CMA13 Staging a protest - repertoire of contention in Central Europe

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023

The course is not taught in Autumn 2023

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lukáš Kubina, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MgA. David Drozd, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is devoted to theatrical aspects of cultural performances such as street protests and demonstrations in the states of Central Europe. Attention will be focused especially on the specifics of anti-communist demonstrations in Central Europe and also on the current practice of protest culture. Students will be introduced to methodological and theoretical approaches in research of theatricality and performativity of public events, based on an interdisciplinary approach – especially in the field of sociocultural anthropology, sociology and performance studies.
Learning outcomes
Graduates will be able to:
-analyse the symbolic meanings of contemporary and historic demonstrations in different cultural contexts
-describe various forms of protest and resistance.
-apply the theatrology-based analysis of public events and define how social movements change.
Syllabus
  • The course will be divided into three parts:
  • 1. Theoretical and methodological introduction to the topic
  • 2. Examples of cultural performances
  • 3. Field research
Literature
  • Myth, meaning, and performance : toward a new cultural sociology of the arts. Edited by Ron Eyerman - Lisa McCormick. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016, v, 166. ISBN 9781594512148. info
  • FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika. The Routledge introduction to theatre and performance studies. Edited by Ramona Mosse, Translated by Minou Arjomand. First published in English. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014, xi, 201. ISBN 9780415504195. info
  • FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika. The transformative power of performance : a new aesthetics. Translated by Saskya Jain. New York: Routledge, 2008, 232 s. ISBN 9780415458566. info
  • TILLY, Charles. Regimes and repertoires. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006, ix, 256. ISBN 0226803503. info
  • Social performance : symbolic action, cultural pragmatics, and ritual. Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander - Bernhard Giesen - Jason L. Mast. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006, xv, 374. ISBN 9780521857956. info
  • TILLY, Charles. The politics of collective violence. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003, xii, 276. ISBN 0521531454. info
  • EYERMAN, Ron and Andrew JAMISON. Music and social movements : mobilizing traditions in the twentieth century. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998, xi, 191. ISBN 0521629667. URL info
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar, field research
Assessment methods
33% Analysis of cultural performances, 33% public event design, 33% colloquium
Language of instruction
English
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