Words in culture

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Course ID:	4018-KONW56
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.0 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. / (0220) Humanities (except languages), not further defined The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Words in culture
Name in Polish:	Słowo w kulturze
Organizational unit:	Faculty of "Artes Liberales"
Course groups:
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:	obligatory courses
Short description:	The aim of the course is to introduce problems and issues of anthropology of the word as a perspective for considering the specificity and changes of cultural trends with the help of analyses of historically and culturally diverse linguistic practices and the word media which contribute to their development.
Full description:	The following issues will be discussed: - language and culture (language as a “symbolic form”; a tool of accumulation and transformation of culture) - language and the image of the world (discussions on the hypothesis of linguistic relativism) - the notion of communication and evolution of its understanding, anthropological tools for studying communication (situational and cultural context of speaking, restricted and extended code, high and low context of communication, communication as a cultural action) - the phatic function of speech (conversation rituals and ceremonies, their social and cultural functions) - theory of writing according to W. J. Ong, M. McLuhan, and J. Goody as a tool for studying culture and its changes, discussions on theory of writing and attempts at a revision - orality and oral culture as models for studying culture, oral practices of the word (on the example of myths, magic, shamanic practices) - literacy and the related cultural changes, written linguistic practices (on the example of personal diaries and graffiti) - print, the discourse of print culture (on the example of the language of propaganda)
Bibliography:	Antropologia słowa. Zagadnienia i wybór tekstów, oprac. Grzegorz Godlewski, Andrzej Mencwel, Roch Sulima, red. i wstęp Grzegorz Godlewski, Wyd. UW, Warszawa 2003.
Learning outcomes:	Upon completing the practical course students will be able to: - analyse linguistic practices using anthropological tools, indicating their social and cultural functions - understand the importance of language issues for contemporary reflection on culture - analyse diverse cultural trends and practices in the perspective of historical changes in word media
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	- regular attendance - active participation in classes - a yearly project

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