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Lecturer(s)
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Zajícová Naďa, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. The Balkans. Balkans in anthropological perspective. 2. Southwest Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman heritage in the Balkans. 3. Albania. Non-state minorities in the Balkans. 4. Bosnia a Herzegovina. Religion as a collective identity in the Balkans. 5. Bulgaria. Emergence of the nation-states in the Balkans. 6. Montenegro. Religion minorities in the Balkans. 7. Croatia. Languages and dialect in the Balkans. 8. Kosovo. Yugoslavia and its disintegration in the 1990s. 9. Macedonia. Balkan cuisine: anthropology of food. 10. Romania. Czech settlements in the South-East Europe. 11. Greece. Pastoralism in the Balkans. 12. Slovenia. Serbia. Alternative conceptions of kinship in the Balkans. 13. Turkey. "House" in anthropological perspective.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Self-study of literature, Textual studies
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 30 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 35 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| characterize and explain the basic concepts of sociocultural anthropology |
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| apply the main methodological procedures of social anthropology |
| work critically with technical terms |
| critically reflect on and understand a professional text in the Czech |
| critically reflect on and understand a professional text in English |
| apply professional anthropological concepts |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| characterise and explain the wider historical and cultural context of the Balkan area |
| identify and characterise the main aspects of the political development and ethnographic and cultural variability of the region |
| to assess the contribution of the Balkans as a site for reflection on research practices in social anthropology |
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| using appropriate methods, is able to analyse individual themes (religion, ethnicity, nationalism, culture, kinship, post-socialism, etc.) |
| to place anthropological interest in the Balkans in the broader context of anthropological research |
| analyse the cultural and linguistic diversity of the Balkans using appropriate anthropological concepts |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Seminar classes |
| Self-study of literature |
| Textual studies |
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| Seminar classes |
| Self-study of literature |
| Textual studies |
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| Written exam |
| Test |
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Recommended literature
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Durhamová, Mary Edith. V albánských výšinách. Putování za horskými kmeny.. Malvern, Praha, 2019.
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Glenny, Misha. Balkán 1804-1999 : nacionalismus, válka a velmoci. Praha : BB art, 2003. ISBN 80-7257-976-2.
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Horvat, Srecko; Štiks, Igor (ed.). Welcome to the desert of post-socialism: Radical politics after Yugoslavia. Verso Books. 2015.
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Rychlík, Jan. Dějiny Bulharska. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2002. ISBN 80-7106-497-1.
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Rychlík, Jan; Kouba, Miroslav. Dějiny Makedonie. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2003. ISBN 80-7106-642-7.
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Štěpánek Václav, et al. Jugoslávie-Srbsko-Kosovo: kosovská otázka ve 20. století.. Masarykova univerzita, 2011.
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Tejchman, Miroslav. Balkán ve 20. století. Vydání první. 2016. ISBN 978-80-246-3178-3.
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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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