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for academic year 2024/2025
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Course: Fermentation Practice in East Asia: History and Present

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Course title	Fermentation Practice in East Asia: History and Present
Course code	DAS/FERM
Organizational form of instruction	Lesson + Seminary
Level of course	Bachelor
Year of study	not specified
Semester	Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits	4
Language of instruction	Czech
Status of course	Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction	Face-to-face
Work placements	This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components	None

Lecturer(s)
Šamajová Kateřina, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. The oldest fermented grain-based beverages, 2. The technology of rice wine production (huangjiu, makgeolli, sake), 3. The oldest surviving recipes for fermenting vegetables, 4. The technology of fermented cabbage production (kimchi, paocai, tsukemono), 5. Meat substitutions and their fermented varieties, 6. The technology of tofu fermentation, 7. Traditional techniques of making condiments, 8. The technology of soy sauce and paste production, 9. Safe daily drinks in the Sinosphere, 10. The technology of fermented tea production (kombucha) 11. Utilisation of fermentation in medicine 12. The technology of making medicinal wines 13. The oldest Eurasian alcohol-brewing cultures 14. The earliest Eurasian brewing technologies
Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
This interdisciplinary course is aimed at those interested in experimental methods in philology and aims to introduce the most culturally significant milestones of fermentation practice from the East Asian region in theoretical but, above all, practical terms. The course is conceptualized in five thematic areas, with two teaching weeks devoted to each. In the first week, students are introduced to the theory and different types of evidence of historical practice (analysis of primary texts describing the method or their reconstruction owing to the archaeobotanical discoveries in the absence of written sources). In the second week, a practical experiment is conducted, the results of which the students present to their colleagues. The final assessment includes the documentation of the selected experiment in the form of a poster and its subsequent presentation in the accompanying discussion on its content and the evaluation of the feasibility of the method in modern adjusted conditions. The course is largely based on DAS/KVAS, but passing this course is not a prerequisite. The course combines traditional philological methods (analysis of primary texts) as well as approaches from cultural anthropology, biochemistry, archaeobotany, linguistics, etc. The material and theoretical expertise in this course is provided by the cooperation of the Material Culture Laboratory (MatKulLab) and the Experimental Brewery of UP (EUREKA).
Prerequisites
unspecified
Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified active engagement in discussions, completion of assignments and readings, completion of experiments, final project (essay in the form of a poster documenting both theory and experiment), final presentation of experiment results
Recommended literature
Huang, H.T. Science & Civilisation in China: Biology & Biological Technology: Fermentations & Food Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Skinner, J. Our Fermented Lives: A History: How Fermented Foods Have Shaped Cultures & Communitie. North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing. 2022. Tamang, J. T. (ed.). Ethnic Fermented Foods and Alcoholic Beverages of Asia. Springer. 2016.

Study plans that include the course

Faculty	Study plan (Version)	Category of Branch/Specialization	Recommended year of study	Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Vietnamese Philology (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Vietnamese Philology (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Indonesian Language and Culture (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Indonesian Studies (2022)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Vietnamese Language and Culture (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Korean Studies (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Korean for Business (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Vietnamese Philology (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Indonesian Studies for Tourism (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Korean Studies (2022)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Korean Language and Culture (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Vietnamese Philology (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Chinese Language and Culture (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Indonesian Studies for Tourism (2023)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Korean for Business (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts	Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Japanese Language and Culture (2019)	Category: Philological sciences	-	Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -

Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 30.04.2025 23:58. Data created for academic year 2024/2025