Course detail
Digital Culture
FaVU-3DIKUAcad. year: 2024/2025
Digital and net media will be primarily looked upon as programmed (and programming) media whose cultural context cannot be reduced to related characteristics with other modern media (print, photography, fiml).
Language of instruction
Czech
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Entry knowledge
None.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Doctoral exam.
Lectures are mandatory.
Lectures are mandatory.
Aims
Students will study a collection of elementary texts, cultural and artistic practices which share the approach to digital media based on the shift of attention from the screen surface to processes taking place behid it, that is, the image of software.
Theoretical knowledge of "software studies", methodology of new media and digital works of art.
Theoretical knowledge of "software studies", methodology of new media and digital works of art.
Study aids
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Not applicable.
Recommended reading
Jana HORÁKOVÁ, Konec dějin nových digitálních médií: Softwarová studia. In Umění a nová média. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011. od s. 156–179, 24 s. Umění a nová média. ISBN 978-80-210-5639-8. doi:10.5817/CZ.MUNI.M210-5639-2011.
Jana HORÁKOVÁ, New Media Art Power: The Hackability Memorandum. Kritika & kontext, časopis kritického myslenia/Journal of Critical Thinking, Bratislava: Občianske združenie K&K Association, XVI., 44, 2012, s. 86–93.
Jana HORÁKOVÁ, Softwarová studia. K proměnám studií nových médií. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014.
Jana HORÁKOVÁ, Úvod do softwarových studií, 2014. On-line: http://is.muni.cz/do/rect/el/estud/ff/ps14/software/web/index.html
Jana HORÁKOVÁ, New Media Art Power: The Hackability Memorandum. Kritika & kontext, časopis kritického myslenia/Journal of Critical Thinking, Bratislava: Občianske združenie K&K Association, XVI., 44, 2012, s. 86–93.
Jana HORÁKOVÁ, Softwarová studia. K proměnám studií nových médií. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014.
Jana HORÁKOVÁ, Úvod do softwarových studií, 2014. On-line: http://is.muni.cz/do/rect/el/estud/ff/ps14/software/web/index.html
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
12 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1] Software studies. Critical studies of the code. Platforms.
2. Bad media studies. Introoduction.
3. Genealogy of the software (turn).
4. Digital work of art - definition.
5. Methodology of new media - freedom tactics.
6. Hacking as artistic strategy, software art (vs. computer art) and net art.
2. Bad media studies. Introoduction.
3. Genealogy of the software (turn).
4. Digital work of art - definition.
5. Methodology of new media - freedom tactics.
6. Hacking as artistic strategy, software art (vs. computer art) and net art.