ETBB109 Regional Types of Folk Dress

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Martin Šimša, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D. (deputy)
prof. PhDr. Alena Křížová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eva Chovancová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Alena Křížová, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
ETBA118 Dressing Culture
The successful conclusion of the course ETBA15a Dressing Culture I is required to enter the course Regional Types of Folk Dress.
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
Course objectives
The course will make the student familiar with the basic procedures in critical research into iconographic documents of folk dress, its transformations and regional differentiation.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to become well versed in basic iconographic sources, basic works on the theme, and applied methods. At the end of the course, the student will be able to identify the basic lines in the process of folk dress constitution in particular ethnographic areas of the Czech Republic, and he/she will acquire practical skills needful for the critical evaluation of iconographic sources.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: basic terms and literature.
  • 2. Historical criticism of iconographic sources.
  • 3. The way of describing the depicted garments.
  • 4. Analysis of the depicted clothing based on the comparison with other depictions of folk and historical clothing, collection items and historical documents on constructions of cuts.
  • 5. Familiarization with iconographic documents on the regional form of folk dress in ethnographic areas of the Czech Republic.
  • 6. Practical section – search for and critical analysis, description and historical classification of folk dress from a chosen iconographic source.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Šimša, Martin 2015: Certifikovaná metodika dokumentace mužských oděvních součástí kalhotového, kabátového a košilového oděvu. Osvědčení č. 112 - MK 21136/2016 OVV ze dne 29. 3. 2016. http://invenio.nusl.cz/record/203511?ln=cs. Projekt NAKI – DF11P01OVV01
  • Ludvíková, Miroslava 2000: Moravské a slezské kroje. Kvaše z roku 1814. Brno: Moravské zemské muzeum.
  • Šimša, Martin 2014: Lidový oděv na Moravě, katalog výstavy. Strážnice: Národní ústav lidové kultury.
  • Dostál, František – Jeřábková, Alena 1965: Moravský lid v díle Františka Kalivody. Uherské Hradiště: Slovácké muzeum.
  • JEŘÁBKOVÁ, Alena. Lidová oděvní kultura : příspěvky k ikonografii, typologii a metodologii (Traditional Clothing Culture. Contributions to the iconography, typology and methodology). Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 271 s. ISBN 9788021069282. URL info
  • KŘÍŽOVÁ, Alena and Martin ŠIMŠA. Lidový oděv na Moravě a ve Slezsku I. Ikonografické prameny do roku 1850. (Traditional Folk Dress in Moravia and Silesia I. Iconographic Sources until 1850.). 1st ed. Strážnice: Národní ústav lidové kultury, 2012, 255 pp. info
  • KŘÍŽOVÁ, Alena. Ikonografické prameny ke studiu tradiční kultury (Iconographic Sources for the Study of Traditional Culture). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 167 s. ISBN 9788021057661. info
  • BROUČEK, Stanislav and Richard JEŘÁBEK. Lidová kultura. Národopisná encyklopedie Čech, Moravy a Slezska. Biografická část. (Folk culture.). Praha: Mladá fronta, 2007, 284 pp. ISBN 978-80-204-1711-4. info
  • KŘÍŽOVÁ, Alena. Lidový oděv a historický kostým (poznámky k terminologii, formě a funkci oděvu). Národopisná revue. Strážnice: Ústav lidové kultury, 2001, XI, No 1, p. 5-9. ISSN 0862-8351. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, reading.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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