Course detail

Sociology for visual artists: culture, art, society

FaVU-1SVU-ZAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course introduces sociological interpretation of practices, institutions, and discourses creating intersubjectivesly shared meanings in the modern conditions. It delineates the basic concepts and theoretical perspectives of the sociology of culture and art. The first part of the course focuses on the problematics of the determination of cultural analysis through the optics of sociology. The second part of the course focuses on the questions of the sociology of art and visuality. The third part is devoted to the discussion and presentation of students' projects which will attempt at introducing and using the conceptual tools of cultural sociology and analysis.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PhDr. Kaliopi Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

students will have a basic knowledge of concepts and theoretical perspectives of the sociology of culture and art.

Prerequisites

None.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Exam in the form of essay based on assigned reading. A minimum of 60 out of 100 points is needed to obtain te credit.

Course curriculum

Theory and personae - cultural analysis.
1. What is culture? Anthropologists and culture. The function of culture. Culture and industrial society. Culture as a lifestyle. Mass society and culture. Culture and modernity.
2. Theoretical and methodological issues of culture study. Ideology and culture. Cultural hegemony, Cultural studies. Ethnography of culture. Culture, language, and the symbolic order (Geertz). Culture as a discourse (Fouclcault]
3. "Highbrow" culture, art, and aesthetics. The production of "highbrow" culture. Aesthetics and culture. "Art" and genres.
4. Culture and imperialism. The sociology of culture.
5. race, ethnicity, culture.
6. Class and culture. Bourdie, habitus, and the cultural capital - new forms of class differenciation.
7. Gendered cultures. Women and cultural marginalization. The representation of gender in culture. Judith Butler and the politics of post-feminist cultural studies.
8. Media and the creation of popular culture.
9. Sociology of art. Artworks as sociological utterances. The artist as a social actor and researcher.
10. Visual sociology. The visuality of the world and visual imagination. Socially-oriented pthotography. Workshops.
12. workshop 1
13. worskhop 2.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Introduction to sociological interpretation of pracitces, institutions and discourses creating intersubjectively shared meanings in modern conditions.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at lectures is optional, attendance at seminars is mandatory.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Billington, R. and all. 1991. Culture and Society.A Sociology of Culture.Houndmills: Macmillan
Spillman, Lyn., ed. 2002. Cultural Sociology. Malden: Blackwell Publishers.
McRobbie, A. 2006. Aktuální témata kulturácích studií. Praha: Portál.
Barker, Ch. 2006. Slovník kulturácích studií. Praha: Portál.
Sztompka,P. 2007. Vizuální sociologie. Fotografie jako výzkumná metoda. Praha: Slon.

Type of course unit

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Kaliopi Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.

Seminar

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Kaliopi Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Sociology for visual artists: culture, art, society

Type of course unit