SUS_70 Sociology of Art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
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 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/200, only registered: 0/200, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/200
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Learning outcomes of this course are to introduce Sociology of Art as part of Sociology in its historical development and to acquaint students with the basic topics of Sociology of Art, key authors who dealt with them and to present major outcomes of the sociological studies of art and culture.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to: - explain the basic notions and theoretical concepts of the sociology of arts; - identify the elementary methodological positions of the important representatives of the sociology of arts; - locate the main theoretical concepts in the development of the social sciences and art studies; - apply the theoretical concepts in the analysis of the particular cases in the history of arts and contemporary art culture.
Syllabus
  • Art as a social phenomenon and social function of art Sociology of art as a genre of the art studies: main concepts Sociology: paradigms and theories Social role of the artist Art reception History of culture industry Structures and operational modes of the contemporary culture industry Critique of the mass culture Elements of the empirical research in the sociology of arts Contemporary Czech art and culture in the light of empirical research
Teaching methods
Lectures, readings, and homeworks.
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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