CSOn4008 Collective Memory

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Dr. Werner Binder (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:40 U41
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and explain key concepts like collective memory, cultural memory, communicative memory, memorial museums, public sphere, politics of remembering; to analyze the basic sociological perspectives of collective memory formation; develop a sociological interpretation of empirical cases of collective identity formation on the ground of acquired knowledge.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of the basic analytical apparatus of contemporary cultural sociology. Ability to critically interpret and apply articles published in academic journals for own research. Ability to employ relevant analytical apparatus for explaining various social phenomena.
Syllabus
  • 1. Levels of Remembering 2. Media of Memory 3. Myth of Origin, Founding Heroes 4. Triumphant Collective Heroes and the Revolution 5. From Heroes to Victims, from Triumph to Trauma 6. Trauma of Perpetrators 7. The Trauma Sequence 8. Trauma in International Comparison 9. Sites of Memory 10. Religion and Cultural Memory 11. Exhibiting Collective Memory 12. The Politics of Regret
Literature
  • BARRETT, Jennifer. Museums and the public sphere. Chichester, West Sussex, UK ;: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, viii, 198. ISBN 9781118274835. info
  • WILLIAMS, Paul Harvey. Memorial museums : the global rush to commemorate atrocities. English ed. New York: Berg, 2007, vii, 226. ISBN 9781845204891. info
  • OLICK, Jeffrey K. The politics of regret : collective memory in the age of atrocity. New York: Routledge, 2007, viii, 229. ISBN 9780415956833. info
  • ASSMANN, Jan. Religion and cultural memory : ten studies. Translated by Rodney Livingstone. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2006, x, 222. ISBN 0804745234. info
  • ALEXANDER, Jeffrey C. Cultural trauma and collective identity. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 2004, ix, 314. ISBN 0520235959. info
  • GIESEN, Bernhard. Triumph and trauma. Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2004, x, 196. ISBN 1594510393. info
  • YOUNG, James Edward. The texture of memory : holocaust memorials and meaning. London: Yale University Press, 1993, xvii, 398. ISBN 9780300059915. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, presentations.
Assessment methods
position papers, midterm paper, final paper
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught only once.
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