ZD_14 Sound studies II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ZD_09 Sound studies I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Sound studies is a modern interdisciplinary project with aim to grasp and explain the function of sound in human communication and culture in general. Sound studies therefore utilizes and combines the knowledge, attitudes and methods of various disciplines, as cultural anthropology, psychology, semiotics, acoustics, musicology, and last but not least also philosophy and aesthetics. Graduate of the 1-semestral course “Sound studies II” will achieve knowledge and skills enable him/her to grasp sound as an acoustic and cultural phenomenon and use it as a cognitive tool and means of art expression.
Learning outcomes
Graduate of the one-semestral course “Sound studies II.” will achieve knowledge and skills enable him/her to grasp sound as an acoustic and cultural phenomenon and use it as a cognitive tool and means of art expression.
Syllabus
  • Synopsis:
  • 1. Aesthetics of sound and audio-visual representation;
  • 2. Acoustic space and acoustic territory;
  • 3. Sound and architecture;
  • 4. Aural memory, aural history and sound archive;
  • 5. Soundscapes and sound ecology;
  • 6. Sound environments and sound walks;
  • 7. Experimental sound practices;
  • 8. Composition from found sounds;
  • 9. How to curate sound-art;
Literature
    required literature
  • CSERES, Jozef (ed.). Antologie textů k zvukovým studiím. ÚHV FF MU, Brno, 2019.
  • CSERES, Jozef. Hudobné simulakrá. Hudobné centrum, Bratislava, 2001.
  • SCHAFER, R. Murray. The Soundscape: Our Sonic Environment and Tuning of the World. Destiny Books, Rochester, Vermont, 1994.
    recommended literature
  • CSERES, Jozef – MURIN, Michal (eds.). Od analógového k digitálnemu. Nové pohľady na nové umenia v audiovizuálnom veku. FVU AU, Banská Bystrica, 2010.
  • LABELLE, Brandon – MARTINHO, Cláudia (eds.). Site of Sound #2: Of Architecture and the Ear. Errant Bodies Press, Berlín, 2011.
  • THOMPSON, Marie. Beyond Unwanted Sound. Bloomsbury, New York/Londýn/Oxford/New Delhi/Sydney, 2017.
  • CAGE, John. Silence. Tranzit, Praha, 2010.
  • RATAJ, Michal (ed.). Zvukem do hlavy. AMU, Praha, 2012.
  • ROGINSKA, Agnieszka – GELUSO, Paul (eds.). Immersive Sound. The Art and Science of Binaural and Multi-Channel Audio. Routledge, New York/Londýn, 2018.
Teaching methods
Lectures, discussions.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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