Vu3 Practical socio-cultural aspects of Vietnamese Studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ondřej Srba, Ph.D.
Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14:00–15:40 L35, except Tue 14. 11.
Prerequisites
no requirements
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
The course goal is practical knowledge of Vietnamese culture and Vietnamese in the Czech Republic during field trips and by presentations from invited specialists, Vietnamese guests and lecturers. Presentations are mostly focused on main cultural values of Vietnamese people, their habits, etiquette in personal contacts, festivals and relations Vietnamese to foreign nationals or to the Czech majority. The course Practical socio-cultural aspects of Vietnamese Studies is a profile core course of the study programme Vietnamese Studies.
Learning outcomes
Upon a successful completion of the course, a student will:
- have a particular personal experience from the Vietnamese environment and will be more profoundly acquainted with the corresponding questions
- have practical overview concerning most important values in Vietnamese culture, habits and main festivals
- be able to use acquired data about the etiquette in personal contacts and communication with Vietnamese
- be acquainted with current problems of Vietnamese studies or issues concerning the Vietnamese community in foreign countries and in Czech Republic.
Syllabus
  • lectures:
  • - Vietnamese culture and its main values, habits, etiquette in personal contacts, festivals
  • - lectures: history of Vietnamese migrations and history of Vietnamese minority in the Czech Republic
  • - talks of invited specialists and visiting scholars
  • - practical contacts with members of Vietnamese minority
  • - visits of Vietnamese restaurants or companies
  • - presentations from individual or collective fieldwork in Vietnam or in Vietnamese community abroad and in Czech Republic
Literature
    required literature
  • McLeod, Mark W. and Nguyen Thi Dieu. Culture and customs of Vietnam. Westport, Connecticut - London: Greenwood Press, 2001.
  • Brouček, Stanislav. 2016. The Visible and invisible Vietnamese in the Czech Republic. Prague: Institute of Ethnology CAS.
    recommended literature
  • VASILJEV, Ivo. Za dědictvím starých Vietů. Imigrace, adaptace, majorita. Edice článků, studií, materiálů a diskuse k problematice novodobé imigrace do ČR. Ed. Stanislav Brouček. Praha: Etnologický ústav AV ČR, 1999.
    not specified
  • VAUX, Bert a Justin COOPER. Introduction to linguistic field methods. München: Lincom Europa, 1999.
  • SPRADLEY, James P. The ethnographic interview. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1979.
  • HLAVATÁ, L., IČO, J., KARLOVÁ, P., STRAŠÁKOVÁ, M. Dějiny Vietnamu. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008.
  • RYNKIEWICH, Michael A. a James P. SPRADLEY. Ethics and anthropology : dilemmas in fieldwork. New York: John Willey & Sons, 1976.
  • HUARD, Pierre - DURAND, Maurice. Connaissance du Viêt-Nam. Paris & Hanoi: Imprimerie Nationale & Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 1954.
  • SPRADLEY, James P. Participant observation. South Melbourne: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 1980. xi, 195.
  • BOWERN, Claire. Linguistic fieldwork: a practical guide. Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Teaching methods
lectures, presentations by invited specialists and Vietnamese professionals, field trips
Assessment methods
"Practical socio-cultural aspects of Vietnamese Studies" will be assessed by two shorter essays - one on a factual and one on a methodological topic. The factual topic will ideally (to the extent possible) include one's own practical experience or small field research, as well as the methodological topic will be expected to consider the practical applicability of the selected method to the Vietnamese research.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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