VIKMB06 Information, technology and glue of life

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Andrew Lass, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Marie Hradilová
Prerequisites
Passive knowledge of English is required
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of these three lectures is to assess the impact of knowledge technologies on the formation of social consciousness. From print to web, the changes in the horizons of human imagination, the ability to know and belong, are directly dependent on volatile regimes of trust in the production and dissemination of information. Upon completion, the student will be able to understand the complex interdependence between people’s identities and information identity in both the historical and new-age, digital contexts.
Syllabus
  • The direct relation between individual identity and knowledge is our working premise. Topics covered: 1. The impact of print on the transformation of traditional medieval society into the mediated communities of the Modern Age. 2. The historical dependence of the identity of information on established regimes of trust and textual veracity. 3. Digital age and dislocated learning, hybrid identity and virtual places.
Literature
  • ANDERSON, Benedict R. O'G. (Benedi. Imagined communities : reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism. Rev. and extended ed. London: Verso, 1991, xv, 224 p. ISBN 0-86091-329-5. info
  • APPADURAI, Arjun. Modernity at large :cultural dimensions of globalization. 3rd print. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997, 229 s. ISBN 0-8166-2793-2. info
  • JOHNS, Adrian. The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1998, xxi, 753. ISBN 0226401219. info
Teaching methods
Lectures are followed by class discussion.
Assessment methods
Lectures are concluded with a colloquium where each student presents and hands in a short essay on a relevant topic. Credit.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nutna pasivni znalost anglickeho jazyka
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Autumn 2017.
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