SOC576 Cultural Aspects of Migration, Urbanity and Gender

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Gábor Oláh, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Dr. Aleš Burjanek, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Division of Sociology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Division of Sociology – Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 18. 10. 14:00–19:40 U34, Fri 19. 10. 8:00–17:40 U34, Sat 20. 10. 8:00–17:40 U34
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
TEACHER's CONSENT
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course offers the students a unique opportunity to participate in the workshops, seminars and a conference. It includes seminars at the beginning of October, four main workshops between 17 - 18 October, and the conference between 18 - 20 October. Prior literature reading is necessary in September.
At the end of the course, student will be acquainted with issues of migration, urbanity and gender, and on the basis of concrete examples, they will be apply this knowledge to practical experience.
Syllabus
  • 17 – 20 October, three workshops and participation in the discussions of the Identities in Conflict, Conflict in Identities Conference.
  • Between end of September – half October, it is necessary to study the assigned literature, and actively participate in the following workshops:
  • 17 October – workshop with Claire Colomb: Staging the New Berlin. Place Marketing and the Politics of Urban Reinvention post-1989
  • 18 October – workshop with John Holmwood: Multiculturalism, migration and problems of belonging
  • 18 October – workshop with Jonathan Bach: Migrant villages in Shenzhen, China nebo Special Economic Zones as cities
  • 19-20 October – Conference „Identities in conflict, conflict in identities“.
Literature
    required literature
  • COLOMB, Claire. Staging the new Berlin : place marketing and the politics of urban reinvention post-1989. London: Routledge, 2012, x, 358. ISBN 9780415594028. info
Teaching methods
Seminar, workshop, lecture
Assessment methods
For successful completion, position papers from the course readings, regular preparation for all workshops and a final essay are necessary. Students are expected to actively participate in the discussions.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2012, recent)
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