Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Regional Studies (Ethnography) II
Course Code
SZF_108
Branch of Science
Sociology and social work
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Political Science; Social Anthropology
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Ieva Puzo
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Dzirciema iela 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
The aim of the course is to provide a framework for an in-depth understanding of the region's history, social and cultural features, and relations with other regions.
Preliminary Knowledge
Basic knowledge in sociology.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Knowledge of the geography of the region, the main lines of research and some of the analytical frameworks used to understand the social and cultural life of the region's societies.
Skills
1.Will be able to critically evaluate, from an anthropological point of view, the narratives in different media (such as cinema, fiction, music, life history) and various disciplinary approaches (such as ethnography, geography, etc.) devoted to the representation of the region and study of its societies.
Competences
1.Competences to independently acquire new knowledge about the region. The ability to apply critical thinking in evaluating ethnographic sources and theoretical arguments. Ability to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to ethnographic research
Assessment
Individual work
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Study the literature on the topics covered in each lesson; prepare one presentation on a specific topic (given by the lecturer). In order to evaluate the overall quality of the course, the student must fill in the course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
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Examination
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An essay that critically examines the representation of a region (or its society) in a particular medium (fiction, theatre, fiction films, etc.) with reference to ethnographic research.
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33% of the marks will be for the seminar discussion, 33% for the presentation and 34% for the exam essay.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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The re-emergence of cultural units within social anthropology
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The anthropology of Southern Europe vs the anthropology of the Mediterranean
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The anthropology of Southern Europe vs the anthropology of the Mediterranean
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The religious frontier
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The religious frontier
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Honour and shame
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Patronage and clientelism
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The city and the country
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EU migration policy and the Mediterranean
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
48 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Visa literatūra ir angļu valodā un piemērota gan latviešu, gan angļu plūsmas studentiem
2.
GUYER JI 2004 «Anthropology in area studies», Annual Review of Anthropology 33, 499-523
3.
MINTZ S 1998 «The localization of anthropological practice. From area studies to transnationalism», Critique of Anthropology 18.2, 117-33
4.
KALB D 2022 «Double devaluations: Class, value and the rise of the right in the Global North», Journal of Agrarian Change 23.1, 204-19
5.
SAVIONAKAITĖ V 2019 «The regional studies movement in Soviet Lithuania», Journal of Ethnologists and Folklorists 13.2, 71-89
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HERZFELD M 1984 «The horns of the Mediterraneanist dilemma», American Ethnologist 11.3, 439-54
7.
ZANINI G 2019 «Jesus is in favor: Catholicism and assisted reproduction in Italy», Medical Anthropology 38.4, 356-69
8.
MILES WFS 2022 «When men become orthodox in Israel. Druze-style», Anthropology of the Middle East 17.2, 140-58
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LUNDSTEEN M 2020 «Conflicts in and around space: reflections on ‘mosque conflicts’», Journal of Muslims in Europe 9.1, 43-63
10.
SHORE C 2021 «Audit culture and corporate corruption. Why Mediterranean patron-client relations are relevant for understanding the work of international accountancy firms», Focaal – Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology 90, 91-105
11.
DUKHAN H 2022 «From shame to pride. The politics of Shawi identity in contemporary Syria», Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication 15, 377-84
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LELAJ O and N BARDOSHI 2023 «The Albanian village and modernity», Antropologji 4.1, 14-31
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BOUSSETTA M 2018 «Reducing barriers how the Jews of Djerba are using tourism to assert their place in the modern nation state of Tunisia», The Journal of North African Studies 23.1-2, 311-31
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ALEDO A 2019 «Residential tourism and its expansion in the Mediterranean», E CAÑADA (ed) Tourism in the Geopolitics of the Mediterranean. Barcelona: Alba Sud Editorial, 28-33
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MIKUŠ M 2022 «‘New’ but ‘squeezed’: middle class and mortgaged homeownership in Croatia», Critique of Anthropology 42.4, 439-56
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MUSARAJ S 2023 «Housing as asset and payment: construction, speculation, and financialization at the European periphery», American Anthropologist DOI: 10.1111/aman.13913, 1-15
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ASH K and OBRADOVICH N 2020 «Climatic stress, internal migration, and Syrian civil war onset», Journal of Conflict Resolution 64.1, 3-31
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FRANQUESA J 2022 «Wind struggles: grabbing value and cultivating dignity in Southern Catalonia», Capitalism Nature Socialism 33.4, 18-36
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NAJJAR D and B BARUAH 2023 «“Even the goats feel the heat:” gender, livestock rearing, rangeland cultivation, and climate change adaptation in Tunisia», Climate and Development DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2023.2253773, 1-14
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MCKEE E 2023 «The power of water in Palestinian-Israeli relations», A SINIVER (ed) Routledge Companion to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. London: Routledge, 248-61
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PERKOWSKI N ET AL 2023 «The evolution of European border governance through crisis: Frontex and the interplay of proacted and acute crisis narratives», Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 4.1, 110-29
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CARNEY MA 2021 «Migrant solidarity work». In Island of Hope. Migration and Solidarity in the Mediterranean. Berkeley (CA): University of California Press, 102-24
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YRIGOY I ET AL 2022 «Why do middle-class positions maĴer? The alignment of short-term rental suppliers to the interests of capital», Antipode. A Radical Journal of Geography 54.3, 959-78
Additional Reading
1.
ALBERA D 2006 «Anthropology of the Mediterranean: between crisis and renewal», History and Anthropology 17.2, 109-33
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MITCHELL JP 2006 «Church and State in Malta», H BEHR and M HILDEBRANDT (eds) Politik und Religion in der Europäischen Union. Zwischen Nationalen Traditionen und Europäisierung. London: Weidenfled and Nicolson, 289-301
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HERZFELD M 1990 «Icons and identity: religious orthodoxy and social practice in rural Crete», Anthropological Quarterly 63.3, 109-21
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PITT-RIVERS J 1965 «Honour and social status», JG PERISTIANY (ed) Honour and Shame. The Values of Mediterranean Society. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 19-78
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BERGER P 1970 «On the obsolescence of the concept of honor», European Journal of Sociology 11.2, 339-47
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MARCUS MA 1987 «“Horsemen are the Fence of the Land”: Honor and History among the Ghiyata of Eastern Morocco», DD GILMORE (ed) Honor and Shame and the Unity of the Mediterranean. Washington DC: American Anthropological Association, 89-95
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BLOK A 1981 «Rams and billy-goats: a key to the Mediterranean code of honour», Man 16.3, 427-40
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STEWART C 1994 «Honour and sanctity: two levels of ideology and Greece», Social Anthropology 2.3, 205-28
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WISSLER C 1927 «The culture-area concept in social anthropology», American Journal of Sociology 32.6, 661-91
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LLOBERA JR 1986 «Fieldwork in Southwestern Europe. Anthropological panacea or epistemological straightjacket?», Critique of Anthropology 5.2, 25-33
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BOISSEVAIN J ET AL 1979 «Towards a social anthropology of the Mediterranean [and comments and reply]», Current Anthropology 20.1, 81-93
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FRANZINETTI G 2012 «Southern Europe», D MISHKOVA and B TRENCSÉNYI (eds) European Regions and Boundaries. New York (NY): Berghahn Books, 100-21