Ethnology of Asia
General data
Course ID: | 3102-LPAZ-OG |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
14.7
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Course title: | Ethnology of Asia |
Name in Polish: | Etnologia Azji |
Organizational unit: | Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology |
Course groups: |
General university courses General university courses General university courses in the humanities |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
3.00
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | general courses |
Prerequisites (description): | For students interested in symbolic cultures of Asia |
Short description: |
Far from being a complete description, this course offers insights into some areas of life and culture of a few societies, where the author was doing his fieldwork. Concentrating on the issues of religion, symbolism and ritual, it analyzes basic ideas and institutions of spiritual life and symbolic language of traditional nomadic groups of Central Asia and Siberia as well as some phenomena in modern societies like Japanese or Chinese. |
Full description: |
Far from being a complete description, this course offers insights into some areas of life and culture of a few societies, where the author was doing his fieldwork. Concentrating on the issues of religion, symbolism and ritual, it analyzes basic ideas and institutions of spiritual life and symbolic language of traditional nomadic groups of Central Asia and Siberia as well as some phenomena in modern societies like Japanese or Chinese. |
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. |
Learning outcomes: |
Students can depict some peculiarities of Asian religious cultures. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
written exam, unjustified non-attendance is permitted twice in a semester |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)
Time span: | 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26 |
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Type of class: |
Lecture, 30 hours
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Coordinators: | Jerzy Wasilewski | |
Group instructors: | Jerzy Wasilewski | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
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