Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Zdeněk Uherek, CSc. (22.09.2021)
The course is open only to students of the Social Sciences (SOSCI) programme and visiting sociology students under the Erasmus+ programme. Please do not enrol in the course if you are not studying the above programmes.
The course is not opened to students of the following undergraduate sociological programmes:
(1) Sociologie se specializacemi,
(2) Sociologie a sociální politika,
(3) Sociologie a sociální antropologie.
The course will introduce students to the social anthropological approach to the analysis of contemporary societies. The lectures will provide an overview of the main social anthropological traditions and key concepts. In seminars, these concepts will be applied to selected social phenomena. The students will thus learn how to understand the social reality through the lens of social anthropology. All the additional necessary information is in Moodle 1.
Cíl předmětu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Zdeněk Uherek, CSc. (14.09.2021)
Course Objective 1. Understanding of the aims and possibilities of social anthropological analysis. 2. Capability to use selected social anthropological concepts and to apply them to observed social reality.
Podmínky zakončení předmětu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: doc. Mgr. Martin Hájek, Ph.D. (23.09.2023)
The final grade for the class will be determined by:
class attendance and participation: weight up to 10%;
class assignments: weight up to 40% (every single assignment up to 4%)
final essay: weight up to 50 %
Grading
100 - 91: A (Excellent. The student has shown excellent performance, originality and displayed an exceptional grasp of the subject.) 81 - 90: B (Very Good. The student understands the subject well and has shown some originality of thought. Above the average performance, but with some errors.) 71 - 80: C (Good. Generally sound work with a number of notable errors.) 61 - 70: D (Satisfactory. The student has shown some understanding of the subject matter but has not succeeded in translating this understanding into consistently original work. Overall good performance with a number of significant errors.) 51 - 60: E (Sufficient. Acceptable performance with significant drawbacks. Performance meets the minimum requirements.) 50 - 0: F (Fail. The student has not succeeded in mastering the subject matter of the course.)
Deadlines
A student may not submit the final essay more than three times, i.e., s/he has the right to two resit dates for the essay. There is no extraordinary resit date.
Class assignments: due to Friday preceding the given class. Final essay: 17 January 2024, 24. January 2024, 7. February 2024)
Literatura - angličtina
Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Zdeněk Uherek, CSc. (14.09.2021)
Obligatory reading: W1: Gupta, A. & Ferguson, J. (1997) Discipline and Practice. “The Field” as a Site, Method, and Location in Anthropology. In Anthropological Locations. Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science , ed. by A. Gupta and J. Ferguson. Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 1-46. W2-4: Abranches, M. (2013). When People Stay and Things Make Their Way: Airports, Mobilities and Materialities of a Transnational Landscape. Mobilities 8(4): 506-52. W5: Geertz, C. (1973) Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight. In: The Interpretation of Cultures , Basic Books. W6-7: Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. (2001) Small Places, Large Issues . London: Pluto Press: 261–311 (second edition) W 7: Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. (2006) Nations in Cyberspace. Short version of the 2006 Ernest Gellner lecture delivered at the ASEN conference . London School of Economics 27 March 2006 W 8: Massey, Douglas et al. (1993) Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal. Population and Development Review , Vol. 19, No. 3 (Sep., 1993), pp. 431-466 Borneman, John; Ghassem-Fachandi, Parvis (2017) The concept of Stimmung : From indifference to xenophobia in Germany’s refugee crisis. HAU Journal of Ethnographic Theory 7, 3: 105–135. W10: Ragoné, H. (2004). Surrogate Motherhood and American Kinship. In: Parkin, R. Kinship and Family: An Anthropological Reader, pp. 342-361. W11: Turner, T. 2007. ‘The Social skin’. In: Lock, M., J. Farquhar (eds). Beyond the body proper. Durham, London: Duke University Press. Pp. 83-106.
Recommended reading: Any Introduction to Social Anthropology textbook published 2000 and later. For example: Hendry, J. (2016) An Introduction to Social Anthropology: Sharing Our Worlds. Red Globe Press.
Sylabus - angličtina
Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Zdeněk Uherek, CSc. (19.09.2023)
The course is open only to students of the Social Sciences (SOSCI) programme and visiting sociology students under the Erasmus+ programme. Please do not enrol in the course if you are not studying the above programmes.
The course is not opened to students of the following undergraduate sociological programmes: (1) Sociologie se specializacemi, (2) Sociologie a sociální politika, (3) Sociologie a sociální antropologie.
The course is run contact way but broadcasted and recorded. The record is placed in Moodle.
For a detailed syllabus, please visit the course´s page on Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=4496
.................... Schematic syllabus:
Week 1: Social Anthropology as Theory and Research Practice (AL) Week 2: Structure and agency I.: The idea of a social system (AL) Week 3: Structure and agency II.: Social structure: from stateless societies to a global dis/order (AL) Week 4: Structure and agency III.: Social boundaries and mobile actors (AL) Week 5: The Cultural Perspective on Societies (EH) Week 6: Analysis of Ethnics, Nations and States (ZU) Week 7: Analysis of Globalisation (ZU) Week 8: Analysis of Migration (ZU) Week 9: Analysis of Social and Cultural Inequalities (EH) Week 10: Analysis of Socialisation, Family and Kinship (EH) Week 11: Analysis of Health and Body Practices (EH) Week 12: Final seminar with a discussion of the term papers. (ZU)
