BKA107 Introduction to study of ethnology of the Balkans

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Helena Bočková (lecturer)
PhDr. Helena Bočková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Václav Štěpánek, Ph.D.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Pilch, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 10:50–12:25 G21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
After the finishing the course the student will be able to define ethnology and the subject of its studies, to compare the Central-European and Balkan ethnology traditions, to orientate in organization of ethnological work in the Balkan countries, to handle basic terminology and ethnological heuristics, especially methodology and techniques and connected documentary techniques. The students of Balkan studies will apply a participant observation in a field research.
Syllabus
  • 1. Terms ethnography, ethnology, Czech “národopis”. Their place among humanities. Object of study. What does ethnology mean? 2. Organization of ethnologic work in the Balkan countries 3. Inner classification of ethnology – subdisciplines, chronological, spatial, subject classification 4. Ethnological regionalistics on the Balkans 5. Systematization of traditional culture 6. Basic literature about the traditional culture of the Balkan nations 7. Relation of ethnology to other sciences 8. Resources. Field research. Documentation 9. New methods in ethnology: oral history, social networks etc. Researches ethnics 10. History of the ethnology studies on the Balkan. Anthropological studies. Czech contibution 11. Basic terminology. National – folk – traditional – everyday culture. Folklore. Recent culture. Continuity and discontinuity. The longue durée. Inovation. 12. Preserving the cultural heritage: in fondo, in situ, in vivo. UNESCO treaties 13. Ethnological issues of postmodern era in the Balkan scholarship
Literature
    required literature
  • BURKE, Peter. Lidová kultura v raně novověké Evropě. Translated by Markéta Křížová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2005, 374 s. ISBN 8072036386. info
  • SIROVÁTKA, Oldřich. Folkloristické studie. Brno: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2002, 197 s. ISBN 80-85010-31-3. info
  • MURPHY, Robert Francis. Úvod do kulturní a sociální antropologie. Translated by Hana Červinková. 2. vyd. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004, 268 s. ISBN 9788086429250. info
  • DOUŠEK, Roman. Úvod do etnologického výzkumu. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 342 s. ISBN 9788021068834. info
  • NOSKOVÁ, Jana. Biografická metoda a metoda orální historie : na příkladu výzkumu každodenního života v socialismu. Vydání první. Brno: Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Praha - pracoviště Brno, 2014, 109 stran. ISBN 9788087112847. info
    recommended literature
  • Glasnik Etnografskog instituta SANU 58, 2010, č. 2, s. 9–126.
  • Malý etnologický slovník. Edited by Josef Jančář. Strážnice: Národní ústav lidové kultury, 2011, 115 s. ISBN 9788087261705. info
  • VANĚK, Miroslav, Pavel MÜCKE and Hana PELIKÁNOVÁ. Naslouchat hlasům paměti : teoretické a praktické aspekty orální historie. Praha: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, 2007, 224 stran. ISBN 9788072850891. info
  • Lidová kultura : národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Edited by Lubomír Tyllner - Stanislav Brouček - Richard Jeřábek - Dušan Hol. Vydání první. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, v.v.i., v Praze a Ústav evropské etnologie Filozofické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity v Brně v nakladatelství Mladá fronta, 2007, 634 stran. ISBN 9788020414502. info
    not specified
  • OTČENÁŠEK, Jaroslav – BAEVA, Vichra a kol. Slovník termínů slovesného folkloru. Bulharsko. Rečnik na terminite ot slovesnija folklor. Bălgarija. Praha – Sofija 2013.
Teaching methods
Lecture, class discussion, e-learning, literature study, homework, written test; the students of Balkan studies field research.
Assessment methods
Prerequisites for oral exam: homework (e-learning), written test (blind map, possibility to repeat); students of Balkan studies: field research report. For the forth non-attendance one more homework; for the fifth more difficult exam. Minimal attendance 50 %. Student’s exchanges abroad, university events (excursions, lectures by foreign lecturers) are not included.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět přednostně zapisují posluchači 1. ročníku balkanistiky. Zbylá místa pak přednostně posluchači balkanistických oborů.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018.
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