Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Regional studies (ethnography) III
Course Code
SZF_109
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
To introduce students to the culture and history of the Caucasus region, paying attention to the common and distinct features in the numerous ethnic groups and communities of the region; as well as to introduce students to the most important directions in the anthropological study of the region.
Preliminary Knowledge
General social science/humanities education at the Bachelor's level.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Knowledge about the most important aspects of the socio-anthropological study of the Caucasus region; knowledge about significant historical, social and political process in the Caucasus.
Skills
1.As a result of learning the study course, students acquire the ability to use anthropological theories for conducting regional research, and the ability to argue their point of view in essays and seminars.
Competences
1.Ability to assess the studied material critically, apply the knowledge gained in the class to the interpretation and analysis of other materials, apply to the knowledge gained in the class in own research.
Assessment
Individual work
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Reading the mandatory literature, preparing written assignments and oral presentations. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
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Examination
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Seminar participation (50%), final essay (50%).
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Introduction
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What is the Caucasus?
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Traditions and today
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Past values
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The gap between the urban and the rural
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The countries and citizenship
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The countries and citizenship
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Ethnic conflicts
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Work and the economy
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Work and the economy
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Trade and markets
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Informality
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Society, kinship, and family
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Religion
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Migration
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
6.00
Contact hours:
48 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
NB: This course description and its bibliography are given as a good example for the implementation of the course. The region covered by the course may change from year to year, depending on the availability of lecturers. / NB! Šis kursa apraksts un tā bibliogrāfija ir doti kā labs piemērs kursa īstenojumam. Kursā aplūkotais reģions var mainīties no gada uz gadu, atkarībā no docētāju pieejamības. Visa literatūra ir angļu valodā un piemērota gan latviešu, gan angļu plūsmas studentiem
2.
Mühlfried, F. 2014. Being a State and States of Being. New York & Oxford. Berghahn: 51-63.
3.
Abrahamian, Levon. 2007. Troubles and Hopes – Armenian Family, Home and Nation. In: Darieva, Tsypylma & Kaschuba, Wolfgang (Hrsg.). 2007. Representations on the Margins of Europe: Politics and Identities in the Baltic and South Caucasus States. Frankfurt a. M. & New York: Campus Verlag: 267-281.
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Stefes, Christoph H. 2008. ‘Governance, the State, and Systemic Corruption: Armenia and Georgia in Comparison’. Caucasian Review of International Affaires 2, 2: 73-83.
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Slade, G. 2012. No Country for Made Men: The Decline of the Mafia in Post‐Soviet Georgia. Law & Society Review, 46(3), 623-649
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Di Puppo, L. 2004. Corruption as an Instrument of State Control in Georgia. Berliner Osteuropa-Info, 21, 47-54
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Grant, B. 2014. The Edifice Complex: Architecture and Political Life of Surplus in the New Baku. Public Culture, 26, 3: 501-528.
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Fehlings, Susanne. 2016. The Ignoble Savage in Urban Yerevan. Central Asian Survey 35/2: 196-217.
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Rekhviashvili, L. 2015. Marketization and the Public-Private Divide: Contestations between the State and Petty Traders over the Access to Public Space in Tbilisi. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 35(7/8), 478-496
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Yalcin-Heckmann, Lale. 2014. Informal Economy Writ Large and Small: From Azerbaijani Herb Traders to Moscow Shop Owners. In: Morris, Jeremy & Polese, Abel.The Informal Post-Socialist Economy: Embedded Practices and Livelihoods. London & New York: Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group: 165-186.
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Fehlings, Susanne. 2020. Doing Business in Yabaolu Market, Beijing: (Inter-)ethnic Entrepreneurship, Trust and Friendship between Caucasian and Chinese Traders. Central Asian Survey, 39 (1): 95-115.
12.
Bram, C. 2017. Moscow Azerbaijani-Juhuro “Oligarchs” and the Eurasian Trade Networks. Caucasus Analytical Digest, 96, 5-8.
13.
Gurchiani, Ketevan. 2017. How Soviet is the Religious Revival in Georgia: Tactics in Everyday Religiosity. Europe-Asia Studies, 69 (3): 508-531.
Additional Reading
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Mühlfried, Florian. 2007. Celebrating Identities in Post-Soviet Georgia. In: Darieva, Tsypylma & Kaschuba, Wolfgang (Hrsg.). 2007. Representations on the Margins of Europe: Politics and Identities in the Baltic and South Caucasus States. Frankfurt a. M. & New York: Campus Verlag: 282
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Sayfutdinova, Leyla. 2013. Becoming and remaining an engineer in post-Soviet Baku: the importance of informal practices. Conference Paper
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Voell, S. 2015. Moral Breakdown among the Georgian Svans: A Car Accident Mediated between Traditional and State Law. In S. Voell & I. Kaliszewska (Eds.), State and Legal Practice in the Caucasus: Anthropological Perspectives on Law and Politics. Farnham: Ashgate
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Taalaibekova, Gulniza.2018. The Changing Perception of Trade as “Real” Work: The Unmaking of Soviet Workers at the Vernissage in Armenia. Working Paper No. 8. Melkumyan, Hamlet. 2018. Informality, Politics and Mutual Support in Armenian Flee Markets. Working Paper No. 5
5.
Broers, Laurence. 2019. Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry (Introduction). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
6.
Grant, B. 2010. Cosmopolitan Baku. Ethnos 75, 2: 123-147.
Other Information Sources
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International Crisis Group