Anthropology of the Borderline Field of study: Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
Programme code: W6-S1AK19.2023

Module name: Anthropology of the Borderline
Module code: W6-AK-S1-APN
Programme code: W6-S1AK19.2023
Semester:
  • summer semester 2025/2026
  • summer semester 2024/2025
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 3
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The module aims to enable students to undertake anthropological reflection on man and his culture shaped in the space of cultural borderland. Basic terminology, multi-faceted problems as well as socio-cultural phenomena and processes related to this space will be presented. In this context, it is important to show and review the role of attitudes of tolerance and openness towards cultural diversity occurring on the territorial borderlands in Poland.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
jest gotów do kształtowania postawy otwartości i tolerancyjności w koegzystowaniu ludzi z różnych kultur, w tym na pograniczach narodowych i etnicznych [_K_1]
 K_K04 [4/5]
potrafi posługiwać się podstawową terminologią z zakresu antropologii pogranicza, posiada umiejętność antropologicznego myślenia o społecznościach zamieszkujących pogranicza kulturowe, umie dokonywać obserwacji i interpretacji zjawisk społecznych występujących na pograniczach [_U_1]
 K_U01 [3/5] K_U03 [4/5]
potrafi przedstawiać własne zapatrywania na temat wybranych zagadnień z zakresu antropologii pogranicza z wykorzystaniem niektórych ujęć teoretycznych z obszaru etnologii i antropologii kulturowej [_U_2]
 K_U05 [4/5]
zna i rozumie w zaawansowanym stopniu zjawiska kulturowe i społeczne występujące w przestrzeni pogranicza i sposoby ich opisywania [_W_1]
 K_W04 [3/5]
zna i rozumie w zaawansowanym stopniu rodzaje relacji społecznych występujących w przestrzeni pogranicza i rozumie mechanizmy nimi rządzące, a także lokalizację i historię najważniejszych pograniczy kulturowych, etnicznych i religijnych na obszarze Polski [_W_2]
 K_W04 [4/5] K_W05 [3/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
discussion classes [_fs_1] 30 Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Screen presentation [c07] 
Individual work with a text [f02]  		course work _K_1 _U_1 _U_2 _W_1 _W_2
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Search for materials and review activities necessary for class participation [a01] Preparation for classes
reviewing literature, documentation, tools and materials as well as the specifics of the syllabus and the range of activities indicated in it as required for full participation in classes
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Determining the stages of task implementation contributing to the verification of learning outcomes [c01] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
devising a task implementation strategy embracing the division of content, the range of activities, implementation time and/or the method(s) of obtaining the necessary materials and tools, etc.
Studying the literature used in and the materials produced in class [c02] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
exploring the studied content, inquiring, considering, assimilating, interpreting it, or organizing knowledge obtained from the literature, documentation, instructions, scenarios, etc., used in class as well as from the notes or other materials/artifacts made in class
Implementation of an individual or group assignment necessary for course/phase/examination completion [c03] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
a set of activities aimed at performing an assigned task, to be executed out of class, as an obligatory phase/element of the verification of the learning outcomes assigned to the course
Analysis of the corrective feedback provided by the academic teacher on the results of the verification of learning outcomes [d01] Consulting the results of the verification of learning outcomes
reading through the academic teacher’s comments, assessments and opinions on the implementation of the task aimed at checking the level of the achieved learning outcomes
Attachments
Module description (PDF)
Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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