Course: Anthropology marginality and Roma

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Course title Anthropology marginality and Roma
Course code KSKA/MAMAR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Andrš Zbyněk, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Synková Hana, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Past and current approaches to the study of Roma and late "discovery" od Roma as an anthropological subject 2. Different conceptions of research in the Czech and Slovak context 3. Discussion around definitions of Roma: ethnicity versus performativity 4. Strategies of survival 5. Different descriptions of marginalization: social exclusion and agency 6. Established, outsiders and "friends" in anthropological research 7. Policies towards Roma - Czech context, case study of municipal policy 8. International policies towards Roma, case study of localization of "problem" 9. Education and possibilities of applied anthropology to contribute to desegregation 10. Role of NGOs 11. Social work - problems of depoliticization 12. Gender and performance 13. Summary

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
  • Contact teaching - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation of a presentation (report) - 16 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 28 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 24 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
On the example of texts, especially about Roma groups, to introduce students to the anthropological approaches to marginalization and to make them reflect on the social hierarchy in their own research. Students will be able to recognize and name the main discourses that compete for the definition of marginalized groups. Anthropological approaches will be illustrated on topics ranging from classical topics such as survival strategies to the policies of international actors and the feminism of "minorities". Seminars will focus on the comparison of texts, consultations on the creation of non-stereotypical professional essays. Students should get the competence of critical reading and working with texts.
Students will gain knowledge of anthropological approaches in Romani studies. These approaches will be illustrated through topics ranging from survival strategies to the policies of international actors. Students are expected to develop the competence to read texts critically and work with them effectively.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Home assignment evaluation, Work-related product analysis, Discussion, Systematic monitoring

1) Reading regularly texts for each lesson, participation in discussions. 2) Making notes from the lessons, at the end of the semestre discussion about reflections from the course 3) Attendance
Recommended literature
  • Gay y Blasco, P. Gypsies in Madrid: Sex, Gender and the Performance of Identity. Oxford. Berg..
  • Jakoubek, M. a Budilová, L. (eds.). Romové a Cikáni neznámí i známí. Voznice, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7335-119-9.
  • Okely, J. The Traveller-Gypsies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press..
  • Ort, J. Harmonie soužití. Praha, 2022. ISBN 978-80-246-5331-0.
  • Scheffel, D. Z. Svinia v čiernobielom. Prešov, 2009. ISBN 80-969483-7-7.
  • Stewart, M. Čas Cikánů.
  • Šusterová, Ivana. Život olašských žien. Bratislava, 2015. ISBN 978-80-224-1490-6.


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