Course of Lectures “Fundamentals of Applied Anthropology”

April 7-11, 2014, Elena Miskova, Associate Professor of the Department of Ethnology at the Lomonosov Moscow State University, will deliver an open course of lectures on Fundamentals of Applied Anthropology at the Laboratory for Social and Anthropological Research.

This course will cover issues of anthropological practice, social engineering, ethics in anthropology, history of pre-disciplinary science being a special practice of institutionalizing the discipline; problems of applied research methodology, which today represents a special set of interdisciplinary approaches. In addition, some areas of applied research will be discussed: management and organizational anthropology, legal anthropology, medical anthropology and ethnic politics.

Thematic course plan:

1. Introduction. Applied anthropology as a subdiscipline of anthropology (2 hours).
2. History of applied anthropological research (2 hours).

Pre-disciplinary history of anthropology.
Policy of targeted cultural transformation (modernization) and practical research, contributed to the development of academic knowledge.
Institutionalization of applied anthropology as a subdiscipline in other countries.
Establishing of applied anthropology in Russia.

3. Areas of applied research (8 hours).

Studies on principles of management and organization, ethnic and cultural specifics of work ethic.
Legal anthropology and ethno-sociological examination. Methodology of applied anthropology. Project approaches and methods. Ethnic politics.
Applied anthropological research on medical education.

Schedule:

April 7th (Monday) – 16.35-20.00
April 8th (Tuesday) – 12.25-14.00
April 9th(Wednesday) – 16.35-18.10
April 10th (Thursday) – 10.35-12.10
April 11th (Friday) – 10.35-12.10

All lectures will take place in Room 33, TSU 3rd study building.

For more information, please contact Albina Rasskazschikova, LSAR Assistant: dream91.07@gmail.com.