Economic anthropology

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Course ID:	3104-M2HG-MPAW-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.3 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0222) History and archaeology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Economic anthropology
Name in Polish:	Antropologia ekonomiczna (blok: Historia gospodarcza) (K3)
Organizational unit:	Institute of History
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty Historii II stopnia, Teoria badań historycznych General university courses General university courses in the humanities
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) 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:	elective courses general courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) Wymagana znajomość języka angielskiego.
Short description:	The course covers elements of anthropological theory and its application to analysis of various types of ethnographic and historical sources. Theoretical issues draw on different schools of thinking and perspectives. Economic anthropology deals with economic and social institutions as well as economic behavior although it often overlap with other branches of cultural and social anthropology (focusing on ecology, technique, kinship, religion).
Full description:	The course covers elements of anthropological theory and its application to analysis of various types of ethnographic and historical sources. Theoretical issues take into account different schools and perspectives. Economic anthropology deals with economic social institutions and economic behavior although it often overlap with other branches of cultural and social anthropology (ecology, technique, kinship, religion).
Bibliography:	See detailed course description in current syllabus.
Learning outcomes:	Awareness of the most important schools in economic anthropology and discussions between them, awareness of the types of subsistence economies, as well as issues related to production, accumulation and exchange Learning and understanding of the basic methods of analysis and interpretation of socio-economic processes
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Grades depend on activity during classes. Presentation of at least one precise based on articles is compulsory.

This course is not currently offered.

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