ETMB23 Selected Professional and Social Groups I.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Václav Michalička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
Wed 13:20–14:55 J31
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
At the end of the course students should be able to describe and discuss the social position, specific professional features, or feedback (stereotypes) of particular independent groups of inhabitants of the country and cities of Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Syllabus
  • Following specific professional and social groups will be characterised during the course: carters and wagoners, rafters, smugglers, journeymen, beggars, activities, crafts and trades on the edge of the society (knackers etc.), butchers, shepherds, farm servants, animal castrators, tinkers, minor home crafts and trades, chafferers, coalmen, iron-mill craftsmen, smiths and other metal-working crafts (files and shoe-nails manufacturers), miners, teachers, millers, beekeepers, wax-chandlers, glassblowers, home producers, specific groups with a dominant influence on the locality and region (whip manufacturers etc.)
Literature
  • HIML, Pavel. Zrození vagabunda : neusedlí lidé v Čechách 17. a 18. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2007, 371 s. ISBN 9788072039173. info
  • JANOTKA, Miroslav and Karel LINHART. Řemesla našich předků. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1987, 207 s. : i. info
  • JANOTKA, Miroslav and Karel LINHART. Zapomenutá řemesla : vyprávění o lidech a věcech. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1984, 192 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading
Assessment methods
Written examination
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2016, Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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