Course: Ethnicity and Ethnic Groups

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Course title Ethnicity and Ethnic Groups
Course code KSA/AESK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Topinka Daniel, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Ethnicity in social sciences 2. Ethnicity as an analytical category, ethnic classification 3. Conceptualization of ethnicity, social organization of cultural diversity 4. Relation to other concepts of ethnicity 5. Primordialismus and essentialism 6. Social constructivist approach: construction of ethnic identities 7. Social constructivist approach: collectivity and boundaries 8. Ethnicity and power 9. Ethnonationalism 10. Ethnicity regions 11. Ethnicity and Religion 12. Critical reflection of ethnicity, ethnicity limits

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to critically reflect the basic definition of ethnicity and its conceptualization in terms of its applicability as a scientific analytical category and to capture it in the process of revision, construction and questioning. Basic theoretical concepts of ethnicity (realism / essentialism, social construction, primordialism, etc.) will be presented.
Student will be able to describe, explain and critically reflect the analytical category of "ethnicity" and be able to present critical reflections of ethnicity in terms of practical applications.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature


Study plans that include the course
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