Anthropology of a City Field of study: Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
Programme code: W6-S1AK19.2025

Module name: Anthropology of a City
Module code: W6-AK-S1-AMiN
Programme code: W6-S1AK19.2025
Semester: summer semester 2026/2027
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 2
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The Anthropology of the City module is intended to enable students to familiarize themselves with the basic assumptions and goals of urban anthropology as a sub-discipline of cultural anthropology, to provide knowledge about the main theoretical concepts, methodological orientations and key research topics. The classes allow you to learn about the problems that anthropologists deal with in urban space - these include mainly bonds connecting people, meanings given and perceived by them in urban space, shaping its mental landscape, ways of its cultural use, as well as the process of creating a social identity. culture of the city's inhabitant. The subject matter of the classes is to inspire students to critically analyze and evaluate phenomena significant in anthropological considerations of the city.
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]
is ready - based on his/her anthropological knowledge - to independently formulate proposals for solving complex problems occurring in the urban residential environment of humans [_K_1]
 K_K02 [3/5]
is able to use basic terminology and theoretical approaches of urban anthropology to identify and analyze motives and patterns of human behavior in an urban cultural context [_U_1]
 K_U01 [3/5]
is able to think anthropologically and formulate his/her own views on the situation of man in the social and cultural space of the modern city [_U_2]
 K_U05 [3/5]
knows and understands the basic assumptions and research issues of urban anthropology, including history, main trends and theoretical concepts [_W_1]
 K_W01 [3/5] K_W02 [3/5]
knows and understands the existential situation of a human being in the heterogeneous socio-cultural reality of the modern city, including the specificity of interpersonal relations and social ties occurring therein [_W_2]
 K_W04 [3/5] K_W05 [3/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
lecture [_fs_1] 30 Formal lecture/ course-related lecture [a01] 
Lecture-discussion [b02] 
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
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)
Semester Module Language of instruction
(no information given)