ETMA09 Non-European Ethnology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Roman Doušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
Tue 13:20–14:55 J31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ETBA26 Final Bachelor is Exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Lectures in this course will cover selected key ethnographic research projects that have become part of the history of ethnology through their methodological consequences. Students will gain the basic information on researched cultures, personalities of researchers and theoretical or discussion outcomes of their research. On practical examples they will get an idea of the basic ethnological theories and terms. At the end they will also have gained knowledge on the cultural plurality of the world.
Syllabus
  • World population by language and culture, literature
  • Franz Boas and the Central Eskimo
  • Bronislaw Malinowski and the Kula (Trobrian Islands inhabitants)
  • Margaret Mead and Samoa
  • Derek Freeman and review of Mead
  • Evans-Pritchard and the Nuer
  • Robert Gardner and the Nuer
  • Leopold Pospíšil and the Kapauku
  • Karl Heider and the Dani
  • Robert Gardner and Dead Birds
  • Napoleon Chagnon and the Yanomamö
  • Patrick Thierey and review of Chagnon
Literature
  • MALINOWSKI, Bronisław. Argonauts of the Western Pacific : an account of native enterprise and adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea. Edited by James G. Fraser. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, 1984, xxxi, 527. ISBN 0881330841. info
  • MEAD, Margaret. Coming of age in Samoa : a psychological study of primitive youth for western civilisation. 1st print. New York: Mentor book, 1949, 192 s. info
Assessment methods
lectures, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021.
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