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Lecturer(s)
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Friedl Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Pankowská Anna, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Introduction. 2. Singularity versus duality of the body and soul 3. Biology and gender 4. Estetics of the body 5. Sexuality and reproducce 6. Modification and fragmentation of the body 7. Disciplination of the body 8. Semiotisation of the body 9. Policy of the body 10. Geography of the body 11. Comodification of the body 12. Cyborgisation of the body
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Skills demonstration, Seminar classes, Individual study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 10 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 30 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 26 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and briefly characterise the basic thinking directions (paradigms) of sociocultural anthropology |
| to critically think about possible different opinions of professional texts in the Czech language and professional texts in the English languge |
| on the basic of own knowledge to propose the topic of project for seminar work |
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| to use professional information resources in both paper and electronic form |
| to link knowledge about the social and biological aspects of human life |
| to write cultivated professional text on the stated theme |
| to understand of professional texts in the English language |
| to understand of professional texts in the Czech language |
| to participate in the discussion of professional studies |
| to present and defend your own progress in dealing with the project in a seminar in front of students and teacher |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterise and explain concepts from social and biological anthropology |
| to characterise and describe the historical development of the human body's view of the importance and functions in the development of social sciences |
| to describe and compare the understanding of functional structures and symbolisms of the human body in analysed circuits and thought schools |
| to enumerate, describe and critically evaluate basic works and major representatives of body and body anthropology |
| to describe possibilities and ways of social interaction through the body |
| to think innovatively about the human body and its importance in the cultural and social life of the past and present |
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| to apply basic theoretical concepts used in the course in separate work on the project |
| to understand the interdisciplinary context in the course of studying the anthropology of body and body function |
| to critically evaluate and analyse the adjustments to the human body and its behavioural potential in the context of variability in social standards and deviations |
| to theorize and interpret work with the human body in visual and literary creation |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Project-based instruction |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| Skills demonstration |
| Textual studies |
| Group discussion |
| Individual study |
| Project-based instruction |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Group discussion |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Project-based instruction |
| Textual studies |
| Skills demonstration |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
| Seminar work |
| Project |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Test |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Project |
| Competences |
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| Test |
| Project |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Brown, Peter. Tělo a společnost : muži, ženy a sexuální odříkání v raném křesťanství. Brno : Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2000. ISBN 80-85959-72-0.
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Doležalová, Iva,; Hamar, Eleonóra,; Bělka, Luboš. Náboženství a tělo. Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2006. ISBN 80-210-4115-3.
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František Vrhel. Antropologie sexuality: sociokulturní hledisko. Edice Panoráma biologické a sociokulturní antropologie : modulové učební texty pro studenty antropologie a "příbuzných" oborů. Brno, 2002.
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Geller, Pamela L. Feminist anthropology : past, present, and future. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. ISBN 0-8122-3940-7.
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Grebeníčková, Růžena. Tělo a tělesnost v novověkém myšlení. Praha : Prostor, 1997. ISBN 80-85190-65-6.
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Le Goff, Jacques; Truong, Nicolas. Tělo ve středověké kultuře. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2006. ISBN 80-7021-826-6.
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Miner, Horace. Body Ritual among the Nacirema. American Antropologist 58. S 503 - 507. Michigan : University of Michigan, 1956.
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Robb, John,; Harris, Oliver J. T. The body in history : Europe from the Palaeolithic to the future. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-521-19528-7.
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Robben, Antonius C. G. M. Death, mourning, and burial : a cross-cultural reader. Malden : Blackwell Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1-4051-1471-1.
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Soukup, Martin; Dudziaková, Marie,; Dvořáková, Michaela,; Kadlecová, Jana; Rychlík, Martin. Tělo 2.0 : hranice těla a podoby bolesti. 2017. ISBN 978-80-7465-288-2.
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Valle, Teresa del. Gendered anthropology. London : Routledge, 1993. ISBN 0-415-06127-X.
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Verdery, Katherine. The political lives of dead bodies : reburial and postsocialist change. New York : Columbia University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-231-11231-9.
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