Course: Urban Anthropology, Ethnicity, Migration

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Course title Urban Anthropology, Ethnicity, Migration
Course code KSA/UAD
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
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)
  • Lozoviuk Petr, Doc. Ph.D.
  • Uherek Zdeněk, Doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Concept of urban anthropology 2. Processes of ethnicity in interdisciplinary perspective 3. Problems of migration 4. Case-studies

Learning activities and teaching methods
One-to-One tutorial, Students' self-study, Seminar
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 105 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No prerequisite courses.
learning outcomes
Students will gain theoretical knowledge and competence necessary for understanding the problems of urban anthropology, ethnicity and migration.
teaching methods
Seminar
Self-study of literature
One-to-One tutorial
assessment methods
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Banton, Michael. Ethnic and Racial Consciousness. London, 1997.
  • Clifford, James. The Predicament of Culture, Twentieth-Century Ethnography, Literature, and Art. Cambridge (Mass.) and London, 1999.
  • Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. Ethnicity and nationalism. London : Pluto Press, 2002. ISBN 0-7453-1887-8.
  • Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. Small places, large issues : an introduction to social and cultural anthropology. 2nd ed. London : Pluto Press, 2001. ISBN 0-7453-1772-3.
  • Fenton Steve. Ethnicity. Cambridge, Polity Press / Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2003.
  • Guibernau Montserrat - Rex John (eds). The Ethnicity Reader: Nationalism, multiculturalism, and migration. Cambridge, Polity Press., 2001.
  • Horská, Pavla; Maur, Eduard; Musil, Jiří. Zrod velkoměsta : urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa. Vyd. 1. Praha ; Paseka, 2002. ISBN 80-7185-409-3.
  • Park Robert Ezra - Burgess Ernst - McKenzie Roderick. The City. Suggestions for the investigation of human behavior in urban environment. Chicago, Chicago University Press., 1925.
  • Spradley, James P. The ethnographic interview : James P. Spradley. New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979. ISBN 0-03-044496-9.
  • Whyte Iain Boyd. Modernism and the Spirit of the City. London, New York, Routledge, 2003.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ethnology (11-5) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ethnology (11-5) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -