Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Regional Studies (Ethnography): South Europe
Course Code
KSK_030
Branch of Science
Social Anthropology; Sociology and social work
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Sociology
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Klāvs Sedlenieks
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
The aim of this course is three-fold:
1. To critically engage with the notion of cultural areas.
2. To familiarise the students with the Anthropology of Southern Europe, the Anthropology of the Mediterranean and their frictions. Via the use of different media and disciplinary approaches (i.e., film, literary fiction, music, etc.), the course will deal with the main anthropological topics that have contributed to define Mediterranean region.
3. To grasp the current social dynamics of the Mediterranean.
Preliminary Knowledge
Introduction to Anthropology or Anthropological Theory.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.-
Skills
1.-
Competences
1.-
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual work |
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Examination
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Examination |
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Attendance 10%
Class Participation 20%
Oral Presentation 30%
Final Paper 40%
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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EU migration policy and the Mediterranean
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Honour and shame
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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The re-emergence of cultural units within social anthropology
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EU migration policy and the Mediterranean
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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The anthropology of Southern Europe vs the anthropology of the Mediterranean
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Auditorium
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The anthropology of Southern Europe vs the anthropology of the Mediterranean
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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The religious frontier
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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The city and the country
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Patronage and clientelism
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The re-emergence of cultural units within social anthropology
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The religious frontier
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
48 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Collin Matthew (2004) This is Serbia Calling. Rock’n’roll radio and Belgrade’s underground resistance. London: Serpent’s Tail.
2.
Hann, C.M. (1995). The skeleton at the feast. Contributions to East European anthropology. Canterbury: Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, University of Kent.
3.
Duijzings, Ger. (2000). Religion and the politics of identity in Kosovo. London: Hurst
4.
Kideckel, David A. (ed.) - (1995). East European communities. The struggle for balance in turbulent times. Boulder: Westview Press
5.
Milich, Zorka (1995) A Stranger’s Supper. An Oral History of Centinenarian Women in Montenegro. New York: Twayne Publishers.
6.
Halpern, Joel Martin & David A. Kideckel (eds.). (2000) Neighbors at war: Anthropological perspectives on Yugoslav culture and history. University ark: Pennsylvania State University Press
7.
Boehm, Cristopher (1984), Blood Revenge. The Enactment and Management of Conflict in Montenegro and Other Tribal Societies. University of Pannsylvania Press
8.
Bringa, Tone. (1995) Being Muslim the Bosnian Way. Identity and Community in a Central Bosnian Village.Princeton University Press, Princeton.
9.
Helpern, Joel M. and Kideckel, David A. (2000) Neighbors at War. Anthropological Perspectives on Yugoslav Ethnicity, Culture and Hisotory. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press.
10.
Herzfeld, Michael (1985) The poetics of manhood: contest and identity in a Cretan mountain village. Princeton: Princeton UP.
11.
Hammel, Eugene, A. (1968) Alternative Social Structures and Ritual Relations. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
12.
Judah, Tim. (2000) The Serbs. History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia. Yale: Nota Bene.
13.
Stalh, Paul H (ed) (1998) Name and Social Structure. Examples from Southeast Europe. New York: Columbia University Press