Course: Heuristics and Audiovisual Documentation of Performances Seminar

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Course title Heuristics and Audiovisual Documentation of Performances Seminar
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Bernátek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kubina Lukáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Research and assembling all available copies of archival documents and information from the press and other sources for the specified topic. Particular topics and mentors of specific projects are published at the beginning of the semester. 1. Determination of a topic. 2. Reseach of sources. 3. Finding relevant materials. 4. Evaluation of found materials, description of methodological platform, puttung them into a context. Topics for theatre: Documentation work in the video archive Project database of actors and celebrities overhead Evidence and description of collection items Documentation of sources Topics for film, TV: Students can request on the topic any teacher from film section .

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
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
There are no prerequisite.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Final Report

Completion of the assigned task.
Recommended literature
  • BARTOŠ, Josef. (2005). Úvod do nauky o historických pramenech. Olomouc.


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): 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 (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: -
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): 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 (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -