ETBB103 Period of Socialism from an Ethnological Perspective

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. Oto Polouček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Mgr. Oto Polouček, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 J31
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
Course objectives
Students will be introduced to the basic approaches, methods and topics of the study of the period of socialism from an ethnological perspective. They will gain an interdisciplinary overlap in the context of the study of contemporary history and will be able to work with sources of various provenances that relate to the studied period.
Learning outcomes
Students will gain an interdisciplinary overlap in the context of the study of contemporary history and will be able to work with sources of various provenances that relate to the studied period.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction to the study of the period of socialism - disciplines, scientific workplaces, available sources
  • 2) the concept of contemporary history as a subdiscipline – discourses of the study of the period of socialism
  • 3) 1948–1960 – the "hard" fifties with an emphasis on the history of the everyday
  • 4) 1960–1969 – "liberation", the so-called Prague Spring and the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops with an emphasis on the history of everyday life
  • 5) 1969–1989 – so-called normalization with an emphasis on the history of the everyday
  • 6) The period of socialism and ethnology - current topics, projects and research carried out during the period of socialism, the interest of ethnologists and anthropologists in  socialism after 1989
  • 7) Social and cultural life, forms of association and socialization
  • 8) Official culture and the "grey zone" – violation and crossing of defined boundaries
  • 9) Political prisoners, repression, dissent, morality and the people
  • 10) The countryside under socialism as an environment for ethnological research - collectivization, changes in village society
  • 11) Ensuring daily needs, survival strategy - overcoming (and using) the inefficiency of the centrally planned economy
  • 12) Folklore and folklorism in the service of ideology
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading, discussion
Assessment methods
Test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Spring 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2024.
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