Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Institute of Ethnography and Folklore
- Code
- BBN-NEP-121
- Title
- Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
- Usual semester
- Autumn
- Published semester
- 2026/27/1
- ECTS
- 3
- Language
- hu
- Description
- te_kód: BBN-NEP-121 kurzuskód: BBN-NEP-121
- Learning outcomes
- The purpose of the course announced for the BA major is for students to become familiar with the basics of the cultural anthropological approach, approach and research methodology, the history of the most important researchers and research trends, so that they themselves are able to apply their knowledge in practical research and observation. The course is divided into three parts. The introductory part is followed by a section dealing with the history of cultural anthropology (researchers, trends, research fields, etc.), and then in the second half of the semester, we take turns in the more important areas of specialist anthropology.
- Course content
- 1. Introduction. What is cultural anthropology? Methodology and approach 2. Lajos Boglár's cultural anthropology and the example of the Makah Indians 3. "This is how we research!" Literature processing tasks 4. "This is how we research!" Literature processing tasks 2. 5. "This is how we research!" Literature processing tasks 3. 6. The history of cultural anthropological research in a nutshell 1. (The beginnings of cultural anthropology, the second half of the 19th century – evolutionism. The heyday of classical cultural anthropology: the generalization of long-term fieldwork. Functionalism and historical particularism. Methodological aspects of cultural anthropology his search for a way out in the middle and last third of the 20th century. Structuralism, neoevolutionism, cultural ecology and cultural materialism. Postmodern anthropology is a question of interpretation.) 7. The history of cultural anthropological research in a nutshell 2. (Thematic searches for cultural anthropology in the middle and last third of the 20th century. Examination of complex societies. Examination of strata, classes, ethnic groups, nations. Research on identity. Study of village communities, urban anthropology, examination of subcultures , research on cultural encounters, e.g. tourism.) 8. Religious anthropology 9. Social anthropology 10. Economic anthropology 11. Political anthropology 12. Art anthropology (Ethno-aesthetics) 13. Linguistic anthropology 14. Closing the semester, evaluation, writing an online colloquium "entrance" test
- Assessment method
- Requirements: a) regular and active attendance at the course; b) literature processing task; c) writing a test successfully; d) successful colloquium during the exam period
- Bibliography
- Boglár Lajos – Papp Richárd /A. Gergely András, Bali János, Hajnal Virág és Prónai Csaba közreműködésével/ (2007) A tükör két oldala. Bevezetés a kulturális antropológiába. (Bővített kiadás) Budapest. Nyitott Könyv Kiadó. Lajos Boglár – Richard Papp /A. With the participation of András Gergely, János Bali, Virág Hajnal and Csaba Prónai/ (2007) Two sides of the mirror. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. (Extended edition) Budapest. Open Book Publishing.