ETBB19 Visual Anthropology

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gero Fischer (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Válka, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Timetable
each even Wednesday 12:30–14:05 J31
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
Having completed the lectures students are to be able to apply photography as method of visual anthropology in a particular, independently selected (mini)project/topic.
Syllabus
  • The lecture will make the students acquainted with the theory and practice of visualisation in the field of anthropology, with the relation between the pictorial and the text planes, and above all with the analysis of the character of the photographic documentation and its interpretation.
Literature
  • PETRÁŇ, Tomáš. Ecce homo : (esej o vizuální antropologii). Vyd. 1. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2011, 305 s. ISBN 9788073953416. info
  • Vizuální antropologie : kultura žitá a viděná. Translated by David Čeněk - Tereza Porybná. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2010, 332 s. ISBN 9788087378472. info
  • Česká fotografie 20. století : průvodce. Edited by Vladimír Birgus - Jan Mlčoch. Praha: KANT, 2005, 163 s. ISBN 8086217892. info
Teaching methods
semester paper, project
Assessment methods
Exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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