ETBA01 Introduction to Ethnology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: PZk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Martina Pavlicová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:35 J31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Introduction to Ethnology I informs students on the structure and basic elements of ethnology, it offers orientation in the terminology, methodological trends, connection of historical and contemporary points of reference for studies in the international and local contexts. It also teaches on related disciplines and trans-disciplinary possibilities of ethnological research.
Syllabus
  • Ethnology and its position in the scientific system of social and humanistic studies, evolution of the discipline in the Czech and international contexts.
  • Historical relations of the discipline and related disciplines names (ethnography, ethnology, folkloristics, social and cultural anthropology).
  • Methodology, problem of ethnographic error, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism, ethics.
  • Ethnic studies (character, evolution, terminology – nation, nationality, people, ethnic group, ethnicity, nationalism, xenophobia, racism, affirmative action).
  • Culture (definitions of culture and their branching toward ethnology and cultural anthropology, subculture and counterculture, culture apparent and hidden, mass culture, cultural studies).
  • Language (linguistic anthropology, idiolect, dialect, multilingualism, diglossia, standard and non-standard language).
  • Traditional culture, traditions.
  • Research of urban areas, urban ethnology.
  • Applied anthropology, ethnology and contemporary geopolitical issues (conflicts, globalisation, stereotypes).
Literature
  • Lidová kultura : národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Edited by Lubomír Tyllner - Stanislav Brouček - Richard Jeřábek - Dušan Hol. Vydání první. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, v.v.i., v Praze a Ústav evropské etnologie Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity v Brně v nakladatelství Mladá fronta, 2007, 634 stran. ISBN 9788020414502. info
  • DÜLMEN, Richard van. Historická antropologie : vývoj, problémy, úkoly. Translated by Josef Boček. 1. vyd. v čes. jaz. Praha: Dokořán, 2002, 116 s. ISBN 8086569152. info
  • COPANS, Jean. Základy antropologie a etnologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2001, 124 s. ISBN 80-7178-385-4. info
  • Sociální a kulturní antropologie. Edited by Olga Vodáková - Václav Soukup - Alena Vodáková. Vyd. 2., rozš. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000, 175 s. ISBN 808585029X. info
  • SALZMANN, Zdeněk. Jazyk, kultura a společnost : úvod do lingvistické antropologie. Translated by Zdeněk Hlavsa - Jaroslava Hlavsová - Vladimíra Šatavová. 1. vyd. Praha: Ústav pro etnografii a folkloristiku AV ČR Praha, 1997, 211 s. info
  • GELLNER, Arnošt. Národy a nacionalismus [Gellner, 1993, 2. vyd.] : Nations and nationalism (Orig.). Translated by Jiří Markus. 2. vyd. Praha: Josef Hříbal, 1993, 158 s. ISBN 80-901381-1-X. info
Assessment methods
lectures, reading, written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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