SPRn4466 Minorities from perspective of social-culture antropology

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Janusz Mucha (lecturer), Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Dvořáková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Dvořáková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. Janusz Mucha
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 11. 5. 16:00–19:40 M117, Tue 12. 5. 8:00–9:40 M117, 18:00–19:40 M117, Wed 13. 5. 12:00–15:40 M117, Thu 14. 5. 10:00–13:40 M117, Fri 15. 5. 8:00–11:40 M117
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 16 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/16, only registered: 0/16, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/16
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of this course is to analyze the ethnic and religious composition of Central and Eastern European (CEE) societies
Learning outcomes
Students are able to complete the course
to reflect the issue of minorities and migration in the context of Central European countries
critically reflect contemporary concepts of ethnicity, national state, human rights in Central European countries
to reflect the social functioning of minority members and their communities in Central European countries.
Syllabus
  • The aim of this course is to analyze the ethnic and religious composition of Central and Eastern European (CEE) societies, within the general context of social the cultural anthropology. The topics to be covered are: a/ Central and Eastern Europe, past and present, b/ socio-cultural anthropology and its interest in ethnic minorities, c/ “anthropology of Europe”, d/ the problem of nationalism, CEE and Western Europe, e/ the nature of ethnicity, with focus on CEE societies, f/ religion as an anthropological problem, with focus on CEE societies, g/ minority status and its ambivalence, with focus on CEE societies, h/ patterns of ethnic relations; old and new theories and their application in CEE, i/ ethnic and religious conflict, with focus on CEE societies, j/ non-ethnic, non-religious cultural minorities, k/ typologies of CEE societies, from the perspective of cultural minorities, l/ cultural minorities in CEE -- case studies. Expected learning outcome of this course is the understanding of the nature of ethnic and religious issues in modern global society, and particularly in Central and Eastern Europe.
Literature
    required literature
  • Alexander J. C., 1980, Core solidarity, ethnic out-group and social differentiation: a multidimensional model of inclusion in modern societies, in J. Dofny e A. Akiwowo (eds.), National and ethnic movements, Sage, London, 1980, pp.5-28.
  • Bala, Balint and Anton Sterbling (eds.). 1998. ETHNICITY, NATION, CULTURE. CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES. Hamburg: Krämer.
  • ----. 1996. Cultural Minorities and the Dominant Group in Poland, IN: POLISH SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 2, p. 127-135.
  • ----. 2007. Democratization in Central and Eastern Europe and the Minority Issues, POLISH SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW 4 (160), p. 379-400.
  • Feischmidt Margit (ed.). 2001. ETHNIC RELATIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE. A
  • Glatz, F., 1993. MINORITIES IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE. Budapest: Europa Institut.
  • ----. 2000. Polish Culture as the Nation’s Own Culture and as a Foreign Culture. EAST EUROPEAN QUARTERLY XXXIV, 2, p. 217-242.
    recommended literature
  • Berghe, van den, P.: Race and Ethnicity: A Socio-Biological Perspective. In: Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1/ 4 (1978), pp. 402-409.
  • Eriksen, T.H. 1997. ´Multiculturalism, Individualism and Human Rights: Romanticism, the Enlightenment and Lessons from Mauritius´ in Wilson, R. A (ed.) Human Rights, Culture and context. Anthropological Perspectives. London: Pluto Press. Pp. 49-69.
  • John Rex: The concept of a multicultural society. In: Montserrat Guibernau - John Rex (ed). The Ethnicity Reader. Cambridge, Polity Press, 1997. pp. 205 - 219.
  • Thelen Peter. 2005. ROMA IN EUROPE. FROM SOCIAL EXCLUSION TO ACTIVE PARTICIPATION. Skopje: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
  • Galent Marcin, Idesbald Goddeeris and Dariusz Niedzwiedzki (eds.). 2009. MIGRATION AND EUROPEISATION, Krakow: NOMOS.
  • Will Kymlicka - Ian Shapiro: Meanings of Ethnicity and Group Rights - Introduction. In: Will Kymlicka - Ian Shapiro: Ethnicity and Group Rights. NYU Press, New York, 1997. pp. 3-21.
  • Scheffel, David, Y. 2005. SVINIA IN BLACK AND WHITE: SLOVAK ROMA AND THEIR NEIGHBOURS. Toronto, Ontario ISBN 1-55111-607-3
Teaching methods
lectures
workshops
Assessment methods
Everyday consultations, everyday assignment of readings, final test and examination essay.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
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