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Anthropology. History, Theory and Research Practice.

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Course ID: 3500-FAK-ANHIS-OG
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.2 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: Anthropology. History, Theory and Research Practice.
Name in Polish: Antropologia. Historia, teoria i praktyka badawcza
Organizational unit: Faculty of Sociology
Course groups: General university courses
General university courses in the social sciences
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 3.00 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.

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Language: Polish
Type of course:

general courses

Mode:

Classroom

Short description:

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”.

Full description:

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”.

Bibliography:

Barth F., Gingrich A., Parkin R., Silverman S., Antropologia. Jedna dyscyplina, cztery tradycje: brytyjska, niemiecka, francuska i amerykańska, Wyd. UJ, Kraków 2007.

Bernard A., Antropologia. Zarys teorii i historii, PIW, Warszawa 2006.

Deliège R., Historia antropologii, Oficyna Naukowa, Warszawa 2011

Eriksen T.H., Nielsen F.S., A History of Anthropology, Pluto Press, London 2001

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.

Learning outcomes: (in Polish)

Zna główne etapy rozwoju antropologii i ich znaczenie dla nauk społecznych

Rozumie podstawowe tradycje antropologiczne i ich wkład w badanie kultury i społeczeństwa

Orientuje się w obszarach zastosowań współczesnej antropologii w nauce i praktyce społecznej

Potrafi interpretować teksty klasyczne i współczesne z zakresu antropologii

Uczestniczy w refleksji nad miejscem antropologii w naukach społecznych i potrafi odnieść ją do współczesnych wyzwań

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Oral exam

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

Time span: 2025-02-17 - 2025-06-08
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Type of class:
Lecture, 30 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators: Michał Kowalski
Group instructors: Michał Kowalski
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Credit: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination

Classes in period "Winter semester 2025/26" (past)

Time span: 2025-10-01 - 2026-01-25
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Lecture, 30 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators: Michał Kowalski
Group instructors: Michał Kowalski
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Credit: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination

Classes in period "Winter semester 2026/27" (future)

Time span: 2026-10-01 - 2027-01-24
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Lecture, 30 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators: Michał Kowalski
Group instructors: Michał Kowalski
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Credit: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination
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