UHVM0024 Ethnology for Museologists I

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable of Seminar Groups
UHVM0024/A: Wed 17:15–18:50 M7, I. Zmeták
Prerequisites (in Czech)
TYP_STUDIA(B)
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
Course objectives
The definition of ethnography in connection with other social sciences. Nations, traditions and folk customs. History and specifics of discourse. The iconography of folk art and crafts as a historical source.
Learning outcomes
Students will get acquainted with the history of the field, the specifics of traditional folk culture, its specific manifestations, iconographic documents and issues of folk and popular art.
Syllabus
  • 1. Descriptions of nations from antiquity to the late Middle Ages 2. Ethnic issues in the 16th century 3. The contribution of discoverers and encyclopedists to the history of ethnology 4. Central European ethnography in the international context 5. Ethnography of the 17th and 18th centuries 6. Development of science and personality in the century 18.a in the first half of the 19th century 7. Concepts of the 19th century - from Slavic ethnography to folklore 8. Period of ethnographic research. Folk culture. 9. From ethnography to ethnology - the second half of the 20th century 10. Preparation for field research 11.-12. Ethnology in the museum
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Křížová, A. a kol. Archaické jevy tradiční kultury na Moravě. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011. info
  • Křížová, A. a kol. Ikonografické prameny ke studiu tradiční kultury. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011. info
  • Jeřábek, R. Lidová výtvarná kultura: dvacet dva příspěvků k teorii, metodologii, ikonografii a komparatistice. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011. info
  • Válka, M. Národopisné materiály v českých kulturně-historických časopisech 2. poloviny 19. století: anotovaná bibliografie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009. info
  • Blahůšek, J. - Jančář, J. (eds.). Etnologie - současnost a terminologické otazníky. Strážnice: Národní ústav lidové kultury, 2008. info
  • Pavlicová, M. Lidová kultura a její historicko-společenské reflexe: (mikrosociální sondy). Brno, 2007. info
  • Křížová, A. - Válka, M. Středověké a novověké zdroje tradiční kultury: sborník příspěvků ze semináře konaného 30. listopadu 2005 v Ústavu evropské etnologie. Brno: Ústav evropské etnologie, 2006. info
  • Copans, J. Základy antropologie a etnologie. Praha, 2001. info
  • Česká lidová kultura a střední Evropa. Praha: Ústav etnologie FF UK, 1996. info
Teaching methods
Study of theory, comparison with practice - visits to museum exhibitions and events, discussions
Assessment methods
seminar work
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
attendance, presentations, final test
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2021.
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