Ecology, culture, change upon the middle Nile Module code

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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) -------1. General information
module coordinator
academic year
Semester
form of studies
method of
establishing final
grade for the module
additional information
dr hab. Maciej Kurcz
([email protected])
summer
Full-time
arithmetic mean from grades within the forms of verification of learning effects
required within the module (at a scale between 2.0 – 5.0) 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).
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2. Description of didactic classes and student's work
name
Lecture
Code
12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ_fs_1
tutor
group(s)
content of classes
dr hab. Maciej Kurcz ([email protected])
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
1.
2.
3.
4.
Introduction to module issues.
Man and environment over the middle Nile.
Home, enclosure, countryside-cultural landscape of a countryside upon Nile.
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.
15 hours
15 hours
apart from contact classes students are obliged to get acquainted with subject
literature
The project " Cultural ecology- specialization at the faculty of ethnology, 2nd degree studies"
Project confinanced from the resources of the Norwegian funds EEA coming from Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway and from national resources.
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organization of
classes
obligatory literature
1 didactic hour per week (according to schedule:www.weinoe.us.edu.pl)
1. Kurcz Maciej Za Trzecią Kataraktą, PTL, Wrocław, 2007.
2. Ząbek Maciej Arabowie z Dar Hamid – społeczność w sytuacji zagrożenia
ekologicznego, Dialog, Warszawa 1998.
1. Kurcz Maciej Żywi święci i ich groby. Grobowce kopulaste
północnego Sudanu w kontekście religii, życia społecznego i lokalnych
tradycji architektonicznych, „Lud”, t. 86. 2002.
2. Współczesna zagroda północnego Sudanu, „Lud”, t. 87, 2003.
3. Żywot zgodny z obyczajem i religią. Cykl życia wieśniaka
północnosudańskiego, „Lud”, t.89 2005.
4. 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. 54-62.
supplementary
literature
5. Między rzeką a pustynią. Kategoria granicy w kulturze ludowej Sudanu
północnego, „Lud”, t. 91 (2007), s.169-181.
6. 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.217-229.
website address for
the classes
additional
information
name
Classes
Code
12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ_fs_2
tutor
group(s)
content of classes
dr hab. Maciej Kurcz
1. Introduction to module issues, discussion of the methods of verifying the effects
of learning, discussing obligatory and supplementary literature.
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.
5-6. Globalization, consumption and consumerism in Africa.
7. The problem of electrification.
Project " Cultural ecology- specialization at the faculty of ethnology, 2nd degree studies"
Project confinanced from the resources of the Norwegian funds EEA coming from Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway and from national resources.
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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 literature
As in module description
15 hours
15 hours
apart from contact classes students are obliged to get acquainted with subject
literature
1 didactic hour per week (according to schedule:www.weinoe.us.edu.pl)
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.133-149.
5. 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.229-235.
supplementary
literature
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. 95-113.
website address for
the classes
additional
information
Project " Cultural ecology- specialization at the faculty of ethnology, 2nd degree studies"
Project confinanced from the resources of the Norwegian funds EEA coming from Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway and from national resources.
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3. Description of methods of verification of effects of education within the module
Name
Final oral test
Code
12-ET-S2-F128.1EKZ_w_1
code(s) of classes
person(s) conducting
verification
group(s)
substantive
requirements
12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ_fs_1
dr hab. Maciej Kurcz
criteria of assessment
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.
course of verification
process
additional information
students ought to get acquainted with obligatory literature and the selected
items of supplementary literature as well as learn the contents included within
literature and those discussed during lectures
Name
project
Code
12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ_w_2
code(s) of classes
person(s) conducting
verification
group(s)
substantive
requirements
12-ET-S2-F12-8.1EKZ_fs_2
dr hab. Maciej Kurcz
criteria of assessment
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 5.0-2.0).
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.
course of verification
process
students ought to get acquainted with obligatory literature and the selected
items of supplementary literature as well as learn the contents included within
literature and those discussed during lectures
additional information
Project " Cultural ecology- specialization at the faculty of ethnology, 2nd degree studies"
Project confinanced from the resources of the Norwegian funds EEA coming from Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway and from national resources.
Website 4 z 5
Silesian University in Katowice, ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, http://www.us.edu.pl
Project " Cultural ecology- specialization at the faculty of ethnology, 2nd degree studies"
Project confinanced from the resources of the Norwegian funds EEA coming from Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway and from national resources.
Website 5 z 5