SANb2031 Anthropological Biographies

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 9 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Soňa Enenkelová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D.
Contact Person: PhDr. Patrick Laviolette, PhD.
Supplier department: Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites
Interest in the topic of biographies
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
To learn about biographies of various anthropologist - past and present - and to learn from their life trajectories, how individual and external variables influence their work and research. This teacheas us about relativism in science.
Learning outcomes
Once graduated from this course, students will be able to speak about biographies of various anthropologists - past and present. However, what´s more important, they will be able to pay attention to their own variables (personal and social) and pre-determine to a certain level their own accademic trajectories and possible influence on their work. It will make their science more acknowledged, in alliance with the reflexive turn in anthropology.
Syllabus
  • Malinowky and me Evans Pritchard and me Ruth Benedict and me Margaret Mead and me Mary Douglas and me Levi-Strauss and me Clifford Geertz and me E. Leach and me Paul Rabinow and me Meyer Fortes and me Laura Bohannan and me Nancy Sheper-Hughes and me Marylin Strathern and me
Literature
  • Commodifying bodies. Edited by Nancy Scheper-Hughes - Loïc Wacquant. London: SAGE, 2002, 1 online. ISBN 9781446215005. info
  • STRATHERN, Marilyn. The gender of the gift : problems with women and problems with society in Melanesia. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988, xv, 422. ISBN 0520072022. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, group projects, homework, reading
Assessment methods
Oral presentation, collective essay
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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