PAPVB_15 The Ethnography of Mesopotamia and its bordering regions

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2020

Předmět se v období jaro 2020 nevypisuje.

Rozsah
2/0/0. 3 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
Dr. phil. Maximilian Wilding (přednášející)
Garance
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.
Ústav klasických studií – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jitka Erlebachová
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 15 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/15, pouze zareg.: 0/15, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/15
Mateřské obory/plány
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Cíle předmětu
The aim of the lecture is to provide students of Near East archaeology with an ‘ethnographic baseline’ for the core region, commonly called ‚Mesopotamia‘. The presentation stresses - at one time - the great diversity of natural and social landscapes in the area as well as such themes which are encountered throughout the entire realm. The lecture serves two purposes: (1) present ‘source cultures’ for an ethnoarchaeological comparison (David & Kramer 2003) and 2. To help the future prehistorian to perceive the matters-of-interest of the persons s/he works and lives with on a daily basis whilst performing as an excavator in the SW-Asia.
Osnova
  • 1. Definition by watershed boundary. Landscapes & climate. Distribution of resources. Logistic constraints & opportunities. 2. Abridged modern history. 3. Interplay of sedentary living & nomadic existence. 4. - 6. Subsistence strategies, technology & material culture (overview). 7. Social organization. Actors & fractions of daily life (portraits). 8. - 9. Differences in traditional architecture, settlement patterns & land use. 10. Systems of belief (overview). 11. Minorities (portraits). 12. Outlook (discussion).
Literatura
    doporučená literatura
  • • Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock, Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village, New York: Anchor Books, 1995.
  • • Salamandra, Christa, A New Old Damascus – Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syra, Indiana: University Press, 2004.
  • • Eickelman, Dale F., The Middle East: an Anthropological Approach, 3rd Ed., New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998.
  • • Lewis, Norman N., Nomads and Settlers in Syria and Jordan, 1800-1980 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  • • Lindholm Charles, The New Middle Eastern Ethnography, Journal of the Royal Athnropological Institue 1 (4): 805-820.
    neurčeno
  • • Encyclopadic Ethnography of Middle East and Central Asia, R. Khanam (ed.), 1st Ed., 3 Vols, New Delhi: Global Visison Publishing House, 2005.
Výukové metody
Teaching technique: direct-reflexive teacher/student dialogue. In the course the students will be trained to recognize inter-relations beyond the isolated ethnographic fact. In-class discussions will be favoured to develop the skill to approach ethnological issues with proper terminology. At intervals certain ‘teaching mile stones’ will be entrenched by students’ own presentations. Extra-focus on the analysis of visual materials (paintings, photos, film etc.). ssions will be favoured to develop the skill to approach ethnological issues with proper terminology. At least once a presentation of the results of an autonomous enquiry related to topics mentioned in the lectures is expected (student’s formal contribution).
Metody hodnocení
Assessment based on the cross-sum of: presence & communication; proficiency in making written notes; discussion input; 1 presentation; oral final exam. Final exam: ethnography of ‘Mesopotamian’ minority populations.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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