HEN580 Contemporary Cultural Dimension of Nature and Landscape

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 6 credit(s) (from 3 credit increase by 3). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Klvač (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Dana Pantůčková
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable of Seminar Groups
HEN580/Ostrava: No timetable has been entered into IS. Z. Ulčák
HEN580/Rumunsko: No timetable has been entered into IS. P. Klvač
HEN580/Stredohori: No timetable has been entered into IS. K. Stibral
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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will obtain and practice methods of applied field research in the concrete locality.
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain various theories of the Man-Landscape relationship and to create the output of their field research project. Students should be able to understand contemporary artistic and aesthetic attitude towards nature, based for all on principles of contemporary landscaping and land-art, or contemporary visual art.
Syllabus
  • Banát (A): Introductory meeting, theory of cultural adaptation. Research on documents and dokumentaries on the topic of Banat. Field research. Working on the research report. Final reflection. Středohoří (Czech mountain range "Central Mountains") Introductory meeting, introduction in contemprorary attitude towards nature in the artistic context wit an accent on erth works, land art. Field research, reflections connectted with ontemporary art and its attitude towards nature and landscape. Individual work. Conclusion, discussions
Literature
    required literature
  • Od země přes kopec do nebe-- : o chůzi, poutnictví a posvátné krajině. Edited by Jiří Zemánek. Vyd. 1. V Litoměřicích: Severočeská galerie výtvarného umění, 2005, 183 s. ISBN 8085090619. info
    recommended literature
  • Land and environmental art. Edited by Brian Wallis - Jeffrey Kastner. New York: Phaidon Press, 2005, 304 p. ISBN 0714835145. info
  • Divočina - příroda, duše, jazyk : věnováno Gary Snydereovi a Josefu Váchalovi. Edited by Jiří Zemánek. Praha: Kant, 2003, 171 stran. ISBN 8086217825. info
  • Anthropology, development and modernities : exploring discourses, counter-tendencies and violence. Edited by Alberto Arce - Norman Long. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2000, xvi, 232. ISBN 041520500X. info
  • SEDLÁŘ, Jaroslav. Land Art. Universitas. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, vol. 1999, No 4, p. 53-59. ISSN 1211-3384. info
  • NEUMANN, Victor. Multicultural identities in a Europe of regions :the case of Banat county : delivered at Collegium Budapest, Budapest, February 22, 1996. Budapest: Collegium Budapest, 1996, 19 s. ISBN 963-8463-51-1. info
  • LIBROVÁ, Hana. Láska ke krajině? Vyd. 1. Brno: Blok, 1988, 165 s. URL info
    not specified
  • Příroda a krajina v okolí Svaté Heleny. Edited by Pavel Klvač - Antonín Buček - Jan Lacina. Vydání první. Drnovice: Občanské sdružení Drnka, 2011, 71 stran. ISBN 9788090459113. info
Teaching methods
The course is taught as an research excursion to the Banat region in Romania which is inhabited by the Czech ethnic minority or in the Czech mountain range "Central Mountains" (České Středohoří).
Assessment methods
Presentation of the final research report. The exact conditions of the point evaluation are be published in the section “Study materials”.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Exkurze proběhne v termínu 18.-21.4.2013.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 1 týden.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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