ETBB135 Probes into ethnic and regional identity: Greek and German minority of Czech countries

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tereza Vašíková (lecturer)
Mgr. Filip Maroši (lecturer)
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
Mon 14:00–15:40 J31
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lecture series aims to acquaint students with the issues of ethnic and regional identity of the Greek and German minorities in the Czech lands.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is able to identify and describe the basic concepts related to the issue of ethnic and regional identity. The student will be able to apply theoretical knowledge to specific examples of Greek and German minorities.
Syllabus
  • 1. Basic concepts (concepts of ethnic and regional identity, ethnic theories and ethnicity). 2.Language, culture, migration. 3. German minority and German language islands in Moravia, specifics of individual language islands and the topic of ethnic identity of Germans. 4. Cultural, educational and other German associations in Moravia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Their origin, existence and role in society - their influence on the formation and consolidation of ethnic identity. 5. The Greek minority in what was then Czechoslovakia and today's Czech Republic - history (reasons for the arrival of the Greek ethnic group in our territory, the integration of the Greeks into the majority society, the repatriation of the Greeks back to their homeland, the situation of the minority after 1989). 6. Social life of the (Brno) Greek community - Greek associations and their activities (history and present), activities of individuals themselves within the Greek community.
Literature
  • KIRSCH, Otakar. (Po)zapomenutí nositelé paměti. Německé muzejnictví na Moravě ((Almost) Forgotten Memory Bearers. German Museology in Moravia). 1st ed. Brno: PAIDO, 2014, 282 pp. Kultura a edukace 3. ISBN 978-80-7315-249-9. info
  • ŠATAVA, Leoš. Etnicita a jazyk : teorie, praxe, trendy: čítanka textů. V Tribunu EU vydání první. Brno: Tribun EU, 2013, 108 stran. ISBN 9788026305170. info
  • ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Etnicita a nacionalismus : antropologické perspektivy. Translated by Marek Jakoubek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2012, 352 s. ISBN 9788074190537. info
  • Etnicita a nacionalismus v diskurzu 20. století : příspěvek intelektuálů z českých zemí ke studiu kolektivních identit. Edited by Petr Lozoviuk. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2012, 242 s. ISBN 9788073252830. info
  • Malý etnologický slovník. Edited by Josef Jančář. Strážnice: Národní ústav lidové kultury, 2011, 115 s. ISBN 9788087261705. info
  • BOTU, Antula and Milan KONEČNÝ. Řečtí uprchlíci : kronika řeckého lidu v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku 1948-1989. Vyd. 1. Praha: Řecká obec, 2005, 523 s. ISBN 8023954628. info
  • BOHÁČ, Antonín. Národnostní mapa republiky Československé : podrobný popis národnostních hranic, ostrovů a menšin. V Praze: nákladem Národopisné společnosti českoslovanská, 1926, 168 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures and reading of literature
Assessment methods
test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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