocated opinions about the disappearance of primitive societies, does the anthropology develop dynamically, and anthropological knowledge finds the use in such distant areas as: marketing and managements, the guidance of wars and international help, the journalism and the pulps the media, the interior design and the museum management etc. What is teh reason that anthropological knowledge and cultural knowledge is so desirable? Why are the courses of cultural knowledge recommended businessmen, soldiers, journalists and architects universally? What could the present anthropologist study, and what he cam not? How did anthropology change during almost 150 years of her existence at universities? - These are some questions on which I will answer during lectures. The aim of the lecture is Introduction of participants with the key questions of anthropology, her history and subjects undertaken in anthropologists work. The lecture makes up the supplement of the problems undertaken on obligatorycourse of social anthropology; it is recommended for participants of the module „cultural differentiation of the present world”.

Type of course

general courses

Mode

Classroom

Course coordinators

Michał Kowalski

Assessment criteria

Oral exam

Bibliography

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Bernard A., Antropologia. Zarys teorii i historii, PIW, Warszawa 2006.
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Eriksen T.H., Małe miejsca, wielkie sprawy. Wprowadzenie do antropologii społecznej i kulturowej, Oficyna Wydawnicza Volumen, Warszawa 2009
Gardner K., Lewis D., Anthropology, Development and the Post-modern Challenge, Pluto Press, London 1996·
Kuklick H. (ed.), A New History of Anthropology, Blackwell, Oxford 2008
Kuper A., Między charyzmą a rutyną. Szkice z brytyjskiej antropologii społecznej 1982 –1982, Wyd. Łódzkie, Łódź 1986·
Kuper A., Kultura. Model antropologiczny, Wyd. UJ, Kraków 2005·
Nowicka E., Świat człowieka - świat kultury, Wydanie nowe, Wydawnictwo PWN, Warszawa 2006
Patterson T.C., A Social History of Anthropology in the United States, Berg, New York 2001.
Price D., Anthropological Intelligence. The Deployment and Neglect of American Anthropology in the Second World War, Duke University Press, Durhan 2008
Rao V., Walton M. (eds.), Culture and Public Action, Stanford University Press, Stanford 2004.

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