SANb1013 Kinship and Social Network

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2026
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Eva Kotašková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Eliška Beránková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Adéla Chvílová Kolářová (seminar tutor)
Ing. Soňa Enenkelová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Eva Kotašková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
None
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
To introduce to the students basic key approaches to kinship studies and social network both in current as in historical social anthropology
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to discuss kinship terminology, topics related to marriage and aliances, dissolve of marriage. She will be able to identify various types of cohabitation and discuss romantic love and alliance theories, related to exchnage of woment.
Key topics
Please follow the syllabus of the particular cohort.
Study resources and literature
    required literature
  • SKUPNIK, Jaroslav. Antropologie příbuzenství: příbuzenství, manželství a rodina v kulturněantropologické perspektivě. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2010. Studijní texty. ISBN 978-80-7419-019-3.
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Lectures, seminars, discussion, group project
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Please follow the particular sylabus of the cohort in question.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024, Autumn 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2026, recent)
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