SOC762 Cultural Anthropology of Post-Socialism

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Miklós Vörös, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Timetable
each odd Thursday 15:00–18:30 P24
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course gives an overview of the major themes and paradigms in the cultural anthropological research of late-state-socialist and post-socialist societies. Thus, it focuses both on the palette of various fields that have been seen as specific to the region, as well as on the important shifts of attention from one topic to another over the course of the past two decades. The format of the course is a combination of introductory lectures and readng seminars; students will be encouraged to read both classic and innovative ethnographies as well as theoretical syntheses of the relevant literature, and be prepared to give concise presentations on them. The course meets six times this fall: 29.09., 21.10., 11.11., 25.11., 9.12., 16.12.2005
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • Here is the order of the articles as they should follow each other in the reader: Hofer-Native-Ethnographers-CA-1968.pdf - Halpern-Kideckel-Anthro-EE-ARA-1983.pdf - Harris-EE-Paradigm-Shift-AA-1992.pdf - Anthro-of-Socialism-AT-1991.pdf - Verdery-Theorizing-Socialism-AE-1991.pdf - Kurti-Homecoming-AT-1996.pdf - Wolfe-Anthro-of-EE-ARA-2000.pdf - Kideckel-Socialist-Transformation-AE-1982.pdf - Burawoy-Mithologies-of-Work-ASR-1985.pdf - Sampson-Second-Economy-APSS-1987.pdf - Lampland-Pigs-PartySecs-PrivateLives-AE-1991.pdf - Hann-Samovars-Sex-AT-1992.pdf - Humphrey-Icebergs-Barter-Mafia.pdf - Konstantinov-Trader-Tourism-AE-1996.pdf - Gal-Bartoks-Funeral-AE-1991.pdf - Borneman-German-Unification-AE-1993.pdf - Holy-Metaphors-of-the-Natural-Man-1994.pdf - Denich-Dismembering-Yugoslavia-AE-1994.pdf - Hayden-Imagined-Communities-Real-Victims-AE-1996.pdf - Hann-Postsocialist-Nationalism-SR-1998.pdf - Lemon-Race-As-Discursive-Practice-SR-2002.pdf -
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on course enrolment limitations: Výhradně pro zahraniční studenty programů "Sociology" a "Erasmus".
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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