DISBS09 Theatricality of Public Events

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/7. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Martina Musilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Martina Musilová, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Martina Musilová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:40 G01, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
DISB008 First year complex exam || DVB007 First year complex exam
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 8 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 13/8, only registered: 1/8, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 1/8
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar is dealing with field research of public events/cultural performances in the defined locations in Czech Republic and in Brno. Students work in team. the seminar begins with an introduction to basic theoretical texts, methodology of research and also the concrete public events/cultural performances are chosen. The results of the field research are discussed during the seminar.

Profiled seminar intended for second year students.
The seminar is held in Czech.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the seminar student will be able to:
- prove knowledge of basic definitions of the theatricality of public events;
- reflect his/her own experience;
- field research of public events/cultural performances;
- factual description of researched event;
- interpretation of symbolic meanings.
Syllabus
  • Reading of the theoretical texts, learning about the methodology of the field research, choosing of location and events
  • Continous research defined festivities, collecting of tha data
  • Document processing, discusion in lessons
  • Writing of the studies on each events
Literature
    required literature
  • Souřadnice a kontexty divadla : antologie současné německé divadelní teorie. Edited by Jan Roubal. 1. vyd. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2005, xiii, 162. ISBN 8070081899. info
  • Politická kultura : antropologie, sociologie, politologie. Edited by Petr Skalník. Praha: Set out, 2004, 271 s. ISBN 8086277402. info
  • ERIKSEN, Thomas Hylland. Sociální a kulturní antropologie : příbuzenství, národnostní příslušnost, rituál. Translated by Hana Antonínová. Vydání první. Praha: Portál, 2008, 407 stran. ISBN 9788073674656. info
  • FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika. 2005. „Ach, takové staré otázky...“ a jak s nimi zachází divadelní teorie dnes. Divadelní revue 16 (2005): 2: 3‒11.
  • FISCHER-LICHTE, Erika. 2005. Divadelnost/teatralita a inscenace. In Jan Roubal (ed.). Souřadnice a kontexty divadla: antologie současné německé divadelní teorie. Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2005: 129‒134.
  • FIEBACH, Joachim. Předvádění skutečnosti jako její performativní provádění. In. Tendence v současném myšlení o divadle. JAMU, Brno 2010
  • GEHL, Jan. Život mezi budovami : užívání veřejných prostranství. Vyd. 1. Brno: Nadace Partnerství, 2000, 202 s. ISBN 8085834790. info
  • GOFFMAN, Erving. Všichni hrajeme divadlo : sebeprezentace v každodenním životě. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon, 1999, 247 s. ISBN 8090248241. info
  • MUSILOVÁ, Martina. Teatralita veřejných událostí - uvedení do problematiky. Theatralia, Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, roč. 17, č. 1, s. 9-24. ISSN 1803-845X.
    recommended literature
  • ALEXANDER, Jeffrey C., Bernhard GIESEN a Jason L. MAST (edd.). 2006. Social Performance. Symbolic Action, Cultural Pragmatics,and Ritual. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
  • KOLANKIEWICZ, Leszek. Ku antropoligii widowisk [Úvod k antropologii podívaných]. In Agata Chałupnik, Wojciech Dudzik, Mateusz Kanabrodzki a Leszek Kolankiewicz (edd.). Antropologia widowisk. Varšava: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2005: 9–31.
Teaching methods
lecture, individual reading, submitting tasks, field research, record of the events, applicationsof theoretical terms (actor, receptions, participation, role, mask etc.)
Assessment methods
3 studies on 3 public events of student's choosing. Pass-fail line is 70%.
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
http://divadlo.phil.muni.cz/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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