DU2046 Seminar: Laboratory research in Humanities B

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/2. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Radka Nokkala Miltová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Marcela Rusinko, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Radka Nokkala Miltová, Ph.D.
Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Art History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 8:00–9:40 VP
Prerequisites
An appropriate overview in the field of the early modern and modern visual culture, the ability of focused teamwork and discussion.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 5 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/5, only registered: 0/5, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/5
Course objectives
The course systematically develops the abilities of participants to apply their competency, methodology as well as knowledge to the specific and complex team research project that is focused on the field of visual culture and/or the art history.
Learning outcomes
(S)he will be able to solve a partial relevant reseach issue interconnecting the fields of the early modern era and the modern/contemporary art world, both independently and at the same time as a part of complex team project. An intense research work of participants, taking place in the team groups of 5 to 10 students, aims at the relevant scientific output either in form of the published peer-reviewed journal study or in form of the team monograph. The course focuses on building /mastering /applying conceptual, methodological, heuristic and interpretational skills related to the field. Working in groups with worldwide international sources and literature and discussing the coherent objectives of the research helps to deepen students' writing skills competency.
Syllabus
  • -Introduction -Early modern & modern era in visual culture studies -The team research methodology and objectives -A partial research issue as a part of the complex project -Archival sources, literature as an initial milestones -Research discussion as an effective project development tool -Heuristic and interpretation of the data in visual culture studies -Editing a team study for publication -Final discussion on the project, SWOT analysis
Literature
    recommended literature
  • OCHRANA, František. Methodology of social sciences. Prague: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press, 2015. 143 p. ISBN 9788024630014.
  • OCHRANA, František. Methodology of science : an introduction. Translated by Petra Key. First English edition. Prague: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press, 2012, 169 stran. ISBN 9788024619828. info
    not specified
  • Cosmopolitanism in Mexican visual culture. Edited by María Fernández. 1 online r. ISBN 9780292745353. info
  • MITCHELL, W. J. T. Image science : iconology, visual culture, and media aesthetics. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2015, xv, 244. ISBN 9780226231334. info
  • IVANEGA, Jan, Petr ŠÁMAL and Petra TRNKOVÁ. Buquoys' Rožmberk :visual culture of an aristocratic seat in the period of romantic historicism. Vyd. 1. Praha: Artefactum, 2013, 143 s. ISBN 9788086890487. info
  • JAKUBEC, Ondřej. Parallel Contributions to Research in the Art and Visual Culture of Early-Modern Central Europe: Brno-Princeton. In Jakubec, Ondřej. Central European and American Perspectives on Visual Arts in Early Modern Europe. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, p. 9-19. ISBN 978-80-210-6610-6. info
  • WU HUNG. A story of ruins : presence and absence in Chinese art and visual culture. 1st pub. London: Reaktion Books, 2012, 293 s. ISBN 9781861898760. info
  • Art & visual culture. Edited by Steve Edwards - Paul Wood. First published. London: Tate Publishing in association with The Open University, 2012, vii, 334. ISBN 9781849760973. info
  • DAVIS, Whitney. A general theory of visual culture. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011, xvi, 384. ISBN 9780691147659. info
  • Advertising empirerace and visual culture in imperial Germany. Edited by David Ciarlo. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2011, xvi, 419 p. ISBN 9780674059238. info
  • Digital visual culture : theory and practice. Edited by Anna Bentkowska - Trish Cashen - Hazel Gardiner. 1st pub. New York: Intellect, 2009, 128 s. ISBN 9781841502489. info
  • Beyond the yellow badgeanti-Judaism and antisemitism in medieval and early modern visual culture. Edited by Mitchell B. Merback. Boston: Brill, 2008, xxiii, 573. ISBN 9004151656. info
  • Exploring visual culture : definitions, concepts, contexts. Edited by Matthew Rampley. Repr. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University, 2007, xiii, 257. ISBN 0748618457. info
  • PRIMUS, Zdenek. Art is abstraction : czech visual culture of the sixties. 1st ed. [Praha]: Kant, 2003, 328 s. ISBN 8086217280. info
  • The feminism and visual culture reader. Edited by Amelia Jones. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2003, xxix, 560. ISBN 9780415267069. info
  • The visual culture reader. Edited by Nicholas Mirzoeff. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2002, xix, 737. ISBN 0415252229. info
  • Displacement & difference : contemporary Arab visual culture in the diaspora. Edited by Fran Lloyd. London: Saffron, 2001, 209 stran. ISBN 1872843220. info
  • Diaspora and visual culture : representing Africans and Jews. Edited by Nicholas Mirzoeff. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2000, xiii, 264. ISBN 0415166705. info
  • MIRZOEFF, Nicholas. An introduction to visual culture. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 1999, xi, 274. ISBN 0415158761. info
  • BARNARD, Malcolm. Art, design and visual culture : an introduction. 1st pub. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 1998, xi, 214. ISBN 0312216920. info
Teaching methods
An intense research group projects' solving, theoretical and methodological discussion, homework heuristic, reading and writting.
Assessment methods
The active participation in the team project is evaluated. The relevant scientific output either in form of the published peer-reviewed journal study or in form of the team monograph is required.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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