SAN261 Economic Anthropology

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Sekeráková Búriková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Division of Social Anthropology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:30 U32
Prerequisites
Ability to read anthropological literature in English - about 20 pages a week (a paper or chapter).
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course of Anthropology of Consumption introduces students to key themes and approaches in anthropology of consumption as well as ethnographies in this subdiscipline. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: - to addopt anthropological approach to study of consumption - to learn key themes of anthropology of consumption - to read selected ethnographies in anthropology of consumption - to understand development of thinking in this discipline - to learn to analyze texts
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the course, anthropology of consumption
  • Anthropology of consumption, theories
  • Classical theories of consumption - modernity a capitalism
  • Classical theories of consumption 2 - popular culture, postmodernism
  • Commodification and its consequences, globalisation and regional variations
  • Consumption and identity
  • Consumption and practice - shopping
  • material and imaterial objects of consumption
  • Spaces of consumption
  • Politics and Ethics of Consumption
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Slater, Don. 1997. Consumer Culture and Modernity. Cambridge: Polity.
  • Miller, Daniel. In Miller, D. (ed.). 1995. Acknowledging Consumption: A Review of New Studies. London: Routledge.
  • Sassatelli, Roberta. 2007. Consumer Culture: History, Theory and Politics. London: SAGE Publications.
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
Form: lectures, class discussions, homeworks, reading Assessment: weekly written assignments, final essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2017.
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