Course detail

Shared Interdisciplinary Theory 1

FaVU-3STV1Acad. year: 2024/2025

Interdisciplinary theory represents a core course in the doctoral program curriculum. The content of the course has been modeled along the fact that in the undergraduate and graduate programs, students obtain general knowledge of art theory and related humanities. Hence each semester of the course is adapted to a certain extent to the current individual focus of the students in the particular year and their research needs and preferences.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

None.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The semester is completed by a colloquium during which students show the extent of the body of knowledge they have acquired.
Students obtain the non-letter grade upon actively participating in the semiars and fulfilling the assignments.

Aims

The course aims at intertextualizing and deepening theoretical knowledge from a broad spectrum of disciplines ranging from traditional art history, contemporary art theory, new media and visual culture theory, currently formed interdisciplinary field of curatorial studies and a wide spectrum of related humanities which inform postcontemporary artistic practices.
Students will get a overview of theories relevant for the formation of modern and conterporary art, especially theories which were formed in direct relation to the needs of the evaluation and interpretation of art which gradually departed not only from the classical canon, but also from the idea of the specific medium or artifact as the locus of theory.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Erwin PANOFSKI, Význam ve výtvarném umění. Praha: Malvern – Academia, 2013. (CS)
Helena BENDOVÁ – Matěj STRNAD (eds.), Společenské vědy a audiovize. Praha: AMU, 2014. (CS)
Jacques AUMONT, Obraz (2. vydání). Praha: AMU, 2010. (CS)
Konrád Paul LIESMANN, Teorie nevzdělanosti. Praha: Academia, 2009. (CS)
Michel FOUCAULT, Archeologie vědění (2. vydání). Praha: Hermann a synové, 2016. (CS)
Nelson GOODMAN, Jazyky umění. Praha: Academia, 2007. (CS)
Peter BURKE, Společnost a vědění II. Od Encyklopedie k Wikipedii. Praha: Univerzita Karlova – Karolinum, 2014. (CS)
Stuart HALL, Representation. Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices. London – New Dehli: Thousand Oaks – Sage, 2000. (EN)
Umberto ECO, Meze interpretace. Praha: Univerzita Karlova – Karolinum, 2004 (CS)
Wolfgang ISER, Jak se dělá teorie. Praha: Univerzita Karlova: Karolinum, 2009. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUD Doctoral

    branch VUUP_DK4 , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme VUD Doctoral

    branch VUUP_DP4 , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

6 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

The initial lectures introduce the role of theory in contemporary art and provide a survey of art theories of the 20th century to present.
Seminars are based on group discussions of texts.

Guided consultation

6 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer