Key words
Cultural anthropology
Objectives
The study of cultural anthropology is, in a strict sense, not an aim. As the students become social workers, it is a piece of their responsability to manage diversity. As we live in a multucultural and divers society we focus ont he image that we have of people, the mechanisms that lead to it.
As we are working in the field of cultural anthropology, we look at the history of looking at 'otherness', the changing ideas.
This course is well placed in a first year of study. Student can easily find clues in other course as sociology (a natural partner), filosophy and the 'work practice'.
Topics
- an overview of the history of perceiving other cultures.
- exploration of the basic notions of CA and its approach.
- exploration of the analysis and elements that play a role in establishing a certain image of people.
- clear-cut themes such as religion, time and space, intercultural communication can be adopted.
Prerequisites
None is required
Final Objectives
tudents:
- Accurately formulate nations and definitions that we use from a cultural anthropology perspective
- Distinguish the mechanisms that play a role in representing a certain image of people
- Use the presented framework with respect to image representations in concrete instances
- Express interest in the subject matter and its practibality in social work by doing exercises (whether or not in a small group), by initiating discussion about current affairs
- Recognise, in current issues and discussions, the pitfalls of so-caaled differences between population groups
- Formulate a viewpoint on the similarity and difference from the position and responsibility of the future social worker
Materials used
Teacher's course.
Study costs
Appr. 2 euro.
Excursions max. 40 euro
Study guidance
Tutoring: Individual monitoring. Exercises are examples used at the exam.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and discussion.
Excercises and practice in smaller groups: here student try to situate insights about course themes according to examples. Illustration of the presented framework by means of video excerpts, testimonies, texts.
We discuss and analyse actuality and media.
Assessment
Written examination.
Lecturer(s)
Eva VENS
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