Course: Migration and Integration

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Course title Migration and Integration
Course code KSA/OMIX
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
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.
  • Klečková Tereza, Mgr.
Course content
- Introduction of the study of the migration and integration, and the fundamental concepts. - Theory of migration movements. - Major European areas of immigration at the end of the middleages and at the outset of the modern times. - Migration from/to the Czech countries. - Issue of legal status of migrants: multiculturalism vs. "dominant culture" concept. - Groups in the pemanent migration movement. - Migration and ethnization. - Globalisation and migration: Comparative view on European models of integration. - Temporary migration, its functionality and social consequences. - Currency of ethnologic study of the present mass migrations.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Self-study of literature, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 35 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to understand a scientifically structured lecture
to characterize the basic theoretical and methodological basis of social and cultural anthropology
to present fomally a topic from the field of social and cultural anthropology
Skills
to use electronic information sources
to read and understand a professional text in the Czech language
to read and understand a professional text in a foreign language
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize and explain the issue of migration from a social anthropological perspective
to characterize and explain basic theoretical concepts (adaptation, assimilation and integration of migration groups)
to describe and explain the importance of migratory movements in today's globalized world
to characterize and explain the issue of asylum seekers, refugees, labor and ethnic migrants in today's Europe and especially in the Czech Republic
Skills
to analyze and evaluate the practiced migration policy of selected key countries
to formulate independently and analyze working hypotheses for the field of interethnic study
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Self-study of literature
Lecture
Textual studies
One-to-One tutorial
Skills
Students' portfolio
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
One-to-One tutorial
Seminar
Individual study
Competences
Lecture
Seminar
Skills demonstration
One-to-One tutorial
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Textual studies
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Skills
Seminar work
Competences
Oral exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • The state of the world´s refugees 2000 : fifty years of humanitarian action. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-924106-6.
  • Brettell, Caroline B.; Hollifield, James Frank. Migration theory : talking across disciplines. New York : Routledge, 2008. ISBN 0-415-95427-4.
  • Fialová, Ludmila. Dějiny obyvatelstva českých zemí. 1.vyd. Praha : Mladá fronta, 1996. ISBN 80-204-0283-7.
  • Jansen C. J. Readings in the Sociology of Migration. London, Pergamon Press, 1970.
  • Lozoviuk, P. Němečtí vystěhovalci z českých zemí a jejich jazykové ostrovy v jihovýchodní Evropě, In: Češi v cizině č. 10, s. 39-87. Praha, 1998.
  • Šatava, Leoš. Migrační procesy a české vystěhovalectví 19. století do USA. Vyd. 1. Praha : Karolinum, 1989.


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