FF:MUBKO_001 Introduction to Museology - Course Information
MUBKO_001 Introduction to Museology and Museography
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person. - Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Jagošová, DiS., PhD. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Otakar Kirsch, Ph.D.
Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Miriam Molnárová
Supplier department: Division of Museology – Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Course objectives
- At the end of course students should be able to:
understand and explain special museological terminology and system of museology
understand special and common museum legislation
work with special and literature
acquaiting students with ethics of museum's work - Learning outcomes
- - to know and apply basic terminology of museology and litherature;
- to describe the structure of museology, its personalities and training centres in the Czech Republic and abroad;
- to summarize the key professional organisations in museum work - Syllabus
- 1) Role of museology in the system of science, relationship to fundamental scientific disciplines, the subject of museology, metodology, system of museology. 2) Basic museological concepts – the foreign representatives. 3) Basic museological concepts – the representatives of Czech lands. 4) Museography (Applied Museology) I. – selection and tesauration. 5) Museography (Applied Museology) II. – communication and presentation. 6) Museological literature – journals, dictionaries, bibliographies. 7) Museum – determination of the term and its individual concepts, the role and function of museum in the conteporary society. 8) Organizations of museums and museum professionals and museologists. 9) Tuition of museology in the Czech lands and foreign countries. 10) Museum ethics, the codes of ethics.
- Teaching methods
- theory
- Assessment methods
- Lecture, the course will be completed by an oral examination, a term paper on the assigned topic, which will be communicated at the beginning of the semester, mastery of the lecture material, knowledge of a work from the assigned literature.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Předmět si povinně zapisují posluchači prvního ročníku.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 bloky po 6 hodinách + e-learning 8 hodin. - Teacher's information
- The course is supported by e-learning (https://elf.phil.muni.cz/) with relevant study materials.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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