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Lecturer(s)
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Zajícová Naďa, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Brewin Alois, Doc. Ph.D.
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Mtaawa Akpanza Sylvestre, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Pohorecký Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Anthropology of the Balkans The diversity of the region: religion, languages, minorities. The processes of identity forming: relationship of religion and ethnicity. Czech compatriots in the Balkans. 2. Roma/Gypsies in Central and Eastern Europe Roma/Gypsies as a significant minority of the region: culture, language, identity. Ethnopolitics and ethnonationalism, the emergence of the elites. 3. Family and kinship in Central and Eastern Europe Family structures of the Central and South-Eastern European societies in the perspective of social anthropology and historical anthropology (zadruga, milk-kinship, ritual relations, etc.) 4. Multiculturalism and identity politics Reception and application of multiculturalism in the region in question. Multiculturalism and identity politics: examples of ethnic minorities in the Central European countries. 5. Socialism, transition and post-socialism Economic, political and social transition of the Central and Eastern European countries, and social processes resulting from them. 6. Poverty and social exclusion. Poverty and the culture of poverty. Mechanisms of social exclusion. Marginality, ghettos and slums. Social exclusion of specific groups in Central and Eastern European countries.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Project-based instruction, One-to-One tutorial, Seminar classes, Individual study, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
- Practical training (number of hours)
- 30 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 78 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 12 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| užívat anglický jazyk na úrovni C1 |
| komunikovat na odborné úrovni v cizím jazyce |
| porozumět vědecky strukturované přednášce |
| Skills |
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| To read academic texts in English. |
| číst a porozumět cizojazyčné odborné literatuře |
| orientovat se v odborné literatuře |
| porozumět a interpretovat odborný text a identifikovat jeho hlavní teze |
| používat elektronické informační zdroje |
| aktivně používat zahraniční databáze odborných časopisů |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| porozumět a interpretovat zvolené oblasti zájmu |
| charakterizovat základní historický, politický a kulturní kontext daného regionu |
| podat základní přehled o kulturních, jazykových, etnických ad., specifikách daného regionu |
| kriticky přehodnotit přijímané informace |
| Skills |
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| aplikovat témata současného antropologického myšlení na danou oblast |
| vymyslet a navrhnout a zpracovat vlastní badatelské téma |
| analyzovat a kriticky hodnotit data |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Skills |
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| Seminar classes |
| One-to-One tutorial |
| Individual study |
| Self-study of literature |
| Textual studies |
| Project-based instruction |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Oral exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Project |
| Skills |
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| Oral exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Project |
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Recommended literature
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Banks, M. Ethnicity: Anthropological Constructions. Routledge, 1996.
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Grillo, R. D. Pluralism and the politics of difference : state, culture, and ethnicity in comparative perspective. 1st pub. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-829426-3.
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Hann, C. M. Postsocialism : ideals, ideologies and practices in Eurasia. 1st pub. London : Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-26257-7.
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Hannerz, Ulf. Soulside : inquiries into ghetto culture and community. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004. ISBN 0-226-31576-2.
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Lewis, O. La Vida. A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty - San Juan and New York. New York, Random House, 1966.
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Stewart, Michael. The time of the gypsies. Boulder : Westview Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8133-3199-4.
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Todorova, Mariia Nikolaeva. Imagining the Balkans. New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-538786-5.
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Verdery, Katherine. What was socialism, and what comes next?. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1996. ISBN 978-0-691-01132-5.
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