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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Historical beginnings of economy and its connection to other social sciences. Economic terminology and indicators. Introduction to economic anthropology and definition of the subject matter. Substantivism, formalism, neo-Marxism, feminism. Forms of provision, production and division of labour. Economic behaviour as social behaviour, rationalisation, economisation, altruism, models of decision-making. Barter trade, the issue of a present and economy. Individual forms of distribution and relationship towards organisation and institutions of the society. Symbolic economic anthropology. Political economy: colonialism, theory of dependence and impact on current situation. Poverty, economic development and globalisation.
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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)
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of the course is to acquire the theoretical knowledge of economic systems and institutions of traditional and modern societies in time as well in space.
Students will be presented to the pros and cons of application of economic patterns and theories of the market on non-market society. The questions of economic discrimination , political power and solution of poverty will be discussed. Students will be able to apply the knowledge in the context of applied anthropology for solution of the poverty and inequality problems.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination
Compulsory attendance at the lectures. Type of assessment: written exam.
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Recommended literature
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DURKHEIM, É. Společenská dělba práce. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2004.
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GODELIER, M. The Enigma of the Gift. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
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KOTTAK, C. P. Culture and "Economic Development". American Anthropologist 92(3):723-731, 1990.
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MATTHEW, R. Psychology and Economics. Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 36(1), pages 11-46, 1998.
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WILK, R. R. Economies and Cultures: Foundations of Economic Anthropology. Westview Press: Boulder, 1996.
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