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Culture Theories

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Course ID:	3102-MTKC
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.7 The subject classification code consists of three to five digits, where the first three represent the classification of the discipline according to the Discipline code list applicable to the Socrates/Erasmus program, the fourth (usually 0) - possible further specification of discipline information, the fifth - the degree of subject determined based on the year of study for which the subject is intended. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Culture Theories
Name in Polish:	Teorie kultury - ćwiczenia
Organizational unit:	Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
Course groups:	(in Polish) I rok studiów magisterskich
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	5.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	The classes are designed to give students analytical competence to interpret source data in relation to cultural theories. They are also intended to draw attention to the cognitive possibilities and limitations associated with individual theories and the socio-cultural conditions to which they are subjected
Short description:	The course is complementary with the lecture. The classes are designed to familiarize the students with selected texts in the field of cultural theory. Students will attempt to apply the epistemological propositions presented in the discussed texts to the research problems undertaken in their own work. .
Full description:	Drawing on a careful reading of the assigned texts, class participants will attempt to apply the theoretical propositions offered in the texts to the analysis of selected social practices they have observed (preferably relating them to empirical data obtained during their own ethnographic fieldwork). An inventory of the topics of each class can be found in the description of the current semester. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Bibliography:	Bourdieu P., Logika praktyki [w:] Zmysł praktyczny, Kraków 2008, ss.110-130. Clifford J., O autorytecie etnograficznym [w:] Kłopoty z kulturą, Warszawa 2000, s. 29-63. Clifford J., O surrealizmie etnograficznym [w:] Kłopoty z kulturą, Warszawa 2000,s.133-167. Clifford J., Metaforyczny realizm Michela Leirisa, „Polska Sztuka Ludowa. Konteksty. Antropologia kultury. Etnografia. Sztuka”, 2007, nr 3-4, s. 48-55 Douglas M., Granice zewnętrzne, [w:] Czystość i zmaza, Warszawa 2007, ss.149-162 Foucault M., Słowa i rzeczy. Archeologia nauk humanistycznych, Gdańsk 2000, s. 8-38. Gadamer H.G., Prawda i metoda, Warszawa 2004 (wybrane fragmenty). Geertz C., Myśl potoczna jako system kulturowy [w:] Wiedza lokalna. Dalsze eseje z zakresu antropologii interpretatywnej, Kraków 2005, s. 81-100. Geertz C., Opis gęsty: w poszukiwaniu interpretatywnej teorii kultury [w:] Interpretacje kultury. Wybrane eseje, Kraków 2005, s. 17-48. Herzfeld M., Epistemologie [w:] Antropologia. Praktykowanie teorii w kulturze i społeczeństwie, Kraków 2004, s. 45-89. Howarth D., Zalety teorii dyskursu [w:] Dyskurs, Warszawa 2008. 194-217 Howarth D., Michael Foucault i archeologia praktyk dyskursywnych [w:] Dyskurs, Warszawa 2008, s. 81-108. Lévi-Strauss C., Totemizm dzisiaj, Warszawa 1998. (s. 5-22 , 97-136). Lyotard J.F., Delegitymizacja [w:] Kondycja ponowoczesna. Raport o stanie wiedzy, Warszawa 1997, ss.111-119. Tokarska-Bakir J., Hermeneutyka Gadamerowska w etnograficznym badaniu obcości, "Polska Sztuka Ludowa-Konteksty", 1992, R. 46, nr 1, s. 3-17. Turner V., Liminalność i gatunki performatywne [w:] Rytuał, dramat, święto, spektakl. Wstęp do teorii widowiska kulturowego. Red. J. MacAloon. Przeł. K. Przyłuska-Urbanowicz. Warszawa 2009, s. 39-74. Wacquant L. J. D., Wprowadzenie, [w:] P. Bourdieu oraz Wacquant, Zaproszenie do socjologii refleksyjnej, Warszawa 2001, s. 8-42.
Learning outcomes:	(in Polish) Studenci zdobywają wiedzę teoretyczną, dającą im umiejętność analizowania danych empirycznych zgromadzonych m.in. podczas etnograficznych badan terenowych. Wiedza ta podnosi ich kompetencje w zakresie pisania tekstów akademickich, w tym pracy magisterskiej.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	1) Summary score of up to 5 unannounced colloquia and participation in the quiz provided at the end of the class: 50% 2) Activity in class: 50% Two unexcused absences per semester are allowed. Any further , this excused absence, requires oral credit of the material within two weeks from the date of leaving the class.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2024/25" (past)

Time span:	2025-02-17 - 2025-06-08	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Go to timetable MO TU W TH FR CW
Type of class:	Classes, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Zuzanna Bogumił
Group instructors:	Zuzanna Bogumił
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Credit:	Grading

Classes in period "Summer semester 2025/26" (in progress)

Time span:	2026-02-16 - 2026-06-07	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Go to timetable MO TU W TH FR CW
Type of class:	Classes, 30 hours, 25 places more information
Coordinators:	Magdalena Lubańska
Group instructors:	Magdalena Lubańska
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Credit:	Grading

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