BKA227 Ethnology of the Balkans I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 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 10:00–11:40 J22
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
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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
    recommended literature
  • 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. Makedonské regionální skupiny. Problémy klasifikace, etnonym a kolektivních identit. In: Studia Macedonica II. Brno 2015, s. 91-103.
  • Heroldová, Iva. Akulturační proces české menšiny v Chorvatsku. Národopisné aktuality 5, 1968, s. 8-13.
  • Bočková, Helena - Pospíšilová, Jana: Bulhaři v Brně. Proměny profesní a etnické minority. Český lid 93, 2006, s. 113-135.
  • Bočková, Helena: Vlaši na Balkáně. Geneze, historie a kultura minority. Příspěvek k otázce etnokulturní tradice. Ethnologia Europae centralis 7, 2005, s. 73–90.
  • 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
  • Bočková, Helena. Karakačani: kultura a identita. Slovanský jih 16, 2016, č. 3, s. 3-15. ISSN 1213-3612.
  • BOČKOVÁ, Helena. Bulhaři a další Balkánci v Česku. Pedagogické, metodologické a heuristické aspekty studentských výzkumů. (Bulgarians and other Balkan people in the Czech Republic. Methodological, educational and heuristic aspects of the student’s research). Studia Ethnologia Pragensia. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2016, vol. 2016, No 2, p. 36-50. ISSN 2336-6699. info
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.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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