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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. Scope of Anthropology 2. Research Foundations of Anthropology: Qualitative Approach, Empiricism, Relativism 3. Research Methods in Anthropology: Ethnography and Field Research 4. Anthropological Research in Organizational Settings 5. Culture and Conceptual Critique 6. Social and Cultural Constructions of Reality 7. Structure and Agency 8. Status and Role 9. Gender 10. Ethnicity and Nationalism 11. Anthropology of Technology 12. Applications of Anthropology in Human Resources
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
- Homework for Teaching
- 40 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course introduces students to the systematics and key concepts of social and cultural anthropology. Emphasis will be placed on understanding anthropology as an integral and empirical science of man, society and culture. The lecture will focus on the key thematic areas of contemporary social and cultural anthropology. Students will understand the main anthropological concepts, the systematics of the field and its methodological strategy.
Upon completion of the course, students will understand the main anthropological concepts, the structure of the discipline, and its methodological approaches.
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Prerequisites
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An Introduction to the Social Sciences and Humanities.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance
Study of materials and selected texts available in on-line form in the e-learning system Moodle. Final essay, max. 10 pages (details in Moodle).
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Recommended literature
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ERIKSEN, T. H. (2008). Sociální a kulturní antropologie. Praha.
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