MUB_B006 Encyclopaedia of Brno I.

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Irena Loskotová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Irena Loskotová, Ph.D.
Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Dominika Matějková
Supplier department: Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
In order to successfully pass the course, a high level of grammatical and stylistic knowledge of the Czech language, a good orientation in the history of Brno and in working with archival sources and literature are required.
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
there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The course motivates to individual science work through the methodology of elaborating a group of related encyclopaedic entries. It helps to gain experience in working with sources and professional literature and to understand the interpretation context inside the created data files.
Learning outcomes
Student competences after completion of the course:
- ability to elaborate by oneself a related group of encyclopaedic entries
- ability to establish relevant links between encyclopaedic entries at a contentual, chronological and topographic level
- ability to lead a thematically specialised micro work team within the author collective of the encyclopaedia
Syllabus
  • 1. Selection of the topic for individual elaboration of a group of related entries
  • 2. Exploitation of source files – archival sources, professional literature, alternative sources
  • 3. Elaboration of a group of related entries in the application Internet Encyclopaedia of Brno History
  • 4. Elaboration of pictorial documentation to individual entries
  • 5. Topographic anchoring of entries in the application Internet Encyclopaedia of Brno History
  • 6. Contextual definition of the elaborated group of encyclopaedic entries within the content and chronological frame of the encyclopaedia
Literature
    required literature
  • LOSKOTOVÁ, Irena. Dějiny města jako hypertext: Internetová encyklopedie dějin Brna (The history of the city as hypertext: The Internet Encyclopedia of the History of Brno). In Červená, Radana; Dvořák, Tomáš; Vyskočil, Aleš. Jak psát dějiny velkých měst? Vydání první. Brno: Archiv města Brna, 2016, p. 111-119. ISBN 978-80-86736-53-2. URL info
  • LEČBYCHOVÁ, Olga and Irena LOSKOTOVÁ. Internet Encyclopaedia of Brno History, the City on Display. In Wofgang Börner, Susane Uhlirz. 15th International Conference on “Cultural Heritage and New Technologies“ Vienna, 2010. 1. vyd. Wien: Museen der Stadt Wien - Stadtarchäologie, 2011, p. 575-581. ISBN 978-3-200-02448-9. URL info
    recommended literature
  • FASORA, Lukáš and Václav ŠTĚPÁNEK. Dějiny Brna. 6, Předměstské obce (History of Brno. 6, Suburbs). Vydání první. Brno: Statutární město Brno, 2017, 1245 pp. ISBN 978-80-86736-54-9. info
  • KROUPA, Jiří. Dějiny Brna 7: Uměleckohistorické památky. Historické jádro. (History of Brno 7: Art Historical Monuments. Historical centre.). První. Brno: Statutární město Brno, Archiv města Brna, 2015, 889 pp. Dějiny Brna 7. ISBN 978-80-86736-46-4. info
  • ŠMÍDOVÁ MALÁROVÁ, Lenka. JAN, Libor: Dějiny Brna 2. Středověké město. Brno: Statutární město Brno - Archiv města Brna, 2013. 1071 s., 86 s. barev. obr. příl. (rec.). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 1 pp. Sborník prací Pedagogické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, řada společenských věd, roč. 29, č. 1. ISSN 1211-6068. info
  • LOSKOTOVÁ, Irena and Olga LEČBYCHOVÁ. Internetová encyklopedie dějin Brna (Internet Encyclopaedia of Brno History). Archaeologia historica. Brno: MU, 2011, roč. 36, č. 2, p. 634-638. ISSN 0231-5823. info
  • Česká multimediální encyklopedie. Voznice: LEDA, 1996, 45000 hese. info
  • Kdo byl kdo : v našich dějinách ve 20. století : multimediální encyklopedie na CD-ROM [CD-ROM]. Praha: Libri, 1996, 1 CD-ROM. info
  • Dějiny města Brna. Edited by Jaroslav Dřímal - Václav Peša. Vyd. 1. Brno: Blok, 1973, 378 s. URL info
  • Dějiny města Brna. Edited by Jaroslav Dřímal - Václav Peša. Vyd. 1. Brno: Blok, 1969, 290 s. URL info
Teaching methods
practise
Assessment methods
micro-team project in the encyclopedia web application
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://www.encyklopedie.brna.cz
The projects are processed in the Internet encyclopedia of Brno history application. An accompanying course in the ELF is offered for the course.
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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