SAN233 EthniCities

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Nekorjak, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Division of Social Anthropology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Michal Nekorjak, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:40 U35
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
Course objectives
The participants of this course will become familiar with the essential issues and concepts connected with the life and integration of ethnic groups in urban environment. They will be able to understand the events that currently take place in the Czech Republic in the background of comparable affairs and cases from different countries. Thus, they will be able to conceive these processes in broader context, and utilize theoretical concepts, which can be used during their empirical research or later in their jobs, in which they may encounter the issue of immigration and marginalized ethnic groups.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory lesson 2. Ethnicity, city, integration, segregation 3. Migration and city 4. Ethnic economy 5. Ethnic (and ethnicized) tensions and conflicts in cities 6. Ghetto 7. Multiculturalisms 8. Summing up 9. Roma socially excluded urban localities 10. „Roma schools“ – segregation in schooling system and excluded areas 11. Vietnamese enclave in the Czech Republic 12. Projects presentations 13. Final seminar (visiting the selected locality)
Literature
  • WACQUANT, Loïc. Urban outcasts : a comparative sociology of advanced marginality. First published. Cambridge: Polity, 2008, xii, 342. ISBN 9780745631257. info
  • LIGHT, Ivan Hubert and Steven J. GOLD. Ethnic economies. San Diego: Academic Press, 2000, xiii, 302. ISBN 0122871553. info
Teaching methods
The lessons are based on the combination of lectures (devoted to a specific topic - theoretical approach, empiric case) and seminars (in which the students discuss selected literature). At the same time the course is based on work consisting of (1) reading texts and writing their short annotations, (2) working on seminar homework, (3) small ethnographic research carried out in teams.
Assessment methods
The evaluation is based on (1) annotations handed in during the semester, (2) short homework handed in during the semester (3) regular attendance in lessons (maximum 2 unexcused absences), (4) the presentation of small team ethnographic research, and (5) final report from the field research.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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