ETMA109 We and Others: social construction of minorities

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Pavlásek, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course presents elemental conceptions and mechanism relating to the delimitation social groups and creating diffrent identities – ethnic, social etc.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and explain key perspective of study of social minorities. Students should be able understant to mechanism of social construction minorities or the "others" in generally.
Syllabus
  • 1. Theoretical concepts of study od social groups/minorities.
  • 2. social constructivism and primordialism
  • 3. Identities - processes of construction collective identities
  • 4. Social stigma - We and the Others
  • 5. Ethnic identity vs. ethnic indiferent groups
  • 6. Process of hybridization od collective identities - example of transnationalism
Literature
    required 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
  • SZALÓ, Csaba. Transnacionalismus a kritika metodologického nacionalismu (Transnationalism and the Critique of Methodological Nationalism). Sociální studia. Brno, 2009, vol. 6, No 1, 17 pp. ISSN 1214-813X. info
  • Antropologie multikulturních společností : rozumět identitě. Edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen - Marek Jakoubek, Translated by Tereza Kuldová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triton, 2007, 268 s. ISBN 9788072549252. info
  • SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš. Sociální exkluze a sociální inkluze menšin a marginalizovaných skupin (Social exclusion and social inclusion of minorities and marginalized groups). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004, 240 pp. ISBN 80-210-3455-6. info
  • GOFFMAN, Erving. Stigma : poznámky k problému zvládání narušené identity. Translated by Tomáš Prášek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003, 167 s. ISBN 8086429210. info
  • BERGER, Peter L. and Thomas LUCKMANN. Sociální konstrukce reality :pojednání o sociologii vědění. Translated by Jiří Svoboda. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 1999, 214 s. ISBN 80-85959-46-1. info
    recommended literature
  • Cikáni a etnicita. Translated by Marek Jakoubek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triton, 2008, 403 s. ISBN 9788073871055. info
    not specified
  • HOLÝ, Ladislav. Malý český člověk a skvělý český národ : národní identita a postkomunistická transformace společnosti. Translated by Zdeněk Uherek. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2001, 209 s. ISBN 8085850974. info
Teaching methods
presentations, lectures, class discussions and analysis based on the reading of assigned literature
Assessment methods
The course will be finished by written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: jeden semestr.
The course is taught: every week.
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