Critical Theories Field of study: Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology
Programme code: W6-S2AK19.2025

Module name: Critical Theories
Module code: W6-AK-S2-TK
Programme code: W6-S2AK19.2025
Semester: summer semester 2025/2026
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 5
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The module is intended to enable students to deepen their knowledge of various cognitive positions related to the contemporary anthropological understanding of socio-cultural reality and the processes occurring in it. Students will learn about model explanations and critical interpretations of the meaning of culture, as well as current ways of understanding anthropological knowledge. The classes allow for presenting and characterizing the currently existing controversies and diverse views on the theory and practice of anthropological research and the cognitive potential of contemporary ethnology and cultural anthropology. The issues addressed in the module are intended to show the important role of critical theories in creating a research workshop, useful, among others, in constructing a diploma thesis and in other fields of research and professional activity.
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]
has a deepened awareness of the meaning and purpose of contemporary critical anthropological reflection for the development of partnership-based, dialogical relations between the researcher and the researched subjects [_K_1]
 K_K01 [4/5]
is sensitive to ethical aspects related to his/her own research and publication work [_K_2]
 K_K07 [2/5]
is able to use anthropological knowledge in formulating hypotheses and critical arguments about the possibilities of anthropological analysis of culture, sources of inspiration for contemporary anthropological research and the current empirical and theoretical achievements of ethnology and cultural anthropology [_U_1]
 K_U01 [4/5] K_U02 [3/5] K_U03 [3/5]
is able to identify epistemological problems resulting from the textual activity of the anthropologist based on independently selected anthropological literature and detect complex relationships between the formation of ideas and conceptual tools of cultural anthropology and the social, historical and cultural context [_U_2]
 K_U05 [4/5]
knows in detail the critical cognitive positions related to the contemporary anthropological understanding of socio-cultural reality and the processes taking place in it [_W_1]
 K_W05 [4/5] K_W06 [4/5]
knows and understands model explanations and critical interpretations of the meaning of culture and the contemporary understanding of anthropological knowledge; knows and understands controversies and diverse views on the theory and practice of anthropological research and the cognitive potential of contemporary cultural anthropology [_W_2]
 K_W05 [4/5]
has extensive, systematic knowledge of various concepts relating to man, which constitute the basis of humanistic knowledge [_W_3]
 K_W06 [5/5]
knows and understands on an extended basis the importance of critical theories in shaping and interpreting cultural phenomena [_W_4]
 K_W07 [4/5]
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] 
Description [a03] 
Screen presentation [c07]  		course work _W_1 _W_2 _W_3 _W_4
practical classes [_fs_2] 30 Description [a03] 
Activating method – discussion / debate [b04] 
Individual work with a text [f02]  		course work _K_1 _K_2 _U_1 _U_2
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
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
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Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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