SOCb2505 Sociology of Communism

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2027
Rozsah
1/1/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Mgr. et Mgr. Gábor Oláh, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Mgr. et Mgr. Gábor Oláh, Ph.D.
Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra sociologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Předpoklady
TYP_STUDIA(B)
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 30 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/30, pouze zareg.: 0/30, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/30
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 9 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Anotace

This course focuses primarily on the sociological interpretation of communism and on everyday life under socialism. The course will be a mix of:


1. theoretical approaches and critical interpretation of communism as ideology, movement and social reality.


2. practical case studies highlighting particular topics such as work, travel, living, and games.


3. excursions to museums and one of Brno's housing estate sites.


4. fieldwork – interviews with a man/woman who has experienced socialism.

Výstupy z učení

By the end of the course students should be able to:


· Have a theoretical overview of communism and localize it in the context of a broader modernist leftist movement.


· Understand the characteristics of lived socialism through practical examples, processes and phenomena.


· Conduct a semi-structured interview.


· Cooperate with colleagues and prepare a presentation about the collected data.

Klíčová témata

  • Topics that we will discuss:


    · Communism as ideology, as movement, as social reality


    · Political and cultural geography of East-Central Europe


    · What Was Socialism? Historical Development and Economic Conceptualizations


    · Consumption: food, music, movies, identity, representations, politics and opposition


    · Memory and nostalgia


    · Entertainment under communism: sport, music, games


    · Free time, holidays and festivities – collective exercises and marches, Labor Day, etc.


    · Socialist housing

Studijní zdroje a literatura
    povinná literatura
  • HIGHMORE, Ben. Everyday life and cultural theory : an introduction. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2002, viii, 200. ISBN 0415223032. info
  • The everyday life reader. Edited by Ben Highmore. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2002, xvi, 373 s. ISBN 0-415-23025-X. info
    doporučená literatura
  • SZCZERBIAK, Aleks. Politicising the communist past : the politics of truth revelation in post-communist Poland. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, viii, 198. ISBN 9781138824737. info
  • MOLLOY, Peter. The lost world of communism : an oral history of daily life behind the iron curtain. London: BBC Books, 2016, 314 stran. ISBN 9781785940255. info
  • Food & everyday life in the postsocialist world. Edited by Elizabeth C. Dunn - Marion Nestle - Melissa L. Caldwell. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009, xiv, 231. ISBN 9780253221391. info
Přístupy, postupy a metody používané ve výuce

Presentations, class discussion


· Board games, excursions, movie analysis


· Individual and group tasks

Způsob ověření výstupů z učení a požadavky na ukončení
Particular activities of students will be evaluated as follows. To pass the course, students must fulfill the following requirements: reading and discussion papers, class participation, interview and group task. By fulfilling these requirements, students will be allowed to write the final test.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2020, jaro 2021, jaro 2022, jaro 2023, jaro 2024, jaro 2025, jaro 2026.