ETMB81 We and the Others: the troubles with multiculturalism

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Pavlásek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Monday 15:50–17:25 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
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and explain key concepts of multiculturalism. Students should be able understant to mechanism of social construction minorities or the "others" in generally, understand the phenomenon of multiculturalism and politics of recognition in contemporary World.
Syllabus
  • 1. Uvedení do problematiky 2. Multikulturní situace, multikulturalita 3. Politická teorie multikulturalismu 4. Meze multikulturalismu 5. Orientalismus, balkanismus a allochronismus - diskurzy konstrukce Druhých 6. Nová xenofobie 6. Situace post-kolonialismu 1. Introduction to course (Multiculturalism – a phenomenon which has been praised and damned, declared dead and reborn, never existing or omnipresent in living memory. But how to define this abstruse process, ideology, or thing? 2. Concept of multiculturalism, multicultural situations, multiculturality 3. Political theory of multiculturalism 4. Limits of multiculturalism 5. Orientalism, balkanism, nesting balkanism and allochronism - discourse analysis 6. Post-colonialism
Literature
    required literature
  • FANON, Frantz. Černá kůže, bílé masky : postkoloniální myšlení I. Translated by Irena Kozelská. Vydání první. Praha: Tranzit, 2011, 191 stran. ISBN 9788087259122. info
  • SAID, Edward W. Orientalismus : západní koncepce Orientu. Translated by Petra Nagyová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2008, 459 s. ISBN 9788071859215. info
  • Antropologie multikulturních společností : rozumět identitě. Edited by Thomas Hylland Eriksen - Marek Jakoubek, Translated by Tereza Kuldová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Triton, 2007, 268 s. ISBN 9788072549252. info
  • BARŠA, Pavel. Politická teorie multikulturalismu (Political Theory of Multiculturalism). 1st ed. Brno: CDK, 1999, 347 pp. Politologická řada 4. ISBN 80-85959-47-X. info
  • TODOROVA, Marija Nikolaeva. Imagining the Balkans. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, xi, 257. ISBN 0195087518. info
  • Multiculturalism : a critical reader. Edited by David Theo Goldberg. Oxford: Blackwell, 1994, x, 452 s. ISBN 0-631-18911-4. info
    recommended literature
  • Everyday multiculturalism. Edited by Amanda Wise - Selvaraj Velayutham. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, xiv, 282. ISBN 9780230210370. info
  • The rights of minority cultures. Edited by Will Kymlicka. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, ix, 387 s. ISBN 0-19-878101-6. info
Teaching methods
presentations, lectures, class discussions and analysis based on the reading of assigned literature and visual images and symbols
Assessment methods
Student during the semester will submit 10 assignments (based on the reading texts) and a final essay. Essay will be defended and discussed at the final meeting.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: jeden semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016.
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