Course: Introduction to Ethnology

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Course title Introduction to Ethnology
Course code KHI/PBS53
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Podroužek Kamil, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Place of ethnology in antropology studies. 2. Selected schools and personalities of British social antropology, US culture antropology and French ehnology. 3. Development of Czech ethnography as a part of emancipation oc Czech nation. Organization of collections and importance of ethnographic exhibitons. 4. Social groups and roles: ethnic group, nationality, nation, family relations, interest groups. 5. Culture and subculture. Social structures and rituals. Perception of space and time. 6. Historic development of s.c. traditional culture (magic-cosmological, church-religious and social-distinctive systems). 7. Spiritual manifestations of culture. Folklore. 8. Material manifestations of culture. Dress, architecture, art. 9. Ethnic composition and culture spheres of Europe. 10. Migration: Emigracy and immigracy in Czech history. 11. Minorities in the Czech Republic. 12. Methods and techniques of field research I. 13. Methods and techniques of field research II. 14. Presentation of selected topics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Malý etnologický slovník. Strážnice, 2011. ISBN 9788087261705.
  • Frazer, J. G. Zlatá ratolest. Plzeň, 2007. ISBN 9789681601225.
  • Hubinger, V. (ed.). Studie z obecné etnografie I.. Praha, 1990. ISBN 8085010127.
  • Janeček, P. (ed.). Folklor atomového věku: Kolektivně sdílené prvky expresivní kultury v soudobé české společnosti. Praha, 2011. ISBN 9788070363157.
  • Krupková, J. Tradice a etnografie: k úloze tradice ve vývoji kultury. Praha, 1991.
  • Svobodová, V. O smyslu etnologie. Brno, 2017. ISBN 9788073541590.


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