BKA107 Introduction to study of ethnology of the Balkans

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2013
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: PhDr. Helena Bočková
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 12:30–14:05 G25
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
The aim of the course is an introduction to the ethnology with special regards to the Balkans. The students get an overview of a material, social, spiritual and folk culture of the region as well as its ethnic structure. They are provided with a survey of the institutional background of ethnology in the countries of Southeastern Europe, etnologic historiography, region studies, basic terminology and ethnologic heuristics. They acquire methods and techniques of the field qualitative research and related documentation techniques. They get familiar with Balkan cultural traditions as well as with the current ethnocultural processes in the Balkans observed in the social, European and Mediterranean context.
Syllabus
  • 1. Object of ethnology 2. Organization of ethnologic work in the Balkan 3. Internal classification of ethnology 4. Systematization of the traditional culture 5. Relation of ethnology and other sciences 6. Resources. Field research. Documentation 7. New methods in ethnology: oral history, social networks etc. 8. Ethnic map of the Balkans 9. Balkans as a subject of the ethnologic scholarship 10.Rural and urban culture. Social and professional profile of representatives of the traditional culture in the Balkans 11. Folk – traditional – everyday culture 12. Folklore and folklorism. Cultural heritage and historical memory 13. Ethnologic issues of the postmodern era in the Balkan scholarship
Literature
  • BURKE, Peter. Lidová kultura v raně novověké Evropě. Translated by Markéta Křížová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2005, 374 s. ISBN 8072036386. info
  • Malý etnologický slovník. Edited by Josef Jančář. Strážnice: Národní ústav lidové kultury, 2011, 115 s. ISBN 9788087261705. info
  • SIROVÁTKA, Oldřich. Folkloristické studie. Brno: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2002, 197 s. ISBN 80-85010-31-3. info
  • MURPHY, Robert Francis. Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie. Translated by Hana Červinková. 2. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004, 268 s. ISBN 9788086429250. info
  • Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU 58, 2010, č. 2, s. 9–126.
  • Sociální a kulturní antropologie [2000, SLON]. Edited by Alena Vodáková - Olga Vodáková - Václav Soukup. Vyd. 2., rozš. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000, 175 s. ISBN 80-85850-29-X. info
  • THIESSE, Anne-Marie. Vytváření národních identit v Evropě 18. až 20. století. Translated by Pavla Doležalová. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK), 2007, 263 s. ISBN 9788073251185. info
  • VANĚK, Miroslav, Pavel MÜCKE and Hana PELIKÁNOVÁ. Naslouchat hlasům paměti : teoretické a praktické aspekty orální historie. Praha: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, 2007, 224 stran. ISBN 9788072850891. info
  • 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
Teaching methods
lectures, literature study, homeworks, written test
Assessment methods
The course has a form of a lecture and a class discussion. Prerequisites for the oral exam: regular attendance and thorough home preparation on weekly basis, participation in class discussion, bibliography, presentation, test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět přednostně zapisují posluchači 1. ročníku balkanistiky. Zbylá místa pak přednostně posluchači balkanistických oborů.
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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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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