ECTS:
4
Syllabus
The course will cover the most important repetitive behaviors of social actors playing their roles
in everyday theater. The specifi city of the culture of living, eating, working, resting and showing
emotions will be discussed on selected examples. All practical themes are presented through
case studies of everyday practices, actions and relations.
Students will learn about the fundamental Balkan cultural traditions, connected with everyday life
on the Balkans, and about their historical, geopolitical, national and supranational conditions.
During the course students will be participating in a series of online activities that will enable and
improve their ability to review and characterize the most important cultural behaviors that build
local communities, shape their mentality, identity and affi liation.
Each meeting will last 90 minutes and will be divided into three blocks: theoretical introduction
(30 minutes), analysis on selected examples (45 minutes), and students' individual or
collaborative work (15 minutes). For each class, participants will be asked to read a short text
and watch a movie/ recording. Then, during the classes, the knowledge initially outlined in these
materials will be developed. For the last 15 minutes, the task of the participants will be to solve a
task designed by the lecturer. The answer should be written or recorded and sent to the class
group (Teams, folder: Tasks). After the meeting, the lecturer checks the works and sends back
comments.
Teaching techniques: multimedia presentations, discussions, collaborative tasks, individual
student presentations
Tools: MS Teams, a dedicated course website
Examination dates and format:
Continuous assessment on task performance.
Module aim
This course will:
• encourage students to consider problems from multiple perspectives.
• highlight transnational relationships and intercultural understanding.
• enable acquisition of transferable and practical skills (media competences, communication
and presentation skills).
• apply state-of-the-art didactic methods such as research oriented-learning, project work.
The course is linked to the course Folklore of the Balkans and it is helpful for anyone who is
learning languages spoken on the Balkan Peninsula since it provides insight of the culture of
everyday life. Depending on the study programs and interest of the participating students, the
focus is fl exible. The linkage to courses at the home-institutions is also very welcome.
Information
Year: 2020/2021
Semester: Summer
Hours: 18
Language: English
Building:
Room:
Tips:
Topic: Anthropology of the Everyday Life on the Balkans
Module: 03-EPI-AEB
Prerequisites
European Identities
Keen interest in multiculturalism and the Balkan Peninsula<br />
Open to students: Year(s) 2 – 3 BA undergraduate<br />
Teaching period: Spring semester, 2021; 9 weeks<br />
Max. enrollment: 20<br />
Workload/presence, credit points: 18 contact hours transfer to 4 ECTS<br />
Location and room(s): Virtual campus, MS Teams, original location: Faculty of Polish and
Classical Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Lecturer
prof. Joanna Rękas
Academic title: professor
Email: rekasus@amu.edu.pl
Reading list
• T. H. Eriksen, Small Places, Large Issues. An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology.
Second Edition. Pluto Press, London-Sterling-Virginia, 2001.
• S.W. Mintz, Ch.M. Du Bois, The Anthropology of Food and Eating, „Annual Review of
Anthropology” 2002, nr 31, pp. 99–119.
• D. E. Sutton, Food and the senses, „Annual Review of Anthropology” 2010, issue 39.
• E. Cohen, Phenomenology of Tourist Experience, „Sociology” 13:2, 1979, pp. 179-201.
• E. Cohen, Youth Tourists in Acre. A Disturbance Becomes a Lifelong Preoccupation, In: The
Study of Tourism: Anthropological and Sociological Beginnings, ed. D. Nash, Amsterdam 2007,
pp. 50–59.
• Rocamora, Fields of fashion. Critical Insights into Bourdieu’s Sociology of Culture, „Journal of
Consumer Cultur” 2(3), 2002, pp. 341–362.
