Search for Context 3
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language of instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204MDHS3 | credit | 3 | 2 seminar hours (45 min) of instruction per week, 57 to 72 hours of self-study | English | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Kent SJÖSTRÖM
Department
The subject provides Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre
Contents
Third part of the course is the culmination of the process of connecting students’ own artistic experience and the articulation of their research interests within the context of contemporary performance making practice and theory, with a 4000-word essay as the final outcome of the course.
Learning outcomes
Course graduate:
- will acquire innovative approaches to performance making through the analysis and evaluation of theory and practice;
- will cultivate an understanding of conceptual knowledge through own performance practice and independent research;
- will be familiar with multiple theoretical approaches in a research project, and demonstrate an understanding of how to link them to own artistic practice;
- will undertake advanced research projects that address significant areas of theory and/or practice in theatre and performance.
Prerequisites and other requirements
None.
Literature
Bachelard, Gaston, Poetics of Space
Claire Bishop, Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship
Butler, Judith, Gender Trouble
Carlson, Marvin, Performance. A Critical Introduction
Stephen Duncombe, Dream. Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy
Etchells, Tim. Certain Fragments
Matthew Goulish, 39 Microlectures: In Proximity of Performance
Lehmann, Hans-Thies. Postdramatic Theatre
André Lepecki, Exhausting Dance: Performance and the politics of movement
North, Stephen M., The Making of Knowledge in Composition
Phelan, Peggy. Unmarked: The Politics of Performance
Schön, Donald A., The Reflective Practitioner
Evaluation methods and criteria
The student submits a semester thesis of at least 3500 words, which is the main subject of evaluation. The written skills and the content of the seminar work are evaluated.
During the exam period, the exam will take the form of a debate on a topic that the student analyze in the seminar work. Reflection abilities are evaluated.
Schedule for winter semester 2026/2027:
| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
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| 14.10.2026 | 12:30–15:30 | Kent SJÖSTRÖM | Učebna Karlova 26, Praha 1 |
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| 27.10.2026 | 15:45–18:45 | Kent SJÖSTRÖM | Učebna teorie Karlova 26, Praha 1 |
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| 18.11.2026 | 12:30–15:30 | Kent SJÖSTRÖM | Učebna Karlova 26, Praha 1 |
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| 25.11.2026 | 12:30–15:30 | Kent SJÖSTRÖM | Učebna Karlova 26, Praha 1 |
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| 02.12.2026 | 12:30–15:30 | Kent SJÖSTRÖM | Učebna Karlova 26, Praha 1 |
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| 09.12.2026 | 12:30–15:30 | Kent SJÖSTRÖM | Učebna Karlova 26, Praha 1 |
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Schedule for summer semester 2026/2027:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Directing of Devised and Object Theatre (Required subjects)