ETBB121 Transport in the Cultural and Historical Context

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Aleš Smrčka, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 J31
Prerequisites
The subject has no prerequisites and co-requisites.
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
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with traditional forms of transport of people and material with a focus on Central European region. In the introductory lectures the course participants will get to know a cross-section of the history of ethnological research of traditional transport, but also the methodology, possibilities and perspectives of research on this topic. The terminology of selected concepts (transport x doprava, traditional x modern) will also be elucidated and the students will be acquainted with the typology, production and use of individual traditional means of transport. This may help future museum staff in better orientation in collection items from the economy and transport sectors. The course will also cover professional groups (woodworkers, carriers, swimmers, formants) using their means of transport. Concluding lessons will focus on the current usage of traditional forms of transport. It will also focus on modern modes of transport and related professional groups such as bus and tram drivers and other groups. The course will provide students not only with practical facts from the field of traditional and partly contemporary transport, but will also acquaint them with the possibilities of ethnological and anthropological research of this topic in the present.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to describe the history and present of the ethnographic research of Central European transport; have an overview of selected regional explorers dealing with traditional transport in the mountain environment of the Czech lands and to place it in the context of the history of European ethnology; orientate in the traditional transport typology and to clarify the issues of the concepts in this sector; work with museum collections containing objects of traditional transport and correctly identify, categorize and classify them in the broader cultural and historical contexts; recognize and draw public attention to difference between traditional culture and imitation of tradition for the purpose of commerce - familiarize the public with the profession of selected professional groups in the field of traditional and contemporary transport and propose a possible improvement of their working conditions.
Syllabus
  • 1. Ethnological research on the theme of traditional and contemporary transport - history and present; methodology; basic typology of forms of transport. 2. Transport in the context of the economy of selected mountain ranges. 3. Sledge and other skids, the woodworkers profession. 4. Human transport, occupation of carriers. 5. Wheeled vehicles, job of formans and wheel occupation. 6. Water transport. 7. Traditional transport in current form (use of traditional transport in the present, "second life", folklorism). 8. Research of modern forms of transport and current professional groups.
Literature
    required literature
  • BARAN, Ludvík. Transport in Czechoslovakia as an Ethnographical and Social Phenomenon. In: Fenton, A. – Podolák, J. – Rasmussen, H. (eds.): Land Transport in Europe. København: Nationalmuseet 1973, s. 57 – 89.
  • VONDRUŠKA, Vlastimil. Slovník starého zemědělského nářadí, nástrojů a strojů : (1750-1914). [I. díl]. Roztoky u Prahy: Středočeské muzeum, 1989. (hesla k dopravě)
  • VONDRUŠKA, Vlastimil. Slovník starého zemědělského nářadí, nástrojů a strojů : (1750-1914). II. díl. Illustrated by Jan Líška. Roztoky u Prahy: Středočeské muzeum, 1989. (hesla k dopravě)
  • BROUČEK, Stanislav - JEŘÁBEK, Richard. Lidová kultura. Národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2007. ISBN 978-80-204-1712-1. (vybraná hesla k dopravě)
  • SCHEUFLER, Vladimír – ŠOLC, Václav. Já jsem plavec od vody. České Budějovice: Jihočeské nakladatelství 1986.
  • SMRČKA, Aleš. Etnografický výzkum tradiční dopravy v českých a slovenských zemích - historie, současný stav a perspektivy (Ethnographic Research of Traditional Transport in Czech and Slovak Lands – History, Current State and Prospects). Slovenský národopis. Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied, 2017, vol. 65, No 1, p. 7-25. ISSN 1335-1303. Odkaz na článek autora Odkaz na webové stránky časopisu info
  • SMRČKA, Aleš. Ozvěny krkonošské minulosti : ve stopách tradiční dopravy a obživy (Echoes of the Giant Mountains Past : in the Footsteps of Traditional Transport and Livelihood). Jilemnice: Gentiana, 2016, 155 pp. ISBN 978-80-86527-45-1. info
  • DRÁPALA, Daniel. Doprava (Transport). In Lidová kultura. Národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. 1st ed. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2007, p. 147-149. 2. svazek. ISBN 978-80-204-1712-1. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, presentations, video projection
Assessment methods
The skills of students will be verified by oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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