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Lecturer(s)
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Synková Hana, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Political anthropology. Basic paradigms. 2. Political institutions, their origin and development 3. New concepts of power 4. Violence, public space as a political space 5. Treatment of nature 6. Things, materiality and their policy 7. Power context of technologies 8. Using emotions 9. Body negotiation 10. Illness and healing 11. Social movement, activism 12. Depoliticization and waves of "liquid anger" 13. Summary
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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), Work-related activities
- Participation in classes
- 26 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 10 hours per semester
- Term paper
- 25 hours per semester
- Preparation of a presentation (report)
- 10 hours per semester
- Independent critical reading
- 45 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 5 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to introduce participants to the latest anthropological discussions and concepts related to politics, power and ideology. We will deal with various forms of power, including its hidden forms. Students will reflect on the forms of power in their research.
Acquired skills: Ability to analyze and recognize the power and political dimension of the researched and lived reality, social events and trends.
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Prerequisites
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Introduction to the basics of social anthropology
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment, Presentation
Active participation in the seminar, discussion of concepts in class, own contributions to the seminar (3x summary of basic ideas and concepts of the text, proposal of how to use the concepts, or connection with own research), seminar work with the application of concepts from texts (min. 4 texts and approx. 4 pages), or discussion about seminar work.
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Recommended literature
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Balandier, Georges:. Politická antropologie. Praha: Dauphin 2000..
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GLEDHILL, J. Power and Its Disguises. Anthropological Perspectives on Politics. London: Pluto, 2000.
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Harrison, F. Anthropology Interrogating Power and Politics, InP. Barbaro(ed.) Ethnology, Ethnography and Cultural Anthropology, in UNESCO - Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. Oxford: UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, 2016.
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KURTZ, D. V. Political Anthropology. Paradigms and Power. Boulder: Westview Press, 2001.
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LEWELLEN, T. C. Political Anthropology, 2nd ed.. Westport: Conn., 1992.
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Nugent,D., J. Vincent. A companion to the Anthropology of Politics. MA: Blackwell, 2004.
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Sharma, A., Gupta, A. The Anthropology of the State. 2006.
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VINCENT, J. ed. The Anthropology of Politics: A Reader in Ethnography, Theory, and Critique. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.
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