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Applied Anthropology - course description

General information
Course name Applied Anthropology
Course ID 14.7-WP-P-AS-23
Faculty Faculty of Social Sciences
Field of study WNS - oferta ERASMUS / Sociology
Education profile -
Level of studies Second-cycle Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2023/2024
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 6
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Class 15 1 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The course presents a cultural variety of the contemporary global world. It is aimed at consolidate the anthropological attitude towards cultural difference.

Prerequisites

No special prerequisites

Scope

Differences between classic anthropology and applied anthropology. Types and aims of new social communities. Phenomena and processes which stem from multiculturalism and globalization. Examples of new social communities, environments, movements and new cultural tendencies. Analyzing of the selected empirical examples of using anthropological knowledge in a social practice.

Teaching methods

Explaining and lecturing. Demonstrating - teaching through examples and case studies description. Lecture with discussion. Multimedia learning process – using Power Point presentations, use of filmstrips, recordings etc. Lecture-demonstration by another instructor(s) from a special field (guest speaker). Carrying out some of the classes using mobile methods: a research walk or a study visit. Individual student work (e.g. reading and analysis) according to the teacher's instructions.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Individual assessment based on active participation during the course, written essay and oral presentation.

Recommended reading

  1. Anderson B., Imagined Communities. Reflection on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, London 1990.
  2. Appadurai A., Modernity at Large. Cultural Dimensions of Globalization, Minneapolis - London 1996.
  3. Foster G. M., Applied anthropology, Boston 1969.
  4. Hannerz U., Transnational Connections: Culture, People, Places, London 1996.
  5. Hobsbawm E., Ranger T. (ed.), The Invention of Tradition, Cambridge 1992.
  6. Huizinga J., Homo Ludens, a study of the play element in culture, Boston 1955.
  7. Maffesoli M., Times of the Tribes. The Decline of Individualism in Mass Society, London 1996

Further reading

1.          Barnard A., History and Theory in Anthropology, Cambridge 2000

Notes


Modified by dr Magdalena Pokrzyńska (last modification: 19-04-2023 20:00)