ETBB115 National Minority Groups in Czech Lands

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jana Poláková, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eva Chovancová (assistant)
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 16:00–17:40 J31
Prerequisites
A successful completion of the subject Ethnic Processes and Europe I and II is recommended for entering the subject.
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 course introduces the issue of national minorities in the Czech Republic to the students. Each minority will be briefly presented from the historical, demographical, ethnological and social perspective.
Learning outcomes
After the completion of the course, the students will understand the terminology relating to national minorities, and they will be able to enumerate major national minorities in the Czech Republic. They will be able to have a good understanding of the historical and demographical development of a minority, its cultural and social specifics as well as of the scientific interest in it.
Syllabus
  • 1. Terminology - national / ethnic minority / majority, migration and foreigners, integration, assimilation and acculturation.
  • 2. Identical structure of explanation for each national minority: History – arrival in the territory of the today´s Czech Republic, coexistence. Demography – current composition, historical and current reasons for arrival, quantity as to statistics and qualified estimations. Scientific interest in a particular minority, internal composition of ethnic groups, identification and self-identification and their factors, own cultural models and the influence of the majority society on them, safeguarding, adaption and loss of the models. Society – civil coexistence, club life, presentation of the minority and its culture.
  • 3. Supplementing programme (e.g. a chat with a representative of a minority, a visit to an exhibition or event focused on national minorities).
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Sokolová, Gabriela a kolektiv: Soudobé tendence vývoje národnostní v ČSSR. Praha: Academia, 1987.
  • Bittnerová, Dana – Moravcová, Mirjam: Etnické komunity. Kontinuita kulturní reprodukce. Praha: FHS UK, 2012.
  • Etnické komunity : integrace, identita. Edited by Dana Bittnerová - Mirjam Moravcová. Vyd. 1. Praha: FHS UK, 2011, 359 s. ISBN 9788087398135. info
  • Etnické komunity : v kulturní a sociální různosti. Edited by Dana Bittnerová - Mirjam Moravcová. Vyd. 1. Praha: FHS UK, 2010, 314 s. ISBN 9788087398081. info
  • PETRÁŠ, René. Menšiny v meziválečném Československu : právní postavení národnostních menšin v první Československé republice a jejich mezinárodněprávní ochrana. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2009, 437 s. ISBN 9788024616391. info
  • Etnické komunity v kulturním kontextu. Edited by Dana Bittnerová - Mirjam Moravcová. Vydání první. Praha: Ermat, 2008, 267 stran. ISBN 9788087178010. info
  • Etnické komunity v české společnosti. Edited by Dana Bittnerová - Mirjam Moravcová. Vydání první. Praha: Ermat Praha, s.r.o., 2006, 411 stran. ISBN 8090308678. info
  • GABAL, Ivan. Etnické menšiny ve střední Evropě : konflikt nebo integrace. 1. vyd. Praha: G plus G, 1999, 341 s. ISBN 8086103234. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Kombinované studium 14 hodin přímé výuky v semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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