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Lecturer(s)
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Ponocná Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Synková Hana, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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- how can we "use" anthropology? Current challenges to an applied anthropology - the birth of applied anthropology and definition of areas of its interest - from application to activism - methodology of applied researches - ethics in applied researches - anthropology of development - engaged anthropology - environmental anthropology - anthropology of medicine - anthropology in/of politics and public administration and anthropological approaches towards social work - anthropology in education - anthropology in commercial sector - finishing the course, evaluation
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
- Home preparation for classes
- 35 hours per semester
- Preparation for a final test
- 20 hours per semester
- Term paper
- 30 hours per semester
- Independent critical reading
- 26 hours per semester
- Participation in classes
- 39 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This course will introduce students with possibilities of applied anthropology, with the use of anthropology in practical situations, in organizations of public service, non-profit and commercial sector. The absolvents of the coutse should get not only the idea about the possibilities of using cultural and social anthropology, but also broadly suggest the proposal of applied research with the knowledge of its ethical dimension.
Gaining an overview of the practical application of social anthropology, the ability to design simple applied research.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Work-related product analysis, Self project defence, Presentation
Test based on topics from lectures, seminars and texts, minimum 60% points Seminar presentation of applied research and or presentation of own idea of applied research - uploaded after the feedback to semestral works Activity in seminars - activities, readings, discussion of colleagues work Seminar attendance is a condition for getting a grade from the course (minus 0,25 of final mark if not prepared)
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Recommended literature
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Monotematické číslo časopisu Cargo 2018.
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Monotematického čísla časopisu Cargo 2018, k dispozici na http://cargojournal.org/index.php/cargo/issue/view/15.
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výběr literatury k četbě je ve stagu.
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Blavascunas, E. Recenze: E. C. Dunn 2004. Privatizing Poland: Baby Food, Big Business, and the Remaking of Labor. Sociologický časopis 1. 2007.
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Ervin, Alexander. Applied Anthropology: Tools and Perspectives for Contemporary Practice . Boston, 2005.
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Higgins, Patricia J. - Paredes, Anthony J. (eds.) . Classics of Practicing Anthropology 1978-1998. Oklahoma City: OK, 2000.
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Hirt, T. a kol. Vybrané kapitoly z aplikované sociální antropologie. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni., 2012.
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Hrešanová, E., J. Hasmanová Marhánková. Nové trendy v českém porodnictví a sociální nerovnosti mezi rodičkami. Sociologický Časopis 1. 2008.
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Jarkovská, L. Ideologie přirozenosti ve vzdělávání jako překážka překonávání sociálních nerovností. Orbis scholae 1: 21-34. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze. 2009.
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Kedia, Satish - Van Willigen, John . Applied anthropology: domains of application. Westport, Connecticut, London, 2005.
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McDonald, James H. The Applied Anthropology Reader. Boston, 2002.
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Murray, G. F. The domestication of Wood in Haiti: A Case Study in Applied Evolution. in R. Wulff, S. Fiske (eds.), Anthropological praxis, 223-240. Boulder, CO. 1987.
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Van Willigen, John . Applied anthropology: an introduction. Westport CT, 2002.
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