Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Social Anthropology
Course Code
KF_079
Branch of Science
Social Anthropology; Sociology and social work
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Communication Science; Sociology
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Klāvs Sedlenieks
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
To introduce students to the basics of social anthropology.
Preliminary Knowledge
Basic background knowledge in social sciences.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Students will be able to know: • what is anthropology; • what are the main research methods used in social anthropology; • what is the range of questions asked by anthropology; • understand the most important issues of kinship, communication, economic, political, gender, health and illness, and religious aspects of human life from the point of view of anthropology.
Skills
1.After successfully completing the course, students: will be able to analyze academic literature; will be able to write a reasoned text; will be able to analyze social processes using anthropological knowledge.
Competences
1.You will be able to analyze anthropological texts; justify own opinion while giving group presentations; analyze social phenomena drawing on acquired anthropological knowledge.
Assessment
Individual work
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Compulsory readings for all five seminars; preparing a group presentation that discusses one one of the seminar questions.
In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
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Examination
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• students know the compulsory readings;
• students understand the actual problems of the current topic;
• students can formulate their opinion and provide argumets for it.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Auditorium
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Main directions of social anthropology (economics and politics; kinship, sex and gender; health and illness; religion)
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Main directions of social anthropology (economics and politics; kinship, sex and gender; health and illness; religion)
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Main directions of social anthropology (economics and politics; kinship, sex and gender; health and illness; religion)
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Main directions of social anthropology (economics and politics; kinship, sex and gender; health and illness; religion)
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Seminar discussion of the main lecture topics as well as the following topics: language and communication, ethnicity, modes of thought, cross-cultural psychiatry.
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Seminar discussion of the main lecture topics as well as the following topics: language and communication, ethnicity, modes of thought, cross-cultural psychiatry.
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Seminar discussion of the main lecture topics as well as the following topics: language and communication, ethnicity, modes of thought, cross-cultural psychiatry.
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Seminar discussion of the main lecture topics as well as the following topics: language and communication, ethnicity, modes of thought, cross-cultural psychiatry.
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Seminar discussion of the main lecture topics as well as the following topics: language and communication, ethnicity, modes of thought, cross-cultural psychiatry.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
20 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
PART-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Introduction
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Main directions of social anthropology (economics and politics; kinship, sex and gender; health and illness; religion)
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Auditorium
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Main directions of social anthropology (economics and politics; kinship, sex and gender; health and illness; religion)
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Main directions of social anthropology (economics and politics; kinship, sex and gender; health and illness; religion)
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On site
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Main directions of social anthropology (economics and politics; kinship, sex and gender; health and illness; religion)
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Auditorium
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Seminar discussion of the main lecture topics as well as the following topics: language and communication, ethnicity, modes of thought, cross-cultural psychiatry.
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Auditorium
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Topics
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Seminar discussion of the main lecture topics as well as the following topics: language and communication, ethnicity, modes of thought, cross-cultural psychiatry.
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Seminar discussion of the main lecture topics as well as the following topics: language and communication, ethnicity, modes of thought, cross-cultural psychiatry.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Seminar discussion of the main lecture topics as well as the following topics: language and communication, ethnicity, modes of thought, cross-cultural psychiatry.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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Seminar discussion of the main lecture topics as well as the following topics: language and communication, ethnicity, modes of thought, cross-cultural psychiatry.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
20 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Hendry, J. 2016. Other people’s worlds : an introduction to cultural and social anthropology. Palgrave Macmillan.
2.
Lee, Richard B. 1969. 'Eating Christmas in the Kalahari.' Natural History, 78(10):14-22.
3.
Conklin, Beth A. 1995. “Thus are our bodies, thus was our custom’: mortu-ary cannibalism in an Amazonian society”. American Ethnologist 22 (1): 75–101.
4.
Clarke, Morgan. 2006. “Islam, kinship and new reproductive technology”. Anthropology Today 22 (5): 17–20.
5.
Humphrey, Caroline. 1999. “Shamans in the City”. Anthropology Today 15 (3): 3–10.
6.
Bonta, Bruce D. 1996. “Conflict Resolution Among Peaceful Societies: The Culture of Peacefulness”. Journal of Peace Research 33 (4): 403–420.
7.
Ferraro, G. P., & Andreatta, Susan. 2010. Cultural anthropology : an applied perspective. Chapter 6. Language and Communication.
8.
Lock, M. 2002. Medical Knowledge and Body Politics. In MacClancy, J. (ed.) Exotic No More. Anthropology on the Front Lines, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
9.
Martin, E. 2022. Persuasive Technology and Personhood on Social Media. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 16224392211370.
10.
Ulturgasheva, Olga. 2017. “Ghosts of the Gulag in the Eveny World of the Dead.” The Polar Journal 7 (1): 26–45.
Additional Reading
1.
Delaney, C. L., Kaspin, D. 2017. Investigating culture : an experiential introduction to anthropology. Chapter 6. Our Bodies, Our Selves. Pp.1-33.
2.
Zirnīte, Māra. 2017. Etnisko kultūru saskarsmes dzīvesstāstos. In "Piederēt un atšķirties: romu, krievu un latviešu dzīvesstāsti Latvijā" 18–50. Rīga: LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts, Latvijas Mutvārdu vēstures pētnieku asociācija.
3.
Glazier, S. D., & Ember, C. R. 2018. Religion. Explaining Human Cultures.