MUI_16 Museum documentation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D.
Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Pavel Holman
Timetable
Tue 8:20–9:55 B32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Museum documentation as term and its content; museum documentation in context with other basic functions of museums.
  • Terminology, methodology, literature.
  • Historical development of museum documentation: origin of collection's documentation in ancient world; documentation in Middle Ages; Changes in conception and contents of museum documentation in development of museums.
  • Museum documentation in 20.th century. Basic terms (information, document, museum object), comparison of terms, different conception and definitions.
  • Museum documentation in Czech Republic and abroad.
  • Museum documentation and specific problems in different scientific disciplines.
  • a) humanities and social sciences: prehistory, history, ethnography, literature, music, theatre, arts, history of science and technology.
  • b) natural sciences (systematic and ecologicalconception): geology, zoology, botany, anthropology.
  • Documentation - primary, secondary, accompaniyng.
  • Collection documentation; documentation and its characterisation; chronological documentation, cataloguing.
  • Systems and methods of collection's documentation; problems of description and clasification.
  • Work with documentation's resources and aids (documentary cards, computers and its use)
  • Documentory records.
Literature
  • K aktuálním otázkám muzejní dokumentace a prezentace vědeckotechnického vývoje. Brno
  • Gluziňski, Wojciech: U podstaw muzeologii. Warszawa 1980
  • Muzeum a dokumentace přírodního prostředí a způsobu života. Opava
  • Beneš, Josef: Základy muzeologie, Opava 1997
  • Výběr odborných prací z muzeologické literatury
  • Beneš, Josef: Muzeum a sbírky. Praha 1977
  • STRÁNSKÝ, Zbyněk. Úvod do studia muzeologie : určeno pro posluchače International Summer School of Museology - ISSOM. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 114 s. ISBN 8021007036. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Přednáška, zkouška - osvojení si přednesené tematiky, odlišování dokumentačních institucí, pojem muzejní dokumentace jako důsledek historického vývoje. Znalost základní problematiky dokumentace v jednotlivých oborech. Zvládnutí principu evidence sbírek. Využití výpočetní techniky.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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