ETBB112 Basics of Ethnocartography

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jiří Woitsch, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D. (deputy)
PhDr. Roman Malach, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D. (deputy)
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 10:00–11:40 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
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Course objectives
The course is to make the student familiar with basic principles of the ethnocartographic method which makes it possible to learn about and present the spatial distribution of researched cultural phenomena.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to identify basic development stages of ethnocartography in the context of ethnological research in the Czech and European environments; he/she will be informed about important personalities, projects (ethnographical atlases) and methodological procedures. He/she will acquire practical skills associated with the application of ethnocartographic method.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction; basic terms.
  • 2. Early development stages of ethnocartography.
  • 3. Atlas projects in Europe and the former Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
  • 4. Basic methods of ethnocartography, ways of receiving the source data.
  • 5. Practical section – research with the purpose to collect data, and their transfer to ethno-cartogram.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Benža, Mojmír: Kartografická metóda a slovenská etnológia. Bratislava: Vlastným nákladom, 2001.
  • Woitsch, Jiří: Etnokartografie ve 20. století: Od národních atlasů k atlasu evropskému a zpět. In: Woitsch, Jiří – Jůnová Macková, Adéla: Etnologie v zúženém prostoru. Praha: Etnologický ústav AV ČR, 2016, s. 183-225.
  • DRÁPALA, Daniel and Roman MALACH. Aplikování etnokartografické metody v kontextu české etnologie (Applying ethnocartographic methods in the context of Czech ethnology). Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo. Bratislava: Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2016, vol. 4, No 1, p. 9-30. ISSN 1339-2204. info
  • DOHNAL, Martin and Josef VAŘEKA. Etnografický atlas Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Edited by František Bahenský - Jiří Woitsch. Vydání 1. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, v. v. i., 2015, 103 stran. ISBN 9788087112991. info
  • Dotazníky České národopisné společnosti. Edited by Daniel Drápala. Vyd. 1. Praha: Česká národopisná společnost, 2014, 163 s. ISBN 9788090527324. info
  • HOLUBOVÁ, Markéta. Etnografický atlas Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Edited by František Bahenský - Jiří Woitsch. Vyd. 1. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2009, 108 s. ISBN 9788087112304. info
  • Etnografický atlas Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Edited by Jiří Woitsch - František Bahenský - Ivana Ebelová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2007, 135 s. ISBN 9788085010947. info
  • VAŘEKA, Josef. Josef Vařeka české etnologii : (výbor studií vydaných k 80. narozeninám). Edited by Marie Bahenská - Jiří Woitsch. Vyd. 1. Praha: Etnologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2007, 623 s. ISBN 9788085010985. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, home work, reading, research ethnocartographic project.
Assessment methods
2 semestral projects.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Kombinované studium 10 hodin přímé výuky v semestru.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019.
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