SAN251 Roma People I.

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Irena Kašparová, M.A., Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Eva Šlesingerová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:30 U53
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SAN101 Soc. Anthropology-lectures
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 18 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main aim of this course is introduce a complex debate upon the Roma issue in the context of the Czech Republic (both historically and from the current point of view.)At the end of the course students should be able to asses the topic critically, both from the angle of current political and public discourse as well as from the angle of contemporary social science theories and praxis.
Syllabus
  • 1) Roma and I (on difference and ethnicity) 2) Roma and the history: nation? without history? 3,4) Roma, folklore and the time 5) Black and white... on racism 6, 7) Roma in the museum 8) Roma, nationalism and the national revival 9) Roma as a political and economical topic 10) Field work and the Roma
Literature
  • Okely, J. 1997. Some political consequences of theories of Gypsy ethnicity: the place of the intellectual. In James. A., Heckey, J., Dawson, A. ed. After Writing Culture. London: Routledge
  • Anderson, B. 1991. Imagined Communities. London: Verso.
  • Silverman. C.1988. Negotiating Gypsiness: Strategy in Context in Journal of Americal Folklore. Vol. 100/101.
  • Lepseter, S. 1992. The Politics and Poetics of Folklore Discourse in The Journal of the Gypsy Lore society, 1937 – 1947
  • Horváthová. J. 2000. Kdo byli čeští Romové in Černobílý život. Praha: Gallery
  • Brubaker, R. 2004. Ethnicity Without Groups. Harvard Uni Press.
  • Barth, F. 1969. Ethnic Groups and Boundaries. Boston: Little, Brown and comp.
  • R. Brubaker . 2004. Ethnicity withouth Groups: Introduction, + Ch. no. 1 (IS)
Assessment methods
Teaching method: lectures, group discussion, group projects, reading, homework Examination: essay 25%, class activity 25%, final oral exam 50%
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.
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