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Lecturer(s)
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Yalçin-Heckmann Lale, doc. PhDr.
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Hyánková Tereza, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Social Memory, Social Identities and Ethnicity - Case study: Place, kinship and identity i. Place, kinship and the case for non-ethnic nations (pp. 49-62); ERIKSEN, T. H. - Reading: i. Fundamental Ideas (pp. 27-30); SMITH, A. 2. Race, Religion, Nations and Nationalism - Case study: Chinese nationalism or racism? i. Introduction (pp. 1-15); CARRICO, K. - Reading: i. Ideologies: Core concepts, Nationalism as Culture and religion (pp. 31-38); SMITH, A. 3. Ethnic Theories Classification - Case study: Political ethnic classification i. Everyday nationalism in Russia iN European Context (pp. 132-136); KOLSTO, P. BLAKKISRUD, H. - Reading: i. Paradigms: Modernism, Perennialism, Primordialism (pp. 47-59); SMITH, A. 4. Primordialism Eastern Theories - Case study: Stalin's ethnic classification a new world order i. Introduction; STALIN, J.V. - Reading: i. Towards Typology of Ethnic Processes (pp. 341-348); BROMLEY, Y. V. 5. Primordialism Western Theories - Case study: The Interpretation of Cultures - Reading: i. After the revolution: The Fate of Nationalism in the New States (pp. 234-254); GEERTZ, C. 6. Ethnicism Ethno-nationalist Dualism - Case study: Dividing Ethnic from National i. Ethnic and Civic nationalism (pp. 42-46); SMITH, A. - Reading: i. Ethno-symbolism (pp. 60-62); SMITH, A. 7. Ethnicism Ethnicity and Practice - Case study: Habitus of Ethnicity - Reading: i. Ethnicity and Practice (pp. 24-55); BENTLEY, C. 8. Modernist Approaches Modernism - Case study: Creating Nations in Central European Context i. From Ethnic Group towards the Modern Nation: the Czech Case (pp. 95-107); HROCH, M. - Reading: i. What is a nation? (pp. 52-61); GELLNER, E. 9. Modernist Approaches Constructivism - Case study: Imagined Communities - Reading: i. Origin of National Consciousness, Creole Pioneers (pp. 39-58) 10. Modernist Approaches Instrumentalism - Case study: Ideology and identity - Reading: i. The Nation and its Myth (pp. 48-57); CONNOR, W. 11. Modernist Approaches Situationalism - Case study: Ethnic boundaries and group creation - Reading: i. Introduction (to Ethnic Groups and Boundaries, pp. 9-37); BARTH, F. 12. Current Ethnic Issues - Case study: Transnationalism and ethnic migration - Reading: i. Is the Ethnic Community Inevitable?: A Comparison of the Settlement Patterns of Portuguese Immigrants in Toronto and Paris (pp. 109-126); BRETTEL, C. 13. Current Nationalism Movements - Case study: Russia i. Russian ethnic nationalism and religion today (A. Mitrofanova pp. 104-131); KOLSTO, P. BLAKKISRUD, H. - Reading: i. Global culture?, Internationalizing Nationalism (pp. 143-149); SMITH, A. ii. Long-distance nationalism (pp. 5-9); SKRBIŠ, Z.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
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Learning outcomes
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The course's aim is to introduce the student with the range of ethnic and nationalism theories and paradigms across disciplines to raise the awareness of social construction of such phenomenon. The course is based on significant amount of reading focusing both on the most important works in respective three major paradigm areas to show the development of theories and the course of the discourse as well as on current case issues throughout the world to link the theories with real world and current ethnic, political, economic, social, religious etc. issues. Students taking the course will also improve their abilities in both written and oral articulation of thoughts and arguments. The course is mainly intended to be of seminar structure with significant participation of students in discussions. One-hour lecture each week will always provide students with introduction to the topic discussed in the next week and is intended as a basic guideline to deal with the working papers related to respective readings. Each seminar will lead selected student/s and the role of the lecturer will be mainly facilitative. All readings will be available in the university library or online at the beginning of the course.
Student acquires capability in approaching ethnicity and nationalism phenomena from different theoretical perspectives and can analyze current social issues. Students are aware of the major works in the field of ethnicity and nationalism. They also acquire a competence in identification of major sources of nationalist behaviour in current societies.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Presentation
The assignment consists of three parts. 1. Essay on selected topic related to one of 13 topics of the seminar, using appropriate literature and following citation norms. The major aim of the essay is to create a link between studied theories and current social issues. The essay should be 1 250 2 500 words long. The aim of the assignment is to develop students' written skills. The essay is evaluated as follows: A-F, while A-E means passed and F means failed. 2. Presentation of the essay using Power Point (or other visual presentation) no longer than 15 minutes during presentation meeting in front of classmates. The purpose of the assignment is to develop students' oral skills, dealing with questions, argumentation, etc. The presentation is evaluated as follows: A-F, while A-E means passed and F means failed. 3. Written exam (test) reviewing the 13 topics of the seminar, based on reading and orientation in theories and related discussed current issues. The test is evaluated A-F, while: A (100-93%) B (92-85%) C (84-77%) D (76-69%) E (68-60%) means passed and F (59% and less) means failed. Assignments 1 and 2 are required to be completed successfully in order to be admitted for the written exam. The total score in this course is counted as an equal average of grades from the three assignments, ranging from A to F, while A-E means passed and F means failed.
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Recommended literature
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A. D. Smith. Nationalism. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010.
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A. D. Smith. The Ethnic Origins of Nations. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998.
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Benedict Anderson :. Imagined Communities Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism. Verso London. New York, revised edition, 1991..
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C. Brettel. Anthropology and Migration: Essays o Transnationalism, Ethnicity and Identity. Oxford, 2003.
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E. Gellner. Nations and nationalism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006.
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Fredrik Barth. Ethnic groups and boundaries. The Social Organization of Culture Difference. Long Grove, 1998.
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Geertz, C.:. Interpretace kultur: Vybrané eseje. Praha 2000..
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Jurij V. Bromlej. Towards Typology of Ethnic Processes. The British Journal of Sociology, 1979.
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M. Hroch. From Ethnic Groups toward the modern Nation: the Czech Case. Nations and nationalism, 2004.
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T. H. Eriksen. Ethnicity and Nationalism. Anthropological Perspectives. London: Pluto, 1993.
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T. H. Eriksen. Place, kinship and the case for non-ethnic nations. Nations and nationalism, 1993.
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W. Carrico. The Great Han: Race, Nationalism, and tradition in China Today. Oakland, 2017.
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W. Connor. The Nationa nd its Myth. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 1992.
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