FF:ZDK_09 Sound studies I - Course Information
ZDK_09 Sound studies I
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Fri 27. 9. 12:00–15:40 N21, Fri 11. 10. 12:00–15:40 N21, Fri 1. 11. 12:00–15:40 N21, Fri 20. 12. 12:00–15:40 N21
- 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
- Sound Design and Multimedial Technology (programme FF, N-ZVUK_)
- Course objectives
- Sound studies is a modern interdisciplinary project with aim to grasp and explain the function of sound in human communication and culture in general. Sound studies therefore utilizes and combines the knowledge, attitudes and methods of various disciplines, as cultural anthropology, psychology, semiotics, acoustics, musicology, and last but not least also philosophy and aesthetics. 1-semestral course “Sound studies I” offers the historical overview of philosophical-aesthetical reflection of sound representation since ancient times till today with emphasis to use of sounds in arts. The course includes also the interdisciplinary topics, such as sonology, aural history and acoustic ecology.
- Learning outcomes
- One-semestral course “Sound studies I.” offers the historical overview of philosophical-aesthetical reflection of sound representation since ancient times till today with emphasis to use of sounds in arts. The course includes also the interdisciplinary topics, such as sonology, aural history and acoustic ecology.
- Syllabus
- Synopsis:
- 1. Introduction to the sound studies;
- 2. Philosophical-aesthetical reflection of sound representation in historical overview (semiotics, Jacques Attali);
- 3. Audio-visuals as a natural consequence of spatial-temporal experience (relations of sound to time, space, movement and human body and perception);
- 4. Aesthetics of performing arts;
- 5. Musical and non-musical sounds;
- 6. Noise aesthetics of the Futurists;
- 7. John Cage: Art of listening and extended sound-making;
- 8. Conceptualization of sound in the avant-garde arts;
- 9. Sound in modern and intermedia and multimedia;
- 10. Sound art as a natural phase in modern art development;
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, discussions
- Assessment methods
- Written test.
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
- In the combined form of study there will be a continuous evaluation of acquired knowledge in the form of tests. Study preparation for the tests will take the form of self-study (see study materials) with the possibility of consultation.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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