Symbolic systems anthropology : cosmology and environment
[ANTR2020]
[30h] 5 credits
This course is taught in the 1st semester.
Teacher(s): Olivier Servais
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
1. the student will understand the main trends and great authors of symbolic systems anthropology.
2. the student will be able to develop a personal point of view about these trends.
Main themes
Authors such as :
Douglas, Hallowell, Turner, Gauchet, Lévi-strauss, De Certeau, Leenhardt, Van der Leeuw, Dumezil, Mali-nowski, Leach, Goody, Otto, Van Gennep, Descola, Viveiros de Castro, Bastide, Girard, Frazer.
Following subject and concepts such as :
Myth, mythology, ideology, ritual, the symbolic, the belief, the conversion, the religion, the religious, the sa-cred, the secularization, totemism, animism, naturalism, the magic, the sorcery, shamanism, phenomenological approaches, structuralism and symbolic functionalism.
Content and teaching methods
Methodology :
1. Lecture of introduction (first lesson)
2. Previous article readings
3. Collective analysis and feedback about reading exercise
4. Final lecture: conclusion and synthesis.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Evaluation : Students' work will be appraised according to the jury system (cf. Master in Anthropology)
Materials course : Texts portfolio will be distributed.