Facultatea de Litere

Departamentul de studii culturale

Etnologia i mutaiile culturale actuale
Masterat, An II, sem I
2012-2013
Scopul cursului este acela de a deschide ctre domeniile noi ale tiinelor etnologie contemporane, fie c
este vorba despre revizitarea terenurilor clasice cu metodele actuale ale etnologiilor, fie c este vorba
despre terenuri care abia n aceste momente se formeaz. Cursul va avea drept finalitatea
recunoaterea valabilitii nlocuirii Etnologiei, n sensul clasic al cuvntului, prin reunirea mai multor
etnologii sub aceeai umbrel a studiilor despre omul cultural.
A. Tematica i bibliografia
1. Modelul cultural al interaciunii. O posibil redefinire a culturilor n contact prin teoria sistemului
imunitar. Etnologul i imunologia
Marcus, George E. (2012) The Viral Intimacies of Ethnographic Encounters. Prolegomenon to a Thought
Experiment in the Play of Metaphors Cultural Anthropology, 27:1, 168-174
Napier, David A. (2012) Nonself Help: How Immunology Might Reframe Enlightenment Cultural
Anthropology, 27:1, 122-137
2. (Re)descoperiri ale corpului: schimbri de paradigm. Corpul bolnav: antropologia medical, nararea
bolii, tiina biomedical, abuzul de alcool, noi genetici, rasa i genealogiile genetice, rudenia i clonarea.
Transplantul de organe i teoria schimbului de daruri. Corpul atletului i trauma studiu de caz. Corpul
de la mutilarea ritualic (mutilarea genital) la chirurgia estetic (implanturi i excizii).
Atkinson, Paul, Glasner, Peter, Greensdale, Helen (ed.)(2007) New Genetics, New Identities, Routledge,
London, New York, 1-10, 77-100.
Ember, Carol R., Ember Melvil (ed.)(2004) Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology. Health and Ilness in
the Worlds Cultures, Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York, Boston, 42-48, 73-85, 95-108,
217-223, 293-300, 319-327, 599-606.
Goodman, Alan H., Heath, Deborah, Lindee, M Susan (ed) (2003) Genetic Nature / Culture. Anthropology
and Science beyond the Two-Culture Devide, University of California Press, Berkely, Los Angeles, Lodon,
95-110
Hargreaves, Jeniffer, Vertinsky, Patricia (2007) Physical Culture, Power and the Body, Routledge, London,
New York, 158-175
Orit Brawer, Ben-David (2005) Organ Donation and Transplantation. Body Organs as an Exchangable
Cultural Resource, Praeger, Westport, Connecticut, London, 49-82
Pitts-Taylor, Victoria (ed.) (2008) Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body, Greenwood Press, Westport,
Connecticut, London, 216-245, 446-489

3. Touring studies: terenul i metoda. Migraia oamenilor, a culturilor i a obiectelor.

Rojek, Chris, Urry, John (ed.) (1997) Touring Cultures. Transformation of Travel and Theory, Routledge,
Lodon, New York, 1-22, 113-136
Rojek, Chris, Shaw, Susan M., Veal, A.J. (ed.) (2006) Handbook of Leisure Studies, Plagrave Macmillan, N
Y., 335-458
4. Lumi virtuale. Definirea lumilor virtuale, grupul n spaiul virtual, legturi ntre membri, comunitatea
online, tribalizarea, reoralizare sau canal virtual, metode de certetare a spaiului virtual. Raportul
individului cu tehnologia.
Adams, Tyrone L., Smith Stephen A. (2008) Electronic Tribes. The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers,
Shamans,and Scammers, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1-78
Barak, Azy (eds.) (2008) Psychological Aspects of Cyberspacee, Cambridge University Press, 13-33, 185208
Blank, Trevor J. (2009) Folklore and the Inetrnet. Vernacular Expression in a Digital World, Utah State
University Press, Logan, Utah, 21-66
Hine, Christine (2000) Virtual Ethnography, Sage, London, Thousands Oaks, New Delhi, 14-40, 118-146
Hjsgaard, Morten T., Warburg, Margit (2005) Religion and Cyberspace, Rotuledge, Lodon, New York,
14-64
Miller, Daniel, Slater, Don (2000) The Internet. An Ethnographic Approach, Berg, Oxford, New York,
Postill, John (2008) Localizing the Internet beyond Communities and Networks in New Media & Society,
10(3) 413-431
Turkle, Sherry (2011) Alone Together. Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other,
Basic Books, New York, 151-298
5. Cultura material de la modelul clasic al cercetrii, la desporerirea unui teren nou
Miller, Daniel (2001) Home Possessions. Material Cultura bedind Closed Doors, Berg, Oxford, New York.
B. Evaluare:
Studenii masteranzi vor realiza o lucrare, de maximum 10 pagini, TimesNewRoman, corp 12, 1,5
rnduri, pe care o vor preda nu mai trziu de 11 ianuarie 2013. Lucrarea va fi evaluata dup urmtorul
barem: alegerea temei si formularea unei (unor) ipoteze de lucru 2,00 puncte; justificarea ipotezei 2,00
p.; argumentarea prin exemple proprii a teoriei / terenului / metodei alese ca tem a lucrrii 3,00 p.,
respectarea rigorilor unei lucrri tiinifice 1,00 p.