Anthropology of culture

obligatory courses

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Course comprises basic problems, terms, theories and methods of cultural anthropology. The topics are: culture and nature opposition; social and kinship systems; psychological anthropology; language and relativism and universalism of language (and culture); supernatural powers, worldview, myth and rituals; time and space of life; contemporary anthropology and anthropology in everyday life.

Course comprises basic problems, terms, theories and methods of cultural anthropology. The topics are: culture and nature opposition; social and kinship systems; psychological anthropology; language and relativism and universalism of language (and culture); supernatural powers, worldview, myth and rituals; time and space of life; contemporary anthropology and anthropology in everyday life.

1. Basic definitions and terminology, field of interests and research.

2. The beginning of anthropology – the word of ours and strangers.

3. Evolution discovered.

4. From evolutionism to functionalism – new theories.

5. Functionalism and structuralism as a view inside culture.

6. Bronisław Malinowski and his functional revolution in anthropology.

7. Culture and nature.

8. Culture and society.

9. Culture, individuals and society.

10. Word of supernatural powers.

11. Language and culture – language of culture.

12. Marxism culture theory.

13. Structuralism and post-structuralism.

14. Modern and post-modern theories of culture.

15. Constructionism in culture – mass and popular culture, local and global world.

Barnard A., Antropologia. Zarys teorii i historii, Warszawa 2006

Bowie F., Świat człowieka, Antropologia religii, Kraków 2009

Burszta W., Antropologia kultury. Tematy teorie, interpretacje, Poznań 1996

Gajda J., Antropologia Kulturowa, część I, Wprowadzenie do wiedzy o kulturze, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2005

Hann Ch., Antropologia społeczna, Krakw 2008

Nowicka E., Świat człowieka – świat kultury. Wydanie nowe, Warszawa 2009

Olszewska-Dyoniziak B., Człowiek – kultura – osobowość. Wstęp do klasycznej antropologii kulturowej, Wrocław 1991

Mencwel A. (red.), Wiedza o kulturze, cz. 1., Antropologia kultury, Warszawa 2003

Godlewski G. (red.), Wiedza o Kulturze, cz. 2., Antropologia słowa, Warszawa 2003

Nowicka E., Głowacka-Grajper M. (red.), Świat człowieka – świat kultury. Wydanie nowe. Antologia tekstów klasycznej antropologii, Warszawa 2009

Literatura uzupełniająca podawana w trakcie zajęć

After winter semester written test – credit with note

After summer semester written examination - credit with note

After winter semester written assessment, after summer semester examination (list of topics will be given in the first week of may)