| Course title | Heuristics and Audiovisual Documentation of Performances Seminar |
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| Course code | KDU/SHAV |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 5 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional, Optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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The topics of the heuristic exercise are specified at the beginning of each semester and relate to the following three areas: Building the digital audiovisual collection of the Department of Theatre and Film Studies Processing the department's written collections and archival materials related to theatre in Moravia Creating a "bank of artefacts" of Olomouc theatre Additional topics may be chosen by students, where appropriate in consultation with the instructor. Archival documentation work involving video recordings, newspapers, and magazines: describing recordings of theatre performances and journalistic programmes focused on theatre, as well as cataloguing and organizing periodicals. Database project of actors and directors: heuristic collection of information related to individual theatrical events. Cataloguing and description of collection items: organizing and registering newly acquired collection objects. Documentation of source materials: digitization of documents and sources (written, audio, and audiovisual).
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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| Learning outcomes |
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The aim is to get acquainted with the methods of data retrieval and processing and the documentation of art and culture in general. It is a practical exercise with archival materials and processes of archiving and documentation of theatre.
Students are oriented in the data collection mechanisms, institutions, databases and other sources. Students are able to evaluate the significance of each particular source for the selected topic, consider the theoretical / methodological basis of individual items. Students can classify derived materials and organize them into a coherent output (eg, in the form of heuristic folder). Students are familiar with the mechanisms of collecting data, archives and other relevant professional institutions, information databases and electronic resources. They are able to work with basic sources. |
| Prerequisites |
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There are no prerequisite.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Student performance, Final Report
Completion of the assigned task. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Theatre and Performance studies (2024) | Category: Theory and history of arts | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2026) | Category: Theory and history of arts | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Theatre and Performance studies (2024) | Category: Theory and history of arts | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Theatre and Performance studies (2026) | Category: Theory and history of arts | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2026) | Category: Theory and history of arts | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2019) | Category: Theory and history of arts | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2019) | Category: Theory and history of arts | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2024) | Category: Theory and history of arts | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Science of Arts (2024) | Category: Theory and history of arts | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |