PAPVB_15 The Ethnography of Mesopotamia and its Bordering Regions

Filozofická fakulta
podzim 2014
Rozsah
2/0/0. 3 kr. Ukončení: k.
Vyučující
Dr. phil. Maximilian Wilding (přednášející)
Garance
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Ústav archeologie a muzeologie – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Lucie Valášková
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Ústav archeologie a muzeologie – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
St 14:10–15:45 C42
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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. Focused on a comprehensive presentation, the lecture should serve two practical purposes: 1. By this ‚rough guide‘ to the local cultures in between Euphrates and Tigris, the student should get a feel for which examples he may take for ethno-archaeological comparision, and which ones s/he should handle with caution, because they barely rest on formal similarities (but are ultimately linked to incompatible cultural ‚backgrounds‘). 2. To perceive what are the matters-of-interest for communities s/he enters, and the persons s/he works and lives with on a daily basis, whilst performing as an excavator in the Near East.
Osnova
  • Syllabus: 1. Outline of the subregion. Natural landscapes. Climate. Distribution of resources. Logistic constraints & opportunities. The cultural ambient of Mesopotamia in the Middle East 2. An abrigded (modern) history of the Mesopotamian subregion. 3. ‚By the river & beyond I‘ - Traditional subsistence strategies, technologies and material culture, according to the Mesopotamian ethnographic evidence. 4. ‚By the river & beyond II‘ - Traditional subsistence strategies, technologies and material culture, according to the Mesopotamian ethnographic evidence. 5. ‚By the river & beyond III‘ - Traditional subsistence strategies, technologies and material cultur,e according to the Mesopotamian ethnographic evidence. 6. ‚Cain & Able?‘ - The longstanding interplay of sedentary living and nomadic existence – Roots, consequences. 7. Gender, kinship and descent, class affiliation, ethnicity, according to the Mesopotamian ethnographic evidence. 8. Land use, settlement patterns & traditional architecture I 9. Land use, settlement patterns & traditional architecture II 10. The actors of everyday life in potrait: ‚The Bedu‘-‚The Village Woman‘-‚The Handicraftsman‘-‚The Trader‘-‚The Rich Urbaner‘ etc. contextualized. 11. Systems of belief to be found in between Euphrates and Tigris 12. Facing the Globalized World: Issues relevant to the Mesopotamian region
Literatura
  • • Salamandra, Christa, A New Old Damascus – Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syra, Indiana: University Press, 2004.
  • Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Village, New York: Anchor Books, 1995.
  • • Lindholm Charles, The New Middle Eastern Ethnography, Journal of the Royal Athnropological Institue 1 (4): 805-820.
  • • Eickelman, Dale F., The Middle East: an Anthropological Approach, 3rd Ed., New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998.
  • • Encyclopedic Ethnography of Middle East and Central Asia, R. Khanam (ed.), 1st Ed., 3 Vols, New Delhi: Global Visison Publishing House, 2005.
  • • Lewis, Norman N., Nomads and Settlers in Syria and Jordan, 1800-1980 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Výukové metody
lectures, class discussion, homework
Metody hodnocení
written exam
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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