ETMB39 Introduction to Urban Ethnology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jana Nosková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:35 J31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course will inform its students about two basic methods of qualitative research working with life history. They are the biographical method and oral history method which have been accepted in humanistic studies since late 1960s, namely in connection with the change in paradigm. As well as introducing the cornerstone works and theoretical foundations of both methods the course focuses on practical issues of carrying out field research using these methods and their application in ethnological and historical research. The topics will be complemented with seminars aimed at deepening the view of theoretical issues on the basis of selected example cases. Since most of the literature on this topic is in foreign languages, the knowledge of a foreign language (English or German) is essential for participating in this course.
Syllabus
  • Oral history and its history (in the world)
  • Biographical method and its history (in the world)
  • Czech research with the use of the biographical method and oral history and its predecessors
  • Ethics of research
  • Practical research
  • Analysis and interpretation
  • Introducing interesting projects working with these methods
Literature
  • VANĚK, Antonín. Orální historie : metodické a "technické" postupy. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2003, 78 s. ISBN 8024407183. info
Assessment methods
lecture, reading, written examination
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Spring 2016.
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