ETBB82 Traditional society and culture of Balkan

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Helena Bočková (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
each even Thursday 9:10–10:45 J31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Kurz je určen pro etnology a další zájemce, nebalkanisty. Nevyžaduje znalost balkánských jazyků ani reálií.
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
At the end of the course students should be able to: describe the traditional society and culture of the Balkans cultural area, explain their specifics in relation to the Mediterranean and in comparison with Europe.
Syllabus
  • Beginnings and development of interest in Balkan folk culture, contribution of Czech Slavonists, Balkanists and ethnologists, system of ethnological work in Balkan countries, anthropologic classification of society, terms “traditional“ and “modern“ society and their meanings on Balkan, anthropogeographic aspects of the subsistence sources in Mediterranean area, openness and closeness of the traditional Balkan culture, social and professional stratification, socioprofessional profile of recent traditional culture bearers in Balkan, ancient traditions of city cultures, village – city – city village, traditional culture at the time of national emancipation, selected chapters from traditional culture
Literature
  • Bulharsko, země a lid : průvodce po výstavě v národopisném oddělení Národního musea v Praze, červen - září 1938 (Variant.) : Výstava Bulharsko, země a lid : červen - září 1938, ... v národopisném oddělení Národního musea v Praze. info
  • Frolec, Václav. Kulturní prostor střední a jihovýchodní Evropy: dimenze lidové kultury. Ethnologia Europae Centralis 1, 1992, s. 11–23.
  • KUBA, Ludvík. Čtení o Starém Srbsku : cesty a studie z roků 1890-1927. V Praze: Družstevní práce, 1932, 211 s. URL info
  • Bočková, Helena. Vícedílný dvůr na Balkáně – specifický fenomén mediteránní tradice v Evropě. Český lid 95, 2008, s. 191–209.
  • AntropoWebzin 1/2007, 1/2008. Rozhovor s Vladimírem Penčevem. Rozhovor s Plamenem Bočkovem.
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading
Assessment methods
Written examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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