Course: Seminar of Modernity 1

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Course title Seminar of Modernity 1
Course code KAR/SNM1
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Preusz Michal, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Symonds James, Ph.D.
  • Vařeka Pavel, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Theoretical approaches to the archaeology of modernity. Archaeology of the modern landscape. Latest archaeological researches in Europe (16th - 20th century).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 42 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To name the most important milestones of the 20th century
To summarize the basic important features of archaeology for understanding modern society
Skills
To discuss and to argument relevantly at a seminar
To understand and to reproduce a scientific text in Czech and English/German
To use a and to understand a scientific language
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize theory and method of modern period and contemporary archaeology
To explain the basic scientific topics of the field
Skills
To present their own opinions and research results, to participate in a critical debate, and to defend their own statements through precise argumentation
To take an opinion towards different methodical approaches and theoretical paradigms in modern period and contemporary archaeology
To manage methodologically and theoretically-elaborated research of artefactual culture of the monitored period with emphasis on the 19th-20th century
teaching methods
Knowledge
Seminar
assessment methods
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Harrison, R. ? Schofield, J. After Modernity: Archaeological Approaches to the Contemporary Past. Oxford, 2010.
  • Penrose, Sefryn. Images of change : an archaeology of England's contemporary landscape. Swindon : English Heritage, 2007. ISBN 978-1-905624-14-0.
  • Rotschield, N. A. ew York City Neighborhoods, The 18th century. New York.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Archaelogy (16-4) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter