JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Anthropology of Art

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Course title Anthropology of Art
Course code KFHS/KB391
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
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 anthropological perspective 2) Art as a socio-cultural system 3) Origin of art and rise of culture 4) Art, ritual, religion I. 5) Art, ritual, religion II. 6) Art as a symbolic system I. 7) Art as a symbolic system II. 8) Primitive art 9) Modern art 10) Art and cultural identity 11) Art and cultural transfer 12) Socio-cultural function of art I. 13) Socio-cultural function of art II. 14) Discussion

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course introduces to the anthropological perspective on art and explain the relation between art and culture. Art, from the perspective of cultural anthropology, is a part of the whole socio-cultural systém. We will discuss various anthropological theories of art's origin and function and basic concepts in the field such as primitive and modern art, etc. We will learn how to interpreta works of art from the perspective of social and cultural anthropology.
Students will gain deeper knowledge n the field of anthropology of art. They will interpret and write scholarly texts in the field. They can build an argument and explain thei views, They understand relation between art and culture.
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Regular work in class: preparation and text analysis, collective discussion, presentation of theses.
Recommended literature
  • CLIFFORD, J. On the edges of anthropology. Chicago, 2003. ISBN 978-0972819602.
  • DAMME van, W. Beauty in context: Towards an anthropological approach to aesthetics. Leiden, 1996. ISBN 978-9004106086.
  • GEERTZ, C. Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretative Anthropology. New York, 1983. ISBN 978-0465041626.
  • GELL, A. Art and agency: an anthropological theory. Oxford, 1998. ISBN 978-0198280149.
  • HATCHER, E., P. Art as culture: An introduction to anthropology of art. South Hadley, Mass., 1999. ISBN 978-0897896283.
  • LAYTON, R. The anthropology of art. Cambridge, 1991. ISBN 978-0521.
  • MORPHY, H., PERKINS, M., (vyd.). Anthropology of Art: Reader. Oxford, 2006. ISBN 978-1405105620.
  • NAPIER, A., D. Foreign Bodies: Performance, art and symbolic anthropology. Los Angeles, 1992. ISBN 978-0520205178.
  • WISEMAN, B. Lévi-Strauss, anthropology and aesthetics. Cambridge, 2007. ISBN 978-0521123013.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2024/2025