Module syllabus: Ecology, culture, change upon the middle Nile

Transkrypt

1 S i l e s i a n U n i v e r s i t y i n K a t o w i c e, ul. B a n k o w a 12, K a t o w i c e, h t t p : / / w w w. u s. e d u. p l www. e c o e t n o. us. e d u. pl Faculty and level of studies: ETHNOLOGY, second Module syllabus: Ecology, culture, change upon the middle Nile Module code: 12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ Name of module version (optionally) General information module coordinator (maciej.kurcz@us.edu.pl) academic year Semester summer form of studies Full-time method of establishing final grade for the module arithmetic mean from grades within the forms of verification of learning effects required within the module (at a scale between ) assuming that all forms of verification of learning effects have been positively passed (that is, at least one positive grade) Attendance at the minimum of 80% of classes (individual completion of all topics which were discussed during classes at which the student was absent). additional information Description of didactic classes and student's work name Lecture tutor content of classes (maciej.kurcz@us.edu.pl) 12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ_fs_1 1. Introduction to module issues. 2. Man and environment over the middle Nile. 3. Home, enclosure, countryside-cultural landscape of a countryside upon Nile. 4. Economy, consumption and consumerism-between tradition and vibrant globalisation-the issue of spatial traffic, proliferation of vehicles, mobile phones and other technical usable goods. 5. Religion, magic and customs. method of conduct of classes number of didactic classes (contact) number of hours of individual work of students description of individual student work As in module description apart from contact classes students are obliged to get acquainted with subject The project " Cultural ecology- specialization at the faculty of ethnology, 2nd degree studies" Website 1/5

2 organization of 1 didactic hour per week (according to schedule: classes obligatory 1. Kurcz Maciej Za Trzecią Kataraktą, PTL, Wrocław, Ząbek Maciej Arabowie z Dar Hamid społeczność w sytuacji zagrożenia ekologicznego, Dialog, Warszawa supplementary 1. Kurcz Maciej Żywi święci i ich groby. Grobowce kopulaste północnego Sudanu w kontekście religii, życia społecznego i lokalnych tradycji architektonicznych, Lud, t Współczesna zagroda północnego Sudanu, Lud, t. 87, Żywot zgodny z obyczajem i religią. Cykl życia wieśniaka północnosudańskiego, Lud, t Rytuały kuchenne. O zachowaniu przy jedzeniu nad Środkowym Nilem. W: Historie kuchenne. Rola i znaczenie pożywienia w kulturze. Red. R. Stolična, A. Drożdż, Bibliotheca Ethnologia Ethnografie Centralis, t. 2. Cieszyn 2010, s Między rzeką a pustynią. Kategoria granicy w kulturze ludowej Sudanu północnego, Lud, t. 91 (2007), s Ząbek Maciej Świat istot nadnaturalnych i środowiskowe uwarunkowania kultury, w: Wokół IV Katarakty. Społeczność wiejskie nad środkowym Nilem przed wielką zmianą, red. Maciej Ząbel, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa 2005, s website address for the classes additional information name Classes tutor content of classes 12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ_fs_2 1. Introduction to module issues, discussion of the methods of verifying the effects of learning, discussing obligatory and supplementary. 2. The role and function of food in traditional culture. 3. Road, car, traffic in Africa. 4. Protective dams and their effects on the environment and culture Globalization, consumption and consumerism in Africa. 7. The problem of electrification. Website 2 z 5

3 8. End discussion about the projects of students. method of conduct of classes number of didactic classes (contact) number of hours of individual work of students description of individual student work organization of classes obligatory As in module description apart from contact classes students are obliged to get acquainted with subject 1 didactic hour per week (according to schedule: 1. de Bruijn Mirjam, Nyamnjoh Francis, Brinkman Inge, Mobile Phones: The New Talking Drums of Everyday Africa, Langaa&African Studies Centre, Leiden 2009 (fragmenty). 2. Gewald Jan-Bart, Luning Sabine i van Walraven Klaas, The Speed of Change: Motor Vehicles and People in Africa, Brill, Leiden 2009 (fragmenty). 3. Lamoureaux Siri, Message in a Mobile Mixed-Messages, Tales of Missing and Mobile Communities at the University of Khartoum, LANGAA African Studies Centre, Leiden 2011 (fragmenty). 4. Ząbek Maciej Produkty żywnościowe ludności wiejskiej nad środkowym Nilem, w: Wokół IV Katarakty. Społeczność wiejskie nad środkowym Nilem przed wielką zmianą, red. Maciej Ząbek, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa 2005, s Winther Tanja, The Impact of Electricity: Development, Desires and Dilemmas, Berghahn Books, Oxford 2008 (fragmenty). 6. Ząbek Maciej Wielka Tama Hamdab i jej ewentualne konsekwencje dla społeczności nad środkowym Nilem, w: Wokół IV Katarakty. Społeczność wiejskie nad środkowym Nilem przed wielką zmianą, red. Maciej Ząbel, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Warszawa 2005, s supplementary Tamer Abd Elkreem Whose Dam? The Danger of Narrowly Defined Development: The Case of Kajbar Dam, Northern Sudan, Modern Africa, 2015/Volume 3, Issue 1, s website address for the classes additional information Website 3 z 5

4 3. Description of methods of verification of effects of education within the module Name Final oral test code(s) of classes person(s) conducting verification substantive requirements criteria of assessment course of verification process additional information 12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ_fs_1 12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ_w_1 students ought to get acquainted with obligatory and the selected items of supplementary as well as learn the contents included within and those discussed during lectures the basis for passing will be verification of knowledge about culture and ecology of Northern Sudan examination process will have an oral form. Each person will be obliged to provide answers to two randomly selected questions. Name project code(s) of classes person(s) conducting verification substantive requirements criteria of assessment course of verification process additional information 12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ_fs_2 12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ_w_2 students ought to get acquainted with obligatory and the selected items of supplementary as well as learn the contents included within and those discussed during lectures the basis for passing the subject will be the correct defining the subject in the form of multimedia presentation. The presentation should be synthetic and appropriate in formal terms (text commentary, photographies, summaries, reference list), and should consist of approx. 20 slides (depending on the topic). The grade will depend on timely realization of the task, method of data presentation and general content value (scale of grades ). each student, within a two-person team, will be obliged to prepare an audiovisual presentation of academic character on one of the selected by him/her subjects. The presentation should be saved within Power Point programme and passed on to the tutor post classes. The presentation of the project at the group forum should not exceed 20 minutes. Students will be informed about the results of their works during the last classes. Website 4 z 5

5 Website 5 z 5