Culture, kinship and social organisation 05-KPOS-35-Etn

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Module learning aims

The aim of this module is to point out the importance of kinship studies in the history of anthropology, as well as their present directions and connections with various theoretical orientations. Teaching should stress specificity of the anthropological approach to kinship as a cultural construct, not a biological fact, and give the students a conceptual frame and terminology necessary for studying this field. The course is also aimed at developing abilities to study kinship within a wider socio-cultural context, while taking into account processes of contemporary changes.

Major

Ethnology and cultural anthropology

Cycle of studies

1st cycle

Module type

compulsory

Year of studies (where relevant)

Year 3

Course coordinators

Danuta Penkala-Gawęcka

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course the student should: 1) have a basic knowledge about the history of kinship studies and their importance for the advancement of socio-cultural anthropology; 2) know basic differences in theoretical and methodological approaches in the studies of kinship; 3) understand the specificity of the anthropological interpretation of kinship as a cultural category; 4) know terminology developed and used in the anthropology of kinship; 5) have a basic knowledge about types of kinship systems, kinship groups, marriage and family; 6) understand connections between kinship and social and political organisation; 7) have basic ideas about contemporary directions of kinship studies, with regard to social changes and emergence of new research areas.

Assessment criteria

Evaluation will be based on the result of a written exam.
5,0 - excellent knowledge
4,5 - very good knowledge
4,0 - good knowledge
3,5 - satisfactory knowledge but with serious deficiencies
3,0 - satisfactory knowledge but with many faults
2,0 - unsatisfactory knowledge

Bibliography

Hann C., Antropologia społeczna, Wydawnictwo UJ, Kraków 2008 (wybrane rozdziały).
Słownik etnologiczny. Terminy ogólne, red. Z. Staszczak, PWN, Warszawa-Poznań 1987 (wybrane hasła).
Stone L., Pokrewieństwo i płeć kulturowa, Wydawnictwo UJ, Kraków 2012.
Szynkiewicz S., Pokrewieństwo. Studium etnologiczne, Wydawnictwa UW, Warszawa 1992.

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