KLB_201 Humanities with Natural and Hard Sciences

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Dr. Letizia Ceccarelli (seminar tutor)
Luis Ricardo Neves Fernandes, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
The course addresses all students of classical archaeology, archaeology, and humanities in general. It is also eligible for students of hard and natural sciences. The only prerequisite is the ability to understand English speaking lectures, at least on a moderate level.
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
there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide a complex picture of how the humanities, natural, and hard sciences are cooperating, how profitable it is for all participants, but mainly, in general, how crucial it is for creating of new knowledge about human society and nature as a unity.
Learning outcomes
The student has an overview of humanities, natural, and technical sciences, about the possibilities of cooperation. They can define and address partners for solving of particular problems.
Syllabus
  • The course is lectured in English by the field experts and presented in thematic blocks: 1. What are humanities asking for? 2. Natural sciences and humanities - biological sciences and geology 3. Technical sciences and humanities - IT, and geography 4. Hard science and humanities - Mathematics, Physics
Literature
    required literature
  • Thinking through material culturean interdisciplinary perspective. Edited by Carl Knappett. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005, ix, 202 p. ISBN 9780812202496. info
    recommended literature
  • Network analysis in archaeology : new approaches to regional interaction. Edited by Carl Knappett. 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, xx, 350. ISBN 9780199697090. info
  • KNAPPETT, Carl. An archaeology of interaction : network perspectives on material culture and society. 1st pub. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, x, 251. ISBN 9780199215454. info
Teaching methods
- lecture - workshop - discussion - audio, video - excursion
Assessment methods
Essay or project
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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