ETBA137 Material culture of the traditional countryside I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Roman Doušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Daniel Drápala, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Eva Chovancová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Roman Doušek, Ph.D.
Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Martina Maradová
Supplier department: Department of European Ethnology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 J31, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
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
The course introduces students to a selected range of material manifestations of the traditional culture of the Central European countryside through the study of village settlements, folk architecture and traditional agriculture.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to orientate himself in the basic terminology and typology of folk architecture and traditional agriculture. The student will be able to identify the typology and genesis of settlement forms, the traditional house and agrarian forms of subsistence in the Czech lands.
Syllabus
  • Folk architecture - historical house, development, settlement, types of settlements Folk architecture - ethnographic differentiation Furniture and household equipment Technical and operational buildings Agriculture - field farming Agriculture - cattle breeding
Literature
    required literature
  • VÁLKA, Miroslav. Homo faber. Tradiční zemědělství a lidová výroba (Homo faber. Traditional farming and handmade production). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 153 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7112-4. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • VAŘEKA, Josef and Václav FROLEC. Lidová architektura : encyklopedie. Illustrated by Josef V. Scheybal. 2., přeprac. vyd., V nakl. Praha: Grada, 2007, 427 s. ISBN 9788024712048. info
    recommended literature
  • DRÁPALA, Daniel, Václav MICHALIČKA, Bajer VOJTĚCH, Radek BRYOL, Miroslav BUBÍK, Radim ČERVENKA, Přemysl MÁCHA, Jiří WOITSCH, Jitka PETŘEKOVÁ and Španihel SAMUEL. Stopy lidského umu : Drobné technické stavby rožnovského panství (Traces of human skill : Small Technical Buildings of the Roznov Estate). 2022. URL info
  • SLAVKOVSKÝ, Peter. Agrárna kultúra Slovenska : premeny v čase. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Veda, vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 2002, 237 s. ISBN 8022407178. info
  • PETRÁŇ, Josef and Lydia PETRÁŇOVÁ. Rolník v evropské tradiční kultuře. 1. vyd. Praha: Set out, 2000, 215 s. ISBN 8086277089. info
  • VONDRUŠKA, Vlastimil. Slovník starého zemědělského nářadí, nástrojů a strojů : (1750-1914). Roztoky u Prahy: Středočeské muzeum, 1989, 247 s. info
  • FROLEC, Václav. Lidová architektura na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Vydání první. Brno: Blok, 1974, 399 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, readings.
Assessment methods
Exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Přednáška se vztahuje pouze na studenty přijaté od září 2021.
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