Aesthetic and Sociology
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105ESSO | Z | 3 | 2P+1C | Czech |
- Course guarantor:
- Jitka Cirklová, Monika Dobiášová
- Lecturer:
- Jitka Cirklová
- Tutor:
- Jitka Cirklová, Monika Dobiášová
- Supervisor:
- Department of Social Sciences
- Synopsis:
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The aim of the course is to introduce students to contemporary aesthetics as a discipline dealing with the effect of artistic and non-artistic objects on their recipients. The lectures will be based on the premise that contemporary aesthetics is characterized by a deepening distance from traditional aesthetics (based on the concepts of taste, beauty, nobility and genius, on the relationship between aesthetics and art, ethics or nature). We will also focus on contemporary topics such as aesthetics in the field of mass and digital media, everyday life, public space and sports. Students will be introduced to both theoretical texts in the field of sociology, modern art theory, and concrete projects (in the field of painting, sculpture, theater, film and music). Continuous consideration will be given to the sociological aspect of aesthetics, i.e. how the way in which artistic artifacts are perceived and created is reflected in the fact that the given artifact is always created and perceived within a certain community or a certain community.
- Requirements:
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Completion of sub-tasks that follow the topics of the lectures (will be published continuously as the topic of the month) and a team project that will be discussed at the seminars.
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. Sociology and Aesthetics. G. Simmel, one of the founders of sociology.
2. Aesthetics and art in the age of technical reproducibility. Theory and practice of art and image reproduction at the time of the onset of mass culture.
3. The others… Otherness and Orientalism as a social and aesthetic construct of reality.
4. Culture and Subcultures. A case study of cultural creatives (Cultural Creatives).
5. Museums and galleries. Aesthetics and processes of museification.
6. Aesthetics and digitization.
7. Kitsch and nostalgia.
8. Souvenirs, tourism and social processes associated with production and consumption.
9. Commodification of intangible cultural heritage.
10. Public space – social and aesthetic role.
11. Communities of practice – communities of living practice.
12. Netnography – analysis and conducting research in the digital environment.
13. Content and visual analysis. Engaged photography as a methodological tool of research and communication.
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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• The relationship between art and business
• Architecture as a way to influence people's behavior
• How to influence people's relationship with the environment through design
• Connecting nature and new technologies
• Architecture of the future
- Study Objective:
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The aim of the course is to introduce students to contemporary aesthetics as a discipline dealing with the effect of artistic and non-artistic objects on their recipients.
- Study materials:
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AMPS (Architecture, Media, Politics, Society) is a nonprofit research organisation. Its journal is Architecture_MPS. The journal is published by UCL Press. http://architecturemps.com/journal/, http://architecturemps.com/proceedings/.
BENJAMIN, Walter. https://monoskop.org/images/0/06/Benjamin_Walter_1936_1979_Umelecke_dilo_ve_veku_sve_technicke_reprodukovatelnosti.pdf
CIRKLOVÁ, Jitka. 2019. Georg Simmel: Rembrandt. Umělecko-filozofická esej. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 55, 537-40.
CIRKLOVÁ, Jitka. Reaffirming Identity Through Images. The commodification of llusions in the Contemporary Presentation of Self. methaodos.revista de ciencias sociales. Spain: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 2020, roč. 8, č. 1, s. 103-110. ISSN 2340-8413. doi:10.17502/m.rcs.v8i1.351.
CIRKLOVÁ, Jitka. Social Identity Seeking and Sharing as a Creative Activity of Art Consumers. In Gabriella Punziano, Angela Delli Paoli. Handbook of Research on Advanced Research Methodologies for a Digital Society. 1. vyd. USA: IGI Global, 2022. s. 800-819. ISBN 978-1-7998-8473-6. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-8473-6.ch044.
CIRKLOVÁ, Jitka. Engaged Photography as Urban Communication Platform in Sustainability Development Context. In Laura Sanderson & Sally Stone. AMPS Proceedings Series 22.2. Teaching – Learning – Research. Manchester: Manchester School of Architecture, UK., 2021. s. 40-49. ISSN 2398-9467.
GIDDENS, Anthony. Sociologie. Přeložil Tereza JIROUTOVÁ KYNČLOVÁ. Praha: Argo, 2013. ISBN 728-80-257-0807-1.
HORÁČEK M. eds. 2019. Teoretické základy památkové péče na prahu 21. století, Ústav dějin umění AV. ČR. ISBN 978-80-88283-27-0.
JANDOUREK, Jan. Úvod do sociologie. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-749-3.
Kniha sociologie. Přeložil Ivana RYBECKÁ. Praha: Knižní klub, 2016. Universum. ISBN 978-80-242-5395-4.
KRATOCHÍL, P. 2019. Veřejný prostor v ohrožení?,Ústav dějin umění AV, ISBN 978-80-88283-18-8.
NIEDERLE, Rostislav. 2014. Pojmy estetiky: analytický přístup. 2. přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 172 s.
PTÁČKOVÁ B., STIBRAL K. Estetika na dlani. 2002. První vydání, Olomouc: Rubico, ISBN 80-85839-79-2.
SAID, Edward. https://vltava.rozhlas.cz/edward-said-orientalismus-recenzni-rozhovor-5157798
SIMMEL, Georg. 2018 Rembrandt. Umělecko-filozofická esej Praha, Akamedia 2018, 262 s.
- Note:
- Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
- Time-table is not available yet
- Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
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06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri - The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- Architektura a stavitelství, zaměření Architektura a stavitelství (compulsory course)
- Architektura a stavitelství, zaměření Architektura a urbanismus (compulsory course)
- Architektura a stavitelství, zaměření Ochrana a obnova památek (compulsory course)