DISBS03 Heuristic Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/2/7. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Šárka Havlíčková Kysová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Theatre Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
DISB008 First year complex exam || DVB007 First year complex exam
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 8 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/8, only registered: 0/8
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar focuses on heuristics not only from a theoretical perspective as a tool of theatre historiography, but also offers concrete methodological applications of heuristics as a method.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this seminar the student will be able to:

- learn the methodology of working with archival material;
- orientate themselves in archival collections;
- orientation in the theory of heuristics and basic models of theatre historiography
- apply knowledge of heuristic methods during research on specific theatre companies;
- independently search for material in archival collections;
- produce a working research file of archival material and a resulting file card;
Syllabus
  • 1.Organizational meeting - introduction of the subject and teaching schedule
  • 2. Heuristics - concepts, methodology, tools, applications (lecture)
  • 3. Methodology of theatre historiography I (lecture + discussion of texts)
  • 4. Methodology of theatre historiography II (lecture + discussion over texts)
  • 5. Presentation of specific archival collections (e.g. Moravian Provincial Archive, Moravian Provincial Museum, Brno City Archives, etc.)
  • 6. Visit to a selected memory institution
  • 7.-9.Individual research work
  • 10. Presentation of research results, consultation, discussion
  • 11. Review of the research results to date
  • 12. Presentation of research results, discussion The timetable is working and indicative, subject to change. Students will be informed of any changes at the first meeting.
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar discussion, research, research in the archive
Assessment methods
Preparation and presentation of archival research; preparation of a research report.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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