SUBJECT

Techniques of Anthropological Fieldwork

lecture + practical

master

Faculty of Social Sciences

Cultural Anthropology MA

2+3

Semesters 1-2

Autumn/Spring semester

The social science specific paradigms of cultural anthropology include the principle of cultural relativism, a holistic interpretation of cultures studied, and the participant observation approach. Accordingly, anthropologists actively participate in the daily life of the communities they study, as they explore the realities of its cultural-social meaning. The aim of the course is then to provide an insight into the epistemological (and its inseparable) research-methodological question of cultural anthropology. Therefore, during the course, students learn the specifics of the anthropological approach and methodology. At the end, we close the semester with a discussion of the social applicability of cultural anthropology.