ESBA02 Everyday Aesthetics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Lee, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lenka Lee, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Basic orientation in the methodology and history of aesthetics and philosophy
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 24 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/24, only registered: 0/24, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/24
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The goal of the course will be to introduce students to the phenomenon of everyday aesthetics, basic concepts, characters, literature, themes, and history.The aesthetics of the everyday is a relatively new sub-discipline of aesthetics (as is, for example, environmental aesthetics), and the aim is to become familiar with the latest aesthetic theories as well.
Learning outcomes
Main objectives can be summarized as follows;
be able to describe in detail the phenomenon of everyday aesthetics;
to describe the basic concepts, background, personalities;
to know the basic literature;
to apply EA methods to at least two areas of interest.
Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • Beauty of Everyday Life - (Laundry)
  • The Aesthetics of Weather
  • Urban Space, City Life
  • The Intersections of Everyday Aesthetics in Urban (Subcultures) and Rural Communities Food
  • Decorum
  • Somaesthetics
  • Cottages
  • Flaneurs
  • Presentation of students in pairs on a selected topic of aesthetics of everyday life
  • Presentation of students in pairs on a selected topic of aesthetics of everyday life
  • Presentation of students in pairs on a selected topic of aesthetics of everyday life
Literature
  • Yuriko Saito: “Everyday Aesthetics”, Philosophy and Literature, 25(1): 87–95
  • Naukkarinen, Ossi. 2013, “What is ‘Everyday’ in Everyday Aesthetics?” Contemporary Aesthetics, 11.
  • Naukkarinen, Ossi and Yuriko Saito (eds.), 2012, Artification, Special Volume 4 of Contemporary Aesthetics.
  • Yuriko Saito: 2007a, Everyday Aesthetics, Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • Everyday aestheticsprosaics, the play of culture and social identities. Edited by Katya Mandoki. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007, xvii, 327. ISBN 9780754658894. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussions, online presentations by professionals, reading, student presentations
Assessment methods
Presentation of students in pairs on a selected topic of aesthetics of everyday life
Náhradní absolvování
The course cannot be taken at a distance, only in person.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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