Course: Selected problems of European Ethnology

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Course title Selected problems of European Ethnology
Course code KSA/VPE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Brewin Alois, Doc. Ph.D.
Course content
Epistemology and methodology of European ethnology Ethnology of the modern mass societies Urban anthropology from the European comparative perspective Interethnical relationships studied by European ethnology Study of intercultural communication Borderlands as a subject of ethnological research Ethnography of the Pilsen region: history, opportunities and limits

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 25 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
characterize the basic theoretical and methodological foundations of ethnography, ethnology, and social and cultural anthropology
describe and characterize the basic schools of thought (paradigms) of social and cultural anthropology, ethnology
devise and design your own research topic
formally present a topic in the field of ethnology, ethnography
Skills
use electronic information resources
write a sophisticated professional text on a given topic
read and understand professional text in Czech
read and understand a professional text in a foreign language
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
describe and characterize the history, current possibilities and limits of regional ethnography of the Pilsen region
characterize and evaluate some ethnographic research methods
characterize and explain the basic theoretical and methodological instrumentation of the field from the position of European comparative ethnology
Skills
to apply and use the possibilities of European ethnology in the Pilsen region
critically reflects on the sources and literature he works with
to conduct ethnographic research using the oral history method and structured interviews
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Skills
Seminar classes
Skills demonstration
Self-study of literature
Textual studies
Competences
Seminar classes
Skills demonstration
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Combined exam
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Test
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Test
Recommended literature
  • Lidová kultura : národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. 1. svazek, [Biografická část]. Vyd. 1. Praha : Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky v Praze, 2007. ISBN 978-80-204-1711-4.
  • Lidová kultura : národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. 2. svazek, [Věcná část, A - N]. Vyd. 1. Praha : Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky v Praze, 2007. ISBN 978-80-204-1712-1.
  • Lidová kultura : národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. 3. svazek, [Věcná část, O - Ž]. Vyd. 1. Praha : Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky v Praze, 2007. ISBN 978-80-204-1713-8.
  • Bausinger H. Volkskunde von der Altertumsforschung zur Kulturanalyse. Berlin u.?a. 1971, Nachdr. Darmstadt 1987, 1987.
  • Bausinger H.u.a. Grundzüge der Volkskunde. Darmstadt, 1999.
  • Erixon S. Regional European Ethnology, In: Folk-Liv č.1 a č. 2, s. 89-108 a 263-294. 1937.
  • Gerndt, H. Studienskript Volkskunde, Münster u. a. 31997.
  • Goddard, V. A.; Llobera, J.R., and Shore, C. The Anthropology of Europe. Oxford/Providence Berg, 1994.
  • Jackson, Anthony. ed. Anthropology at Home. London, New York Tavitstock Publications, 1987.
  • Kandert, Josef. Každodenní život vesničanů středního Slovenska v šedesátých až osmdesátých letech 20. století. Praha : Karolinum, 2004. ISBN 80-246-0782-4.
  • Lozoviuk, Petr. Evropská etnologie ve středoevropské perspektivě / Petr Lozoviuk. Pardubice : Univerzita Pardubice, 2005. ISBN 80-7194-752-0.
  • Nový, Ivan; Schroll-Machl, Sylvia. Interkulturní komunikace v řízení a podnikání. Vyd 2. Praha : Management Press, 2001. ISBN 80-7261-042-2.
  • Roth, Klaus. Mit der Differenz leben : europaische Ethnologie und Interkulturelle Kommunikation. cop. 1996. München : Waxmann, 1996. ISBN 3-89325-425-0.


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