SAN223 Anthropology of Borders

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:30 exP24
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SAN101 Soc. Anthropology-lectures && ! SAN301 Social Anthropology-tutorials && NOW( SAN103 Currant social/cultural theory )
Absolvování kursů SAN 101 a SAN 301 Úvod do sociální antropologie a SAN 103 Současná sociální a kulturní teorie.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain current social, political and ethnic processes at the external EU borders.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction to the course .
  • 2) Borders of culture and state.
  • 3) Making eastern Polish border.
  • 4) Materialization and symbolization of borders.
  • 5) Making borders.
  • 6) Global cross-border petty traders.
  • 7) Power at the EU border. Interstitiality.
  • 8)Global flows and local frictions.
  • 9) Transnationalism.
  • 10) Spaciality and fluidity.
Literature
  • Donnan, Hastings / Wilson, Thomas M. 1999. Borders. Frontiers of Identity, Nation, and State, Oxford, New York: Berg.
  • Buzalka, Juraj. 2007. Nation and Religion: Politics of Commemoration in South-East Poland. Halle: Lit.
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, class discussion
Assessment methods
book review, essay, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
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