Course detail

Shared Interdisciplinary Theory 2

FaVU-3SPV2Acad. year: 2024/2025

The Shared Interdisciplinary Theory is a core course of the doctoral program, characterized by the regular interaction of students from multiple years. The course is based on the premise that students entering the doctoral program in the arts come with individually varied knowledge of theories from their previous studies. Therefore, the specific program for each semester is updated and largely tailored to the current composition of the cohorts and the needs of the students, based on the focus of their individual dissertations. In the first and second iterations of the course, students are expected to actively participate in seminars and engage in discussions on selected texts and topics, which they do not choose themselves at this stage. In the third and fourth iterations, students take on the role of co-creators of the seminar content by selecting a text for analysis in one of the seminars. The seminars involve facilitated discussions aimed at the comprehensive analysis of pre-selected texts. The texts for each seminar are chosen (in consultation with the course instructor) by students from the later years of the program. At the beginning of the seminar, students explain how the chosen text relates to the theoretical framework of their dissertation. In the subsequent discussion, the instructor considers the broader knowledge of the currently addressed dissertation topics and emphasizes the broader connections and implications of the selected text beyond its relation to the dissertation of the student who selected it.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Attendance at seminars is mandatory, with one unexcused absence permitted. A greater number of excused absences may be compensated by completing an assignment specified in consultation with the instructor. In the first and second iterations of the course, the credit is awarded based on attendance and active participation in seminars, supported by the study of pre-distributed texts. In the third and fourth iterations of the course, the additional requirement is to select a text for analysis and discussion for one of the seminars.

Aims

The aim of the course is to correlate and deepen theoretical knowledge across a wide range of disciplines, from art and design history and theory, through visual and media studies, to curatorial studies and related fields in the humanities that inform current artistic and design practice. Students will clarify the theoretical framework of their individual dissertation projects and will be able to operationalize selected theories both in partial written outputs and in the textual part of the dissertation, as well as in the practical outputs of the dissertation.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Hans BELTING, Antropologie obrazu: návrhy vědy o obrazu. Brno: Books & Pipes, 2021.
Hito STEYERL, Duty free art: art in the age of planetary civil war. Londýn: Verso, 2017.
Karel CÍSAŘ, Signatury všech věcí: poznámky k teorii moderního a současného umění. Praha: Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová, 2021. Zoya KOCUR – Simon Keller EASTERLING, Medium design: knowing how to work on the world. London; New York: Verso, 2021.
LEUNG, Theory in contemporary art since 1985 (2. vydání), Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUD_P_CZ Doctoral 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
  • Programme VUD_P_EN Doctoral 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

12 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer