SOC156 Race, ethnicity and identity

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2002
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Michal Vašečka, Ph.D. (lecturer), prof. PhDr. Petr Mareš, CSc. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Mareš, CSc.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Veronika Šenkýřová, DiS.
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:30 J22
Prerequisites
The course is offered and recommended primarly to students of higher levels of the bachelor degree studies. Following requirements are necessary to fulfill in order to obtain the credits: 1. Systematic work with required texts. 2. Prezentation of the elaborated text prepared upon mutual agreement with a lecturer. The prezentation should not exceed 10 minutes. Thesis of the prezentation should be delivered to a lecturer in a written form. 3. Elaboration of the essay upon chosen topic. The essay containing maximum 5 pages is expected for delivery until the beginning of the examination period. 4. Succesful exam passage.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Description of the course: The course offers wide perspective of the theoretical and research dilemas, that sociology tackles in the process of race and ethnicity research. Students are offered an opportunity to get an additional knowledge on sociology approaches toward issues of ethnic determination, different forms of intolerance originated from the race and ethnicity definitions. The course is focused on national and cultural identity and the processes of its construction, relations of ethnicity and nationalism, it opens a discussion over group rights and forms of ethnic groups coexistence. The course is discussing also the theoretical discourse and practical approach toward phenomennons of etnocentrism, racism, and anti-Semitism. The course defines principles of the multiculturalism, it focuses also on ethnic conflicts and it introduces a specific field of sociology - sociology of genocide. The course is aimed also on practical issues of the education toward tolerance and against rasism. The course touches upon methodological dilemmas of the race studies and it draws problems of ethnization and feminization of the poverty. Finally, the course is focused also on specific topic - the Roma population as a object of sociology interest.
Syllabus
  • 1st Lesson Septembra 23rd, 2002 Race, Ethnicity, Ethnic group and a Nation. Operationalization of the key Terms. 2nd Lesson September 30th, 2002 Cultural and National identity a their constructions. 3rd Lesson October 7th, 2002 Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Times of Globalization. 4th Lesson October 14th, 2002 The Groups Rights and Ethnicity. 5th Lesson October 21st, 2002 The Concept of a Multiculturalism. Forms of Coexistence of Ethnic Groups. 6th Lesson October 28th, 2002 Ethnic Conflicts and their Potential Solutions. 7th Lesson November 4th, 2002 Racism and a Xenophobia. Authoritarianism and a Race. 8th Lesson November 11th, 2002 Rasa a moderný welfare state: problematika etnizácie a feminizácie chudoby. How to get out of Ethnic Getoization? 9th Lesson November 18th, 2002 Methodological Dilemmas of the Race studies. A Racialization of the Research Process and researching a Race. Race Issues in a Censuses. 10th Lesson November 25th, 2002 Roma as a Object of the Sociology. Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches - Advantegies and Disadvantegies. 11th Lesson December 2, 2002 The Phenomenon of an Anti-Semitism. Modern Antisemitism in the Czech Republic and in the Central Europe. 12th Lesson December 9, 2002 Sociology of the Genocide. 13th Lesson December 16, 2002 Education toward Tolerance and against a Racism.
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Kurz je jednosemestrový, organizovaný vo forme prednášky (45 minút) a následného semináru (45 minút). Poslucháči majú v knižnici FSS MU k dispozícii pripravenú čítanku so základnými textami, ktoré nie sú bežne dostupné. Skúška prebieha ústne, v prvej časti študent obhajuje tézy svojej eseje, v druhej časti odpovedá na tri otázky, ktoré si vyberie z priebežne vypracovaných otázok (24 za semester).
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016.
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