BKA227 Ethnology of the Balkans I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Helena Bočková (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Bočková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Pilch, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 17:30–19:55 G01
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
After the finishing the course the student will be able to formulate basic postulates of the ethnic theory, to describe and interpret the ethnocultural issues of the Balkans from a position of the everyday life studies and in a context of current meanings and theories. The students of Balkan studies will be able to write key words, to work with the ethnostatistics and they will apply a semistructured interview during a field research.
Syllabus
  • 1. Ethnogenesis of the Balkan nations – current issues, complexity of the topic. Basic terminology. Fields of study and sources. The origin of the ethnology as a humanity science about nations. Historical development 2. Classification of the populations – anthropological, genetic, archeological, linguistic, religious, according to alphabet, ethnic, ethnostatistics, ethnological classification 3. The main ethnocultural changes in the Balkan history: hellenization, romanization, slavization, albanization, turkization and islamization. Modern nations and national identities 4. Migration as a part of the Balkan style of life. Migration types 5. Ethnic minorities. Ethnic minorities policy 6. Multiethnicity and Balkan traditional culture unity. Ethnoidetification function of the culture
Literature
    required literature
  • ŠATAVA, Leoš. Národnostní menšiny v Evropě :encyklopedická příručka. 1. vyd. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1994, 385 s. +. ISBN 80-7116-375-9. info
  • LANGER, Jiří and Helena BOČKOVÁ. Obydlí v Karpatech a přilehlých oblastech balkánských. Syntéza mezinárodního výzkumu (Dwellings in Carpathians at the Balkans. International research synthesis). Ostrava: Šmíra-Print, 2010, 936 pp. ISBN 978-80-87427-07-1. info
    not specified
  • ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Etnicita a nacionalismus : antropologické perspektivy. Translated by Marek Jakoubek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2012, 352 s. ISBN 9788074190537. info
  • BRINGA, Tone. Biti musliman na bosanski način : identitet i zajednica u jednom srednjobosanskom selu. Translated by Senada Kreso. Sarajevo: Dani, 1997, 271 s. ISBN 995871700X. info
  • My a ti druhí v modernej spoločnosti : konštrukcie a transformácie kolektívnych identít. Edited by Gabriela Kiliánová - Eva Kowalská - Eva Krekovičová. 1. vyd. Bratislava: VEDA, vydavateľstvo SAV, 2009, 722 s. ISBN 9788022410250. info
  • Bočková, Helena - Pospíšilová, Jana: Bulhaři v Brně. Proměny profesní a etnické minority. Češký lid 93, 2006, s. 113-135.
  • ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Sociální a kulturní antropologie : příbuzenství, národnostní příslušnost, rituál. Translated by Hana Antonínová. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2008, 407 stran. ISBN 9788073674656. info
  • Botík, Ján. Etnická história Slovenska. K problematice etnicity, etnickej identity, multietnického Slovenska a zahraničných Slovákov. Bratislava: Lúč, 2007, 228 s. ISBN 80-7114-650-6
  • Heroldová, Iva. Akulturační proces české menšiny v Chorvatsku. Národopisné aktuality 5, 1968, s. 8-13.
  • Bočková, Helena: Vlaši na Balkáně. Geneze, historie a kultura minority. Příspěvek k otázce etnokulturní tradice. Ethnolgia Europae centralis 7, 2005, s. 73–90.
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, e-learning, literature study, homework, students of Balkan studies – field research
Assessment methods
Students of Balkan studies: written exam: min. 60%. Other students: oral exam. Prerequisites for the exam: homework (e-learning); students of Balkan studies: field research report. For non-attendance (more then 4 times) more difficult exam; minimal attendance 50 %. Student’s exchanges abroad, university events (excursions, lectures by foreign lecturers) are not included.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
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