| Course title | Visual Studies |
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| Course code | KZU/VSMN |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminary |
| Level of course | Master |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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1. image as a medium / video and media / image in the media 2. visual studies and cultural studies / media studies 3. Tradition of visual studies (visual studies, Bilwissenschaft, Theria d'image)? definition and comparison 4. rhetoric image / picture Semiotics 5. photography as a symptom of reality × photography as construction (1) 6. photography as a symptom of reality x photography as construction (2) 7. Technical images / digital images 8. static images / dynamic images 9. three-dimensional objects 10. and design? designizace? Culture 11. so-called new media and Visuality 12. visual culture, visual communication and visual literacy
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming) |
| Learning outcomes |
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The course focuses on analysis of selected topics of visual studies as an interdisciplinary scientific interest in the objects which are of particular importance because of the visual characteristics. Types of visual phenomena and their analysis are different and include overlapping with the humanities, sociological, technical, economic or other disciplines. Chosen topics are mainly characterizing the current transformation of visual culture and its social dimension. The course is closer to the students field of visual studies and provide them with an analytical device for studying a variety of visual phenomena and changes of disability (visual) culture as a whole.
Students acquire basic knowledge about terms and concepts of visual studies Students acquire a set of key terms and analytical approaches of visual studies Students are able to analyze visual phenomens by means of theoretical framework |
| Prerequisites |
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Seminar Work
Requirements for the colloquium: Active participation in seminars, assigned reading texts and preparing for seminars, successful management of the verification of knowledge of topics discussed in the debate over the week before the colloquium seminar handed works (at least 5 standard pages previously consulted on the subject). |
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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): Media Studies - Journalism Studies specialization (2019) | Category: Journalism, library science and informatics | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Media Analysis specialization (2019) | Category: Journalism, library science and informatics | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Cultural Studies specialization (2019) | Category: Journalism, library science and informatics | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Communication Studies specialization (2019) | Category: Journalism, library science and informatics | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Media Studies (2019) | Category: Journalism, library science and informatics | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |