FF:ETBB130 Introduction to Urban Ethnolog - Course Information
ETBB130 Introduction to Urban Ethnology
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Karel Altman, CSc. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eva Chovancová (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Mon 8:00–9:40 J31
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- Předmět určen výhradně pro studenty programu etnologie (tj. pro studenty, kteří nastoupili studium po září 2019).
- 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
- there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The goal of the course is to explain the issue of urban culture from the ethnology point of view. Urban environment research from the point of view of related social sciences, such as sociology, demography, history and anthropology.
- Learning outcomes
- After having finished the course, the student will be able to understand the research into urban environment from the perspective of cultural history, ethnography of the present, and research into the culture of working classes; he/she will be able to describe the basic research themes and to compare modern-day researcher´s approaches and trends.
- Syllabus
- 1. Contemporary research methods and trends, sources and literature on the topic.
- 2. Overview of cultural and historical research.
- 3. Montaneous ethnography.
- 4. Working class culture.
- 5. Overview of urban research development in the Czech Republic.
- 6. Basic works in urban ethnology in the Czech Republic.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- The urban ethnography reader. Edited by Mitchell Duneier - Philip Kasinitz - Alexandra K. Murphy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, viii, 976. ISBN 9780199743575. info
- SIROVÁTKA, Oldřich. Město pod Špilberkem : o lidové kultuře, tradicích a životě lidí v Brně a okolí. Brno: SNIP & Co ve spolupráci s Ústavem pro etnografii a folkloristiku Akademie věd České republiky v nakladatelství Doplněk, 1993, 242 stran. ISBN 8085765101. info
- FOX, Richard G. Urban anthropology : cities in their cultural settings. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1977, xii, 176. info
- SKALNÍKOVÁ, Olga and Karel FOJTÍK. K teorii etnografie současnosti. Praha: Academia, 1971, 79 s. info
- WINTER, Zikmund. Kulturní obraz českých měst : život veřejný v XV. a XVI. věku. V Praze: nákladem Matice české, 1890, xvi, 795. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussion.
- Assessment methods
- Written examination.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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