SP0966 Art as a tool for communication in the inclusive culture

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Sochor, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. JUDr. Dagmar Sochorová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Věra Vojtová, Ph.D.
Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Sochor, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites (in Czech)
not entered
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to teach students to use the intervention potential of art (1) as one of the possible ways of the communication. That is realy beneficial for people with disabilities in an inclusive culture. (2) The acquired knowledge leads students to the fact that art allows verbal and non-verbal expression through specific forms. It is possible to support the self-expression and the self-reflection on the basis of cognitive processing of the experience.
Learning outcomes
The course will offer the students the current issues of the art mediation for the people with disabilities and the art mediation of authors with disabilities in the contemporary culture. This presupposes self-reflection and its sharing with others on the basis of the information about art brut, outsider art and disability art. One of the paths to this important goal is through our own creative activities or through animation programs in the cultural institutions.
Syllabus
  • Students will be provided with an introductory theoretical insight into the issue of art forms through a lecture and their own study of professional texts. Student gets acquainted with the work of the most important artists with disabilities in our country and abroad (eg Gugging, ITEart, Inuti, Karrisilta, ABC collection). Student will gain knowledge of various forms of mediation of art and cultural experiences through group work. Student will get the information about the importance of multimedia author's artistic work of people with disabilities and its importance for their personal development.
Literature
    required literature
  • SOCHOR, Pavel. Disability and Art Creation. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 133 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7579-5. info
    recommended literature
  • https://www.museumgugging.at/en/gugging-art/art-brut
    not specified
  • https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanOutsiderArtAssociationEOA/?fref=nf
  • http://openartstudio.cz/en/
Teaching methods
Workshops of international groups of students in cultural institutions and associations on the topic of exhibition art projects (eg theater - Aldente, fine arts - Brno House of Arts, etc.). Group work on an animation program for the people with disabilities. Professional critical discussion on a given topic.
Assessment methods
- 80% attendance at classes, - elaboration of an animation project in a cultural institution, - elaboration of a written reflection on the topic of group mediation of expressive experience for people with disabilities in the cultural environment, - partial tasks from the discussed topics,
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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