SOC156 Race, ethnicity and identity

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Michal Vašečka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michaela Stejskalová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Ladislav Rabušic, CSc.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 11:30–13:00 exP24
Prerequisites
Course SOC 156 „Race, ethnicity, and self-identification in sociological theory and practice“ has been prepared for students of BA level of Sociology studies at the Faculty of Social Studies of the Masaryk University. Course is 1 semester long and it is organized in the form of a lecture (45 minutes) and following seminar (45 minutes), 2 hours every week. Students have most of texts available in the IS system, mostly texts published in the Czech republic are available in libraries and bookstores.
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course offers wide perspective of the theoretical and research dilemas, that sociology tackles in the process of race and ethnicity research. Students are offered an opportunity to get an additional knowledge on sociology approaches toward issues of ethnic determination, different forms of intolerance originated from the race and ethnicity definitions. The course is focused on national and cultural identity and the processes of its construction, relations of ethnicity and nationalism, it opens a discussion over group rights and forms of ethnic groups coexistence. The course is discussing also the theoretical discourse and practical approach toward phenomennons of etnocentrism, racism, and anti-Semitism. The course defines principles of the multiculturalism, it focuses also on ethnic conflicts and it introduces a specific field of sociology - sociology of genocide. The course is aimed also on practical issues of the education toward tolerance and against rasism. The course touches upon methodological dilemmas of the race studies and it draws problems of ethnization and feminization of the poverty. Finally, the course is focused also on specific topic - the Roma population as a object of sociology interest.
Syllabus
  • 1st Seminar: Introduction into studies of ethnic relations. Standpoints, prejudices, stereotypes.
  • 2nd Seminar: Race, ethnicity, ethnic group and nation. Operationalization of terms.
  • 3rd Seminar: Cultural and national identity and its constructions.
  • 4th Seminar: Ethnicity and nationalism in globalized times.
  • 5th Seminar: Group rights and ethnicity. Multiculturalism. Coexistence of ethnic groups.
  • 6th Seminar: Ethnic conflicts and its solutions.
  • 7th Seminar: Rasism and Xenophobia. Authoritarianism and race.
  • 8th Seminar: Race and modern welfare state: problems of ethnization and feminization of poverty. Solutions of ethnic ghetoization.
  • 9th Seminar: Methodological dilemmas of race studies. Racialization of a research and researching a race. Race in censuses.
  • 10th Seminar: Roma as an object of sociology. Qualitative and quantitative approaches, advantages and disadvantages.
  • 11th Seminar: Antisemitism. Antisemitism in the Czech republic and in Central Europe nowadays.
  • 12th Seminar: Sociology of genocide.
Literature
    required literature
  • Nobles, Mellisa. Shades of Citizenship. Race and the Census in Modern Politics. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2000. Pp. 163-184
  • Arendt, Hannah. Původ totalitarismu I-III. Praha: OIKOYMENH,1996. Str. 51-83.
  • Brown, Michael E. „Causes and implications of ethnic conflict.“ In: Montserrat Guibernau – John Rex (eds.) The Ethnicity Reader. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1997.
  • Darder, Antonia – Rodolpho D. Torres. After Race: Racism after multiculturalism. New York: New York University Press, 2004. Pp. 97-118.
  • Hroch, Miroslav. Národy nejsou dílem náhody: příčiny a předpoklady utváření moderních evropských národů. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2009. Str. 17-29, 48-52.
  • Emigh, Rebecca J. – Eva Fodor – Iván Szelényi. Poverty, Ethnicity, and Gender in Eastern Europe During the Market Transition. Westport: Praeger, 2001. Pp. 1-32.
  • Chalk, Frank – Kurt Jonassohn. The History and Sociology of Genocide. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990. Pp. 8-32
    not specified
  • Gellner, Ernest. Nacionalismus. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2003.
Teaching methods
Students systematically read reading materials for each seminar a they should demonstrate knowledge of obligatory readings. Power-point presentations are ready for every seminar and they are available to students.
Assessment methods
Conditions for completing a course:
1. Systematic work;
2. Passing 3 tests;
3. Written exam

Evaluation system:
Each student can obtain 50 points maximum, in case of reaching less than 25 points student fails. Particular activities of students will be evaluated as follows:
48 % - 3 written tests /max. 26 points/
52 % - written exam /max. 24 points/

Evaluation is based upon these principles:
50 - 45 points A
44 - 40 points B
39 - 35 points C
34 - 30 points D
29 - 25 points E
24 - 0 points F
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
General note: Předmět nebude vyučován pokud si ho zapíše méně než 5 studujících.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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