Cultural Topography of Prague 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
311CTP1 Z 1 30S English winter

Subject guarantor

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s)

Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Notion of Prague, its history and presence. Cultural insight. Learning more about potential shooting locations.

Mode of study

5 Prague tours per semester (from 9:30 a.m. till 2 p.m.):

Please always check your Google Calendar or read my e-mails. Dates or times are subject to change but you will be always informed.

Dates of meetings set on Sept 21, 2019:

1st tour, Oct 4 (Fri)

2nd tour, Oct 18 (Fri)

3rd tour, Nov 1 (Fri)

4th tour, Nov 15 (Fri)

2nd EDIT: 5th tour, Dec 14 (Sat - tour with the mayor of the city district Řeporyje, meeting time: 10:25, Meeting point: Smichovske nadrazi train station vestibule

NOTE:

Please get ready for a healthy dose of walking in any weather.

Have some money on you.

Please have a valid public transport card.

Read your school assigned e-mail account, I am going to contact you this way.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Basic knowledge of European history, awareness of WWI and WWII, familiarity with the history of the region since WWII. We will start the course with a short recap anyway.

Course contents

Students with the teacher’s guidance reveal the essence of the famous city and the culture that has formed it over the centuries to this day. They will leave the beaten daily paths to explore the urban jungle textbook of modern times in Central Europe. Gothic Prague, Renaissance Prague, Baroque Prague, Prague that tore down its walls to give rise to new settlements and finally Prague so remote that its inhabitants journey to see Charles Bridge.

From the structure of the city we move on to its particularities - houses, parks, events and suburbs, often neglected and falling apart.

Within one semester (two in total if students attend both the autumn and spring term courses) students may try to read the city and its structure to grasp the historical and social background of it as well as discover important artists/galleries.

Recommended or required reading

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Assessment methods and criteria

Students are asked to take photographs during our tours and prepare a final visual-textual report on either one tour or the one semester of tours. Final reports are expected to be sent via e-mail to jitka.hejtmanova@famu.cz in ideally .pdf version or as downloadable web link. (I keep your works).

Your covering of our tours (photography) will be slightly mentored by me, not to change your approach, but for getting more from your images. I hope for achieving an individual and unique final visual report from all of you, even those not trained in visual arts.

Please be aware of the final size of the files sent!

Cell phone pics are just enough, don’t worry.

The final assignment will be discussed thorough the course, so don’t worry.

Delivery date is Dec 25, 2019

Note

Please get ready for a healthy dose of walking in any weather.

Have some money on you. We will need some refreshments.

Please have a valid public transport card.

Further information

This course is an elective for all AMU students

Schedule for winter semester 2019/2020:

06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
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HEJTMANOVÁ J.
09:30–14:00
(parallel1)
Dates: Oct 4, 18, Nov 1, 15, Dec 6
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Fri 09:30–14:00 Jitka HEJTMANOVÁ
Dates: Oct 4, 18, Nov 1, 15, Dec 6 parallel1

Schedule for summer semester 2019/2020:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans