Cultural anthropology 11-ANKU-11-s

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Module learning aims

Students: 1) gain the basic knowledge of: the place of cultural studies in the humanities; relationships between cultural studies and other disciplines (linguistics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, cultural studies etc.); basic cultural anthropology notions about religions and cultural systems; 2) gain the understanding of : the role of cultural scholarship in the humanities and general educational studies; research methods specific to the cultural anthropology studies; the difference between professional and colloquial approaches to cultural studies; 3) gain the skills necessary to: comprehend and summarize scholarly articles, as well as comment upon them; use properly basic literary terminology; prepare in class oral presentations; conduct the library query and research; contextualize acquired knowledge; compare different cultural theories; summarize discussions and draw conclusions; work with others.

Cycle of studies

2nd cycle

Module type

compulsory

Course coordinators

Anna Mańkowska

Assessment criteria

class participation, in class presentation, written final test

Bibliography

K.J. Brozi (red.), Antropologia kulturowa. Zbliżenia epok i problemów, Wydawnictwo UMCS, Lublin 1995;
J. Marzęcki, Systemy religijno-filozoficzne Wschodu, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, Warszawa 1999;
M. Szopski, Komunikowanie międzykulturowe, WSiP, Warszawa 2005;
M. Eliade, I.P. Couliano, Słownik religii, Wydawnictwo Książnica, Katowice 1990;
J. Danecki, Podstawowe wiadomości o islamie t.I i II, Wydawnictwo Dialog, Warszawa 1997;
A. Unterman, Żydzi. Wiara i życie, Wydawnictwo Łódzkie, Łódź 1999;
W. Olszewski, Chiny. Zarys kultury, Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, Poznań 2003;
R. Tomański, Tatami kontra krzesła. O Japończykach i Japonii, Warszawskie Wydawnictwo Muza SA, Warszawa 2011;

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