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New Trends in Anthropology

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Course ID:	3102-MNKA
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.7 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. / (unknown)
Course title:	New Trends in Anthropology
Name in Polish:	Najnowsze kierunki w antropologii
Organizational unit:	Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
Course groups:	(in Polish) II 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
Short description:	The lecture presents the development in anthropology and other social sciences since the 1980s. We will discuss various theoretical approaches including postcolonial theory, studies of power and resistance, relation between structure and agency, globalization, and gender studies.
Full description:	1. Postmodermism in art, literature and anthropology. 2. Late modernity, postmodernity and self-identity. 3. Theories of globalization. 4. "Power" as an analytical category in contemporary social sciences. Relation between power and knowledge. 5. Anthropology of the state. Studies of agency, power and resistance. 6. Anthropology after the Cold War. Studies of postcolonialism and postsocialism. 7. Psychoanalysis and its influence on social sciences. 8. Anthropology of emotions and nonverbal forms of communication. 9. Cultural studies. 10. Body as a subject of anthropological inquiry. 11. Contemporary directions in kinship. 12. Gender as an analytical category in contemporary social science. 13. Social dimensions of developments in science and technology. 14. Political engagement of anthropology. Applied anthropology.
Bibliography:	Agamben, G., Co zostaje z Auschwitz, Warszawa 2008. Appiah, K. A., „Postmodernizm, postkolonializm. O różnicy w przedrostku”, przeł. Dorota Kołodziejczyk, „Literatura na Świecie”, nr 1-2, 2008. Appadurai, A., Nowoczesność bez granic. Kulturowe wymiary globalizacji, przeł. Zbigniew Pucek, Kraków: Universitas, 2005. Butler, J. Uwikłani w płeć, Warszawa 2008. Cavanagh, C. „Postkolonialna Polska. Biała plama na mapie współczesnej teorii”, przeł. Tomasz Kunz, „Teksty drugie”, nr 2-3, 2003. Foucault, M., Nadzorować i karać, Warszawa 1998. Hall,S „Tożsamość kulturowa a diaspora”, przeł. Krzysztof Mejer, „Literatura na Świecie”, nr 1-2, 2008. Hryciuk, R. i A. Kościańska (red.), Gender. Perspektywa antropologiczna, t. 1, t. 2, Warszawa 2007. Janion, M., Niesamowita słowiańszczyzna. Fantazmaty literatury, Kraków 2007. Sassen, S., Globalizacja. Eseje o nowej mobilności ludzi i pieniędzy, Kraków 2008. Žižek. Przewodnik Krytyki Politycznej, Warszawa 2009.
Learning outcomes:	Having completed the course, students: - gain knowledge of the current directions in humanities: poststructuralism, non-anthropolocentric humanities, postcolanialism, post-socialist studies among others; - can apply the knowledge in their own research.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	essay

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO WYK TU W TH FR
Type of class:	Lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Agnieszka Kościańska
Group instructors:	Agnieszka Kościańska
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Examination

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span:	2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO WYK TU W TH FR
Type of class:	Lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators:	Agnieszka Kościańska
Group instructors:	Agnieszka Kościańska
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Examination

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