Archaeology of statistical diagram

Subject guarantor:

Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ, Martin BLAŽÍČEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Miloš VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ, Martin BLAŽÍČEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

A theory excursion into the history of depicting scientific data from a media archeology perspective. The module aim is to provide a glimpse into the paradigms of depiction schematics in a historical context and its possible applications to today's manner of the perception of scientific diagrams.

Mode of study:

Lecture

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Recommended optional programme components:

none

Course contents:

A wide-variety of diagrams - graphs, development diagrams, data visualizations, info-graphics - pervade today's culture from expert research and technical fields to everyday live and represent one of the most important tools in orienting in contemporary society. The lecture presents the historical situaiton from the genesis of those forms and set them into the context of the history and science of visual culture.

Recommended or required reading:

none

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture, independent review of topics in witten homework assignments.

Assessment methods and criteria:

100% attendance, measure topic understanding based on written reviews, 1 standard page.

Course web page:

Note:

Tomáš Dvořák is a research assistant at the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Republic Academy of Sciences, and professional assistant at the Dept. of Media Studies at the Charle's University Dept. of Social Sciences. He works in Material Culture Research and the Historical Epistemiology of Media.

Thematic issue resarch theory is devoted to various aspects of the theory and history of media, which later resulted in an anthology of the history of new media (2010).

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
16.05.2014		11:30–13:00	VOJTĚCHOVSKÝ M.	Učebna CAS Lažanský palác		paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Animation - Master (optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Documentary Film - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Animation - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Film Directing - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Film Directing - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Cinematography - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Cinematography - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Production - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Production - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Editing - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Editing - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Sound Design - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Sound Design - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Bachelor (optional subject)
• Photography CZ - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Audiovisual Studies - Master (faculty subject, optional subject)
• Restoring of Photogrphy (optional subject)