Syllabus
1) Introduction to Cross-Cultural Research
2) Cultural Theory I Text 1: Culture – defining the concept by Caroline Hodges Persell (1987).
3) Cross cultural research Text 2: Hofstede´s Concept of cultural dimensions
4) Hofstede´s Concept of cultural dimensions II
5) Process of scientific discovery
6) Just one method in Cross-Cultural Studies: Text 3: Introduction to Content Analysis
7) Conducting research in cross-cultural studies - Work on projects - Conducting a content analysis
8) Modernization Theory - an overview Text 4: “Implications of Modernization and Human Development” by Inglehart, Halman, Welzel
9) Conducting research in cross-cultural studies - Work on projects
10) Individual Memory – Collective Memory, History – Concepts of Remembrance by Maurice Halbwachs Text 5: HALBWACHS, Maurice: On Collective Memory, Chicago, London,
1992. The University of Chicago Press. (Translation of: Les cadres sociaux de la mémoire, Paris,
1952.)
11) Collective Memory – National Identity A Research into Concepts of National Identity in Russia, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and others
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Annotation
The seminar will cover some classic and new perspectives in intercultural studies. We will get to know different theoretical concepts of culture, discuss them and try to identify their basic ideas and conclusions.
In the practical part, we will get to know some empirical approaches to researching culture. We will familiarize ourselves with the individual steps of empirically based intercultural research. Each student will have the opportunity to conduct their own research in the field of intercultural studies.
