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Lecturer(s)
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Bernátek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Course content: 1. Climate change, cultural organization and carbon literacy. 2. 2. 3. Basic transformation strategies of the performing arts sector and international platforms. A case study of Creative Carbon Scotland, NT London. 4. Sustainable production: making the rules before the production begins. 5. Sustainable production: key areas of production preparation: case study: the National Theatre: One More Moment. 6. Sustainable theatre operations: the biggest weaknesses and opportunities of public theatres: A case study National Theatre London. 7. Sustainable theatre operations and theatre festivals. 8. environmental sustainability of theatres and marketing and working with audiences: a case study: the Chichester Festival Theatre. 9. Sustainable buildings: basic adaptation practices: case study National Theatre in Prague. 10. Field trip to the National Theatre in Prague. 11. How to prepare climate change education activities for theatre audiences: a practical exercise. 12. How to prepare climate change education activities for theatre audiences: presentation of results.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Observation, Projection (static, dynamic), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization), Analyzing and producing audiovisual content
- Homework for Teaching
- 62.5 hours per semester
- Excursion
- 12.5 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 12.5 hours per semester
- Semestral Work
- 12.5 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 25 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This course aims to explore the relationship between theatre organisations and the climate crisis, and to promote understanding of it. Like other parts of society, cultural organisations are developing strategies to adapt to climate change and mitigate environmental impacts. Permanent public theatres, in particular, are currently facing the challenge of adapting their operations without losing audience interest or aesthetic quality, given their demanding production and staging of performances, permanent ensembles, lighting, and buildings of varying ages. This course introduces students to the issues involved in the green transformation of culture, presenting its possibilities and pitfalls while detailing adaptive measures in theatre operations, building management and theatre production.
Learners will gain a basic understanding of the climate crisis, its social and environmental aspects, and how theatre institutions can adapt their operations and management in response to climate change. They will also practise group work, public speaking, and critical and creative thinking. As the course is taught in seminar format, emphasis is placed on interactive and dialogic modes of learning, supplemented by lectures. Self-study and discussion of regularly assigned professional and artistic texts in English and Czech are also integral to the course, as is the analysis of audiovisual examples.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark, Student performance, Analysis of linguistic, Seminar Work
The course has a combined ending. Learners receive credit for a 15-minute presentation of a selected case study and are evaluated on the basis of their speech. They are then assessed with a grade for a written report of research findings of 5 standard pages (9,000 characters including spaces, while maintaining professional standards). If there is any confusion about the material covered, I recommend contacting the instructor (martin.bernatek@upol.cz) in a timely manner and taking advantage of office hours. Calculation of the credit value of the course: Contact teaching 25h = 1kr Excursion 0,5 kr Presentation = 0,5 kr Written work 5 ns = 0,5 kr Reading of a professional text in AJ approx. 150 pages = 1,5 kr Reading of a professional text in ČJ 200 pages = 1 kr
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Recommended literature
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BEER, Tanja. (2021). Ecoscenography: An Introduction to Ecological Design for Performance. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
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DEMOS, T. J. (2017). Against the anthropocene: visual culture and environment today. Berlin: Sternberg Press.
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FULÍNOVÁ, Eliška. (2020). Antropocenní vizualita In Pokorný, P. ,Storch, D. a kol .Antropocén. Praha: Academia, 2020, s. 52-72.
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LATOUR, Bruno. (2016). Rozpoznání přátel od nepřátel v období antropocénu. In LATOUR, Bruno. Stopovat a skládat světy s Brunem Latourem: Výbor z textů 1998-2013. Ed. Tereza Stöckelová. Praha: Tranzit, s. 237-250.
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RÝGROVÁ, Michaela. (2014). Udržitelné divadlo: ekologie, šetrnost a soběstačnost jako nové příznaky umělecké tvorby. Praha: Pražská scéna.
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