Course: Society and Culture

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Course title Society and Culture
Course code KUM/SK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Zavadil Karel Matouš, MgA. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic knowledge of sociological philosophical theme development, stagnation and cultural history.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing)
  • Class attendance - 25 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 20 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The lecture series aims to outline the relationship between some selected moments from the history of visual arts of the 20th century against the background of wider social and political context, taking into account the principles of civil society. Change of the position of an author in terms of permeating professional roles, activist art and other authorial approaches. Illustrations of significant cases from the Czech environment, when the way of art presentation is strongly influenced by the unconscious stereotypes of the past. Role and responsibility of authors and curators. Contemporary cultural policy, form of institutional framework. 1. Introduction - characterization and definition of basic terms. 2. Creative immersion into privacy or resignation to creation. 3. Visual art outside a gallery - extended concept of art. 4. Activist forms of visual art and subcultural overlaps. 5. Czech art behind the Iron Curtain. 6. Period of transformation after 1990. 7. Gallery Galerie v meziprostoru 8. Significant cases of the present. 9. Motive of corruption and scandal.
Basic information needed to perform their field of study
Prerequisites
Open thinking

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

For credit student has to write a paper on the topic, in which the reflect own position on the issue of lectures.
Recommended literature
  • SUDJIC,D:. How the rich and powerful shape the world. Penguin, 2005.
  • ŠINDELÁŘ,D:. Tržiště estetiky. Obelisk, 1969.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Architecture Study plan (Version): Environmental Design (20) Category: Art and applied art 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter