TIM_BM_004 TIM_Master class

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Viktória Pardovičová (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Koláček (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Ability to understand lectures held in English language.
The lectures are held online via Zoom.
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to various areas of artistic and creative practice, design, urbanism, issues related to current philosophical thinking and their placement in the socio-political context. Emphasis is placed on connecting the academic sphere with experts from practice. At the end of the course, students will be oriented in the above areas, in relation to the field of study and their own study interest.
Learning outcomes
- orientate in contemporary social, political and artistic contexts
- think critically about phenomena associated with art, design, urbanism and technology
- apply theoretical skills to practical examples from the field
- use the acquired practical skills in application to theories of interactive media
Syllabus
  • The course is designed as a series of lectures by experts from various fields from social theory through urbanism to current thinking.
    The JS 2022 semester is divided into four thematic sections:
    (1) Podcasts and their creation
    (2) The climate crisis - what to do about it and how do we talk about it
    (3) Queer theory
    (4) The lectures in the VIDEOGRAM series (FaVU VUT).

    Due to the complexity of lectures, the course is recommended to students from the 3rd semester of study. The content of the course will be divided between lectures mediated by TIM FF MU and FaVU VUT.
Literature
  • RYCHLÍKOVÁ, Apolena, Lukáš LIKAVČAN, Josef PATOČKA, Šárka HOMFRAY, Jaroslav FIALA, Klára VLASÁKOVÁ, Eliška ČERNÁ, Růžena DUNKOVÁ, Eva LEHOTSKÁ, Václav WALACH, Petr KUPKA, Jan BITTNER, Marie HEŘMANOVÁ, Tereza VIRTOVÁ, Martin VRBA, Johana KOTIŠOVÁ, Matěj SCHNEIDER, Fatima RAHIMI, Jakub ORT, Pavel STEREC, Alžběta BAČÍKOVÁ, Tereza STEJSKALOVÁ, Petr BITTNER, Gaby KHAZALOVÁ, Lydie Franka BARTOŠOVÁ, Monika MIHALIČKOVÁ, Marie JÍLKOVÁ, Anna KÁRNÍKOVÁ, Bára BAŽANTOVÁ, Matěj METELEC, Kateřina SMEJKALOVÁ and Lukáš SENFT. Budoucnost. Vydání první. V Praze: Družstevní nakladatelství IDEA, 2020, 4 svazky. ISBN 9788090777507. info
  • ESCOBAR, Arturo. Designs for the pluriverse : radical interdependence, autonomy and the making of worlds. Durham: Duke University Press, 2018, xxi, 290. ISBN 9780822371052. info
  • TAN, Ekim. Play the city : games informing the urban development. Heijningen, the Netherlands: Jap Sam books, 2017, 392 stran. ISBN 9789490322878. info
  • LATOUR, Bruno. Stopovat a skládat světy s Brunem Latourem : výbor z textů 1988-2013. Edited by Tereza Stöckelová, Translated by Čestmír Pelikán. Vydání první. Praha: tranzit.cz, 2016, 250 stran. ISBN 9788087259375. info
  • FISHER, Mark. Kapitalistický realismus. Translated by Radovan Baroš. Praha: Rybka, 2010, 107 s. ISBN 9788087067697. info
  • JENKINS, Henry. Convergence culture : where old and new media collide. 1st published in paperback. London: New York University Press, 2008, xi, 353. ISBN 9780814742952. info
Teaching methods
Expert lectures, discussion, team project, writing an academic essay.
Assessment methods
For a successful completion: (1) Submit an academic essay with a minimum of 4 NS on a topic relevant to the course - submitted by each student separately. (2) Submit a team project - submitted on behalf of the team. Reflection on team collaboration - voluntarily handed in by each student individually. Each team will have a maximum of 4 members. The team project should reflect one of the semester's themes: climate crisis; queer studies; new media art. The team project may have the following forms: - Collaborative text - bringing together all team members*to create a single experimental text - a dialogue, a manifesto - of at least 8 NS. - Podcast - annotation of the podcast series and the an episode of the podcast ("pilot episode"). - Exhibition concept - a proposal for an exhibition with topic reflecting a current social issue, including the selection of artists, works, preferred institution (gallery, museum, other space) and curatorial text. Visualization is not necessary, but appreciated. - Design through intervention - a design process consisting of identifying and exploring a problem based on research and/or interviews with stakeholders (e.g. the problem may be: the lack of green spaces in the city, unequal representation of women in academic or public administration, etc.). In the next phase, come up with a proposal for a solution to the problem or create an artifact with critical potential (both in the form of a prototype).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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