Course: Anthropology of perception

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Course title Anthropology of perception
Course code KFHS/P528
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pokorný Vít, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Introduction to the anthropology of perception 2) Critique of occulocentrism and sensory turn 3) (Multi)sensorial order 4) Tactile sensorium 5) Olfactory sensorium 6) Taste sensorium 7) Auditory sensorium 8) Visual sensorium 9) Beyond the five senses 10) Human and noh-human perception 11) Case study 12) Case study

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The main goal of the course is to introduce students to anthropological perspective on perception. Theoretically, the course follows up the sensory turn in humanities and provides introduction to various types of perception research in human collectives whose specific natures are related perception and sensitivity. We will discuss different types of perception including their socio-cultural and ecological contexts, sensorial orders (Howes, Classens), and the overall corporeal constitution of shared cultural environments.
Adopting anthropological perspective Ability to understand corporeal and sensory aspects of culture Ability to interpret and discuss scientific texts about anthropology of perception
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Active participation in classes, reading course basic texts, seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Earlmann, V. Hearing cultures: Essays on Sound, Listening and Modernity. Oxford, 2004.
  • Edwards, E., Bhaumik, K. Visual Sense: A cultural reader. Oxford, 2008.
  • Horský, J., Martinec, Nováková, L., Pokorný, V. Antropologie smyslů. Praha, 2019.
  • Howes, D., Classens, C. Doing sensory anthropology (online).
  • Howes, D. The Sixth Sense Reader. Oxford, 2009.
  • Johnson, M., Lakoff, G. Metafory, kterými žijeme. Brno, 2002.
  • Merleau-Ponty, M. Fenomenologie vnímání. Praha, 2013.


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