FF:ETBB118 Ethnicity Theory - Course Information
ETBB118 Ethnicity Theory
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2022
- 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. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- each odd Tuesday 14:00–17:40 J31
- 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 course is the entry into the study of ethnicity and nationalism; it will introduce the basic terminology and methodological approaches, significant concepts and research in the realm of ethnic studies to the students.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students should be able to define the basic terms (ethnic group, ethnicity, nation, nationality). They should be able to distinguish and analyse trends in research into the ethnicity theory and nationalism.
- Syllabus
- 1. Terminology – basic terms.
- 2. Fredrik Barth.
- 3. Research into ethnicity in the USA.
- 4. Research into ethnicity in the UK.
- 5. Soviet school of ethnos.
- 6. Nation and nationalism.
- 7. Czech research in ethnicity and nationalism.
- 8. Introducing interesting contemporary ethnological research projects.
- Literature
- required literature
- Teorie etnicity : čítanka textů. Translated by Marek Jakoubek - Lenka Jakoubková Budilová - Petra Lupták Burzo. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2016, 733 stran. ISBN 9788074191855. info
- ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Etnicita a nacionalismus : antropologické perspektivy. Translated by Marek Jakoubek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2012, 352 s. ISBN 9788074190537. info
- Etnicita a nacionalismus v diskurzu 20. století : příspěvek intelektuálů z českých zemí ke studiu kolektivních identit. Edited by Petr Lozoviuk. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2012, 242 s. ISBN 9788073252830. info
- Pohledy na národ a nacionalismus : čítanka textů. Edited by Miroslav Hroch, Translated by Alena Bakešová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2003, 451 s. ISBN 8086429202. info
- recommended literature
- BRUBAKER, Rogers. Ethnicity without groups. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2004, x, 283. ISBN 0674022319. info
- GELLNER, Ernest. Nacionalismus. Translated by Hana Novotná - Petr Skalník. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2003, 133 s. ISBN 80-7325-023-3. info
- HROCH, Miroslav. V národním zájmu : požadavky a cíle eropských národních hnutí devatenáctého století ve srovnávací perspektivě. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1999, 199 s. ISBN 8071062987. info
- GUIBERNAU, Montserrat and John REX. The ethnicity : reader : nationalism, multiculturalism and migration. 1st pub. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1997, x, 336 s. ISBN 0-7456-1922-3. info
- BANKS, Marcus. Ethnicity : anthropological constructions. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1996, viii, 210. ISBN 0415078016. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, class discussion.
- Assessment methods
- Written test, (group) project.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Kombinované studium 14 hodin přímé výuky v semestru.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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