FF:ESDS01 Seminar in Theory of Culture - Course Information

ESDS01 Seminar in Theory of Culture

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, 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

The course presupposes the ability to creatively self-reflect on a project, gradually enrich it and elaborate from a new perspective. It builds on previous results, language skills, and expert knowledge and develops academic communication in terms of methods and aims.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Aesthetics and Culture Studies (programme FF, D-EST_)
• Aesthetics (programme FF, D-OT4) (2)

Course objectives

A doctoral student acquires a kind of knowledge in the realm of the subject;
- ponderates upon its utility for his dissertation project;
- learns to find and solve the problems about facts and methods;
- suggests alternatives solutions and thinks about the employment of AI for its support;
-exercises in the usage of the foreign language in study and academic communication;
develops forms on international collaboration in the field

Learning outcomes

- to analyze and to define the diverse cultural phenomena;
- to describe utilizing multi-factorial analysis the process of artistic creation and reception in the given period;
- to take into consideration both diachronic and synchronic approaches;
- to design a case for the AI usage;
- to review a recent publication or article;
- to describe a problem emerging with intercultural transfer, translation loss, changing functions and conventions;
- to develop the dissertation project

Syllabus

• Concepts, definitions, and problems of culture in past and present. (Various topics.)

Literature

• An intelligent person's guide to modern culture (Orig.) : Průvodce inteligentního člověka po moderní kultuře. info
• PREISNER, Rio. Kultura bez konce (Přít.) : O povaze naší kultury. info
• SCRUTON, Roger. Průvodce inteligentního člověka po moderní kultuře. Translated by Klára Cabalková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2002, 210 s. ISBN 80-200-1013-0. info
• ARENDT, Hannah. Krize kultury : (čtyři cvičení v politickém myšlení). Translated by Martin Palouš. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1994, 157 s. ISBN 8020404244. info
• GUARDINI, Romano. Konec novověku : pokus o orientaci. Translated by Otakar Veselý. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1992, 95 s. ISBN 8070210559. info
• MALINOWSKI, Bronisław. A scientific theory of culture and other essays. North Carolina: Chapel hill, 1944, 228 s. info

Teaching methods

Individual consults with supervisor in doctoral study. All materials for the consults must be delivered in advance. Presentation of study results in the study circle or doctoral conference. Preparatory work on publication output.

Assessment methods

Colloquium with the supervisor in the presence of (2) other members of the scientific board. Presentation and discussion.

Náhradní absolvování

None.

Language of instruction

Czech

Study support

https://is.muni.cz/auth/do/phil/Pracoviste/seminar_estetiky/studijni_materialy/

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Jen pro doktorandské studium !

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