| Course title | Social Anthropology of Africa |
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| Course code | KSA/SAA |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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unspecified
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook) |
| Learning outcomes |
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The course aims at studying Africa from the perspective of social anthropology. It introduces the BA students of cultural anthropology into the issues of contemporary subSaharan Africa through the lens of social anthropology. The lecture will present basic research outcomes from the works of the key social anthropologist working on Africa.
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| Prerequisites |
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Good knowledge of English.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Essay
Seznam četby na semináře - pokračování: Mbembe, Achille. The new Africans. Between nativism and cosmopolitanism. In Antropologie moderní Afriky, s. 78-82, 2011. Niehaus, Isac A. With-hunting and Political Legitimacy. In Antropologie moderní Afriky, s. 95-107, 2011. Ranger, Terence. 2010. The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa. In Grinker, Roy R., Stephen C. Lubkemann, Christopher B. Steiner (eds.) Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History and Representation. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, s. 450 - 461. Rudwick, Stephanie. 2020. Language, Class and Racial Mobility. In Horáková, H.; Rudwick, S.; Schmield, M. (eds.) Africa on the Move. Shifting Identities, Histories, Boundaries, s. 93-110. Berlin: LIT Verlag. Skalník, Petr. 2004. Politická kultura v postkoloniální Africe. In Skalník, P. ed. Politická kultura: antropologie, sociologie, politologie. Praha: Set Out, s. 181-222. Šváblová, Alžběta. 2016. Reconciliation in Liberia: Discourse, knowledge, consequences. In Horáková, H.; Werkman, K. (eds.) Knowledge Production in and on Africa, s. 83-104. Berlin: LIT Verlag. Vail, Leroy. 2007. Ethnicity in Southern African History. In Grinker, Roy R., Christopher B. Steiner (eds.) Perspectives on Africa: A Reader in Culture, History and Representation. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, s. 52-68. van Kessel, Ineke. 2009. Post-Apartheid South Africa: Class, Culture, the neo-patrimonial welfare state and African Nationalism. In Machalík, T., Mildnerová, K., Záhořík, J. (eds.) Viva Africa 2008. Plzeň: ADELA Publishing, s. 162-182. Werkman, Katerina. 2016. Is Africa exceptionally infectious? A comparison of Ebola and SARS coverage in the Czech media. In Horáková, H.; Werkman, K. (eds.) Knowledge Production in and on Africa, s. 151-176. Berlin: LIT Verlag. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2024) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | 2 | Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: - |