Research and Publication Methods 1

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Name of lecturer(s):

Helena BENDOVÁ, Tomáš DVOŘÁK, Jan JIŘÍK, Iva OPLIŠTILOVÁ, Zdeněk OTČENÁŠEK, Michal RATAJ, Lucie VALENTINOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The aim of the course is to:

- acquire a basic bearing in the humanities study fields and their methodology approaches, particularly theory approaches in theatre, music and film;

- adopt basic publishing skills and know publishing standards;

- acquire a basic bearing in manners of evaluating and financing sciences and research, adopt skills in writing grant requests;

- become acquainted with opportunities for presenting one's research at professional conferences, acquire practice in the preparation and presentation of conference contributions.

Mode of study:

A two-semester elective course (4 study hours 1x/14 days) organized as a part of the Dean's program for doctoral students and concluded with an exam.

The course is comprised of two open lectures for the AMU general academic community and classes available only to registered students (maximum capacity is 10).

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Classes are intended primarily for Doctoral study students, also for Master's study students if spaces are available, or Bachelor theory studies students.

Course contents:

7. 10. Lecturer: Tomáš Dvořák (FAMU)

Lecture: Basic methodlogical approaches, types of research and the historical context of their rise and development. The historical role of modern basic research procedures in creating research.

Class: Procedure when writing an abstract. Presentation of Geoffrey Batchen, Double Displacement: The Dissemination of the Photographic Image. Praha: NAMU, 2016 (in print).

Assignment 1: Development of an abstract for the presented writing (400 words)

21. 10. Lecturer: Jan Jiřík (DAMU)

Lecture: Basic research, theory approaches in peformative arts. Structuralism, semiology, anthropology of theatre, phenomenological approaches.

Class: Discussions on submitted abstracts, presentation of Andreas Kotte, "Přechody a hranice“. Divadelní věda: úvod. Praha: Kant, 2010, s. 94–112.

Assignment 2; Development of an abstract of the presented writing. (300 words)

11. 11. Lecturer: Helena Bendová (FAMU)

Lecture: Basic research, theory approaches in film. Study of film as an inter-disciplinary field of diverse approaches extending from poetic essay to empirical research. The history of film research beginning in 1910 and its relationship to other research on one side and the practical, artistic thought the other. Development of the film research field among others, developing as it is complicated to link the aesthetic, necessary evaluation and partially subjective perception of arts with efforts to reach standards of „research“ known in other fields.

Class: Discussion on completed abstracts, presentation of Chris Cutler, „Plundrofonie“. Kapitoly z dějin a teorie médií. Ed. Tomáš Dvořák. Praha: edice VVP AVU, 2010, s. 169-191.

Assignment 3: Completion of an abstract of the presented writing. (200 words).

25. 11. Lecturer: Iva Oplištilová (HAMU)

Lecture: Basic research, theory approaches in music. Position of music theory in music research, its changes and overlaps. Various approaches to the study of music structure. „How“ or „What“? Aim and means of music analysis. Perception as a starting point for researching not only a musical work.

Class: Discussion on completed abstracts.

16. 12. Lecturer: Michal Rataj (HAMU), Zdeněk Otčenášek (HAMU)

Lecture 1: Arts research. Measurable and unmeasurable in the world around us. How to speak about one's work and the work of others. Is it possible to study it subjectively? What distinguishes arts research from simple creation? Research as a tool for learning about content, dichotomy of the object and subject. Research and spiritual learning. Examples of topical periodicals. Open lecture investigating answers in critiques and reviews of artist's works throught the lens of a globally discussable idea „artistic research“ and investigating paths for arranging one's own work into such a context.

Lecture 2: Applied research at AMU. A block of excursions to the MARC HAMU Music Acoustics Research Center in which the head, Zdeněk Otčenášek, will explain possible experimental research on the psychological reaction of people to external sound stimuli in examples. Examples will be from basic effect of sound on the listener research and a subjective evaluation of sound color as well as applied research in the area of human voice acoustics (artistic voice phenomena and its changes in relation to study, vocal damage stability and pathological situations) and musical instruments (linked to psychological experiments with innovative constructions ideas for wind instruments and soundboard instruments and space treatments for listening to music).

Recommended or required reading:

In the course the students will work with the following writings (Students are to become familiar with the writings prior to the course. This will be provided to registered students electronically:

Batchen, Geoffrey. Obraz a diseminace: za novou historii pro fotografii. Praha: NAMU, 2016 (v tisku).

Cutler, Chris. „Plundrofonie“. In: Kapitoly z dějin a teorie médií. PRAHA: Edice VVP AVU, 2010, s. 169-191.

Kotte, Andreas. „Přechody a hranice“. In: Divadelní věda: úvod. Praha: KANT, 2010, s. 94-112.

Assessment methods and criteria:

The condition to receive credit for the Winter semester (4 credits) is the completion of abstracts of 3 theory writings presented in the required readings and 80% attendance. A summary exam (6 credits) follows up after the Summer semester.

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Schedule for winter semester 2016/2017:

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
07.10.2016		09:30–12:45	Tomáš DVOŘÁK	Učebna KTDH 2026 Lichenštejnský palác		paralelka 1
21.10.2016		09:30–12:45	Jan JIŘÍK	Učebna KTDH 2026 Lichenštejnský palác		paralelka 1
11.11.2016		09:30–12:45	Helena BENDOVÁ	Učebna KTDH 2026 Lichenštejnský palác		paralelka 1
25.11.2016		09:30–12:45	Iva OPLIŠTILOVÁ	Učebna KTDH 2026 Lichenštejnský palác		paralelka 1
16.12.2016		09:30–12:45	Michal RATAJ	Učebna KTDH 2026 Lichenštejnský palác		paralelka 1

Schedule for summer semester 2016/2017:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans: