Course: Roma People: Anthropological Approaches

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Course title Roma People: Anthropological Approaches
Course code KSA/RAF
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Šotola Jaroslav, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction 2. Romistic approach 3. Roma and the trap of culture 4. Roma and ethnicity 5. Exotization and orientalism in anthropological research 6. Visualization of extreme poverty 7. Development approach 8. Structure, power, actor 9. -12. Analysis of currently ongoing research in Roma communities in Slovakia

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to critically document the conceptualization of Czech and Slovak Roma in contemporary anthropology. Students will be acquainted with the existing literature, the results of fundamental research and their methodology. Emphasis will be put on the phenomenon of exotization in the selection of research strategies and localities, while obscuring the plurality of Roma communities. Students will be acquainted with possible alternative approaches based on emphasizing the structural level of the position of the Roma and also highlighting the actors' perspective.
The student will understand the differences between the individual research traditions of Roma research and their limits; will know the possible research methods of Roma research; will be able to evaluate the risks of selectivity, exotization and power dominance in the anthropological tradition so far; will be able to propose adequate strategies to eliminate problematic assumptions and implications of previous research.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Recommended literature
  • BARŠA, P. Orientálcova vzpoura (a další texty z let 2003-2011). Praha: Dokořán, 2011..
  • KOBES, T. ?Naši Romové? ? difrakční vzorce odlišnosti východoslovenského venkova. Příspěvek k problémům překladu. Romano džaniben: časopis romistických studií 19 (2), 2012, s. 9-34..
  • SCHEFFEL, D. Z. Svinia v čiernobielom: slovenskí Rómovia a ich susedia. Prešov: Centrum antropologických výskumov, 2009..
  • ŠOTOLA, J., RODRÍGUEZ POLO, M. a kol. (2016). Etnografie sociální mobility. Etnicita, bariéry, dominance. Olomouc: Vydavatelství FF UP.


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): Cultural Anthropology (2019) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Cultural Anthropology (2019) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -