ZDK_14 Sound studies II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 18. 2. 16:00–17:40 N21, Fri 18. 3. 16:00–17:40 N21, Fri 1. 4. 16:00–17:40 N21, Fri 29. 4. 16:00–17:40 N21, Fri 13. 5. 16:00–17:40 N21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ZDK_09 Sound studies I
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
Course objectives
Sound studies is a modern interdisciplinary project with aim to grasp and explain the function of sound in human communication and culture in general. Sound studies therefore utilizes and combines the knowledge, attitudes and methods of various disciplines, as cultural anthropology, psychology, semiotics, acoustics, musicology, and last but not least also philosophy and aesthetics.
Learning outcomes
Graduate of the one-semestral course “Sound studies II.” will achieve knowledge and skills enable him/her to grasp sound as an acoustic and cultural phenomenon and use it as a cognitive tool and means of art expression.
Syllabus
  • 1. Aesthetics of sound and audio-visual representation;
  • 2. Music and media (guest: Volker Straebel);
  • 3. Acoustic space and acoustic territory (guest: Brandon LaBelle);
  • 4. Sound and architecture;
  • 5. Aural memory, aural history and sound archive (guest: Arnold Dreyblatt);
  • 6. Soundscapes and sound ecology;
  • 7. Sound environments and sound walks (guest: Christina Kubisch);
  • 8. Experimental sound practices (guest: Hans W. Koch);
  • 9. Composition from found sounds (guest: Hans Peter Kuhn)
  • 10. How to curate sound-art (guest: Salomé Voegelin)
Literature
    required literature
  • CSERES, Jozef (ed.). Antologie textů k zvukovým studiím. ÚHV FF MU, Brno, 2019.
  • SCHAFER, R. Murray. The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and Tuning of the World. Destiny Books, Rochester, Vermont, 1994.
  • CSERES, Jozef. Hudobné simulakrá. Hudobné centrum, Bratislava, 2001.
    recommended literature
  • THOMPSON, Marie. Beyond Unwanted Sound. Bloomsbury, New York/Londýn/Oxford/New Delhi/Sydney, 2017.
  • ROGINSKA, Agnieszka – GELUSO, Paul (eds.). Immersive Sound. The Art and Science of Binaural and Multi-Channel Audio. Routledge, New York/Londýn, 2018.
  • CSERES, Jozef – MURIN, Michal (eds.). Od analógového k digitálnemu. Nové pohľady na nové umenia v audiovizuálnom veku. FVU AU, Banská Bystrica, 2010.
  • CAGE, John. Silence. Tranzit, Praha, 2010.
  • LABELLE, Brandon – MARTINHO, Cláudia (eds.). Site of Sound #2: Of Architecture and the Ear. Errant Bodies Press, Berlín, 2011.
  • RATAJ, Michal (ed.). Zvukem do hlavy. AMU, Praha, 2012.
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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