Anthropology of the contemporary 05-AWS-35-Etn

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1. Anthropology of the contemporary as a separate movement of research and interpretation
2. Defamiliarization and its strategies
3. An ethnographic surrealism
4. Anthropology at home (US, UK, France, Skandinavia, Poland)
5. Reflexivity
6. Anthropology as a genre of literature
7. Anthropology of the contemporary and its ethic dimensions

Module learning aims

C1. Provide basic knowledge about the sources of sub-discipline, its development, condition and further perspectives C2. Presentation of the specificity of anthropology of the contemporary and its connections with other fields of humanities and art C3. To provide general knowledge about the specificity of the subject of anthropology of contemporary and its research perspectives C4 To familiarize students with the basic terminology used in the framework of anthroology of the contemporary C5. Presentation of research methods and tools of this sub-discipline C6. Presentation of main ethical dilemmas C7 To develop the skills of a particular anthropological perception, representation and interpretation of reality C8 To develop an attitude of critical understanding of cultural phenomena, especially from our own social reality.

Information on where to find course materials

Major

Ethnology and cultural anthropology

Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement

Lecture, conwersatory, fieldwork

Course module conducted remotely (e-learning)

Cycle of studies

1st cycle

Module type

compulsory

Year of studies (where relevant)

Year 3

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences

Knowledge about basic theories and methods of cultural anthropology

Course coordinators

Waldemar Kuligowski

Learning outcomes

TK_01 The formation of anthropology of the contemporary as an academic subdiscipline (I)
TK_02 The formation of anthropology of the contemporary as an academic subdiscipline (II)
TK_03 Strategies of anthropology of the contemporary: defamiliarization (I)
TK_04 Strategies of anthropology of the contemporary: defamiliarization (II)
TK_05 Strategies of anthropology of the contemporary: ethnographic surrealism
TK_06 Strategies of anthropology of the contemporary: anthropology at home (I)
TK_07 Strategies of anthropology of the contemporary: anthropology at home (II)
TK_08 Strategies of anthropology of the contemporary: reflexivity (I)
TK_09 Strategies of anthropology of the contemporary: reflexivity (II)
TK_10 Anthropology as a kind of writing (I)
TK_11 Anthropology as a kind of writing (II)
TK_12 Ethical dilemmas of anthropology of the contemporary (I)
TK_13 Ethical dilemmas of anthropology of the contemporary (II)
TK_14 anthropology of the contemporary in relation to other fields of cultural research (I)
TK_15 anthropology of the contemporary in relation to other fields of cultural research (II)

Practical placement

Bibliography

Anthropology at home. A. Jackosn (ed.), London 1987.
J. Clifford, Kłopoty z kulturą. Dwudziestowieczna etnografia, literatura i sztuka, przeł. E. Dżurak i inni, Warszawa 2000.
J. D. Faubion, G. E. Marcus, P. Rabinow, Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary, 2008.
M. J. Fischer, G. E. Marcus, Anthropology as Cultural Critique. An Experimental Moment in the Human Sciences, Chicago 1986.
C. Geertz, Dzieło i życie. Antropolog jako autor, przeł. E. Dżurak i S. Sikora, Warszawa 2000.
W. Kuligowski, Antropologia współczesności. Wiele światów, jedno miejsce, Kraków 2007.
Tubylcy własnego świata. W stronę antropologii bliskości, W. Kuligowski (red.), Wrocław 2011.
Writing Culture. The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography, J. Clifford, G. E. Marcus (eds.), Berkeley 1986.

Additional information

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