Course: Seminar to constructional archaeology 3

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Course title Seminar to constructional archaeology 3
Course code KAR/STHS3
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study 2
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)
  • Gabriel František, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The most discussed topics: 1. Theory and method of the archaeological research of buildings and architecture with emphasis on synthesis and interpretation (e. g. individual aspects of interpretation: functional, chronological, spatial, social etc.) 2. Examples of the archaeologically-oriented research of built environment and architecture 3. Overlaps of the building archaeology with the related subjects (art history, anthropology, sociology, geography)

Learning activities and teaching methods
Multimedia supported teaching, Seminar classes, Individual study, Textual studies, Field trip
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
To orientate in the basic concepts and methods of scientific work
To orientate in periodization of prehistoric, medieval and modern periods
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 an to understand scientific language
learning outcomes
Knowledge
To summarize the theory and method of building archaeology and architecture with an emphasis on synthesis and interpretation (the interpretation of purpose, chronology, space and social relations)
To summarize overlaps of building archaeology and architecture research to related fields (art history, anthropology, sociology and geography)
To explain basic terminology of the field
Skills
To present their own opinions and results of their research, to participate in academic debates, and to defend their own statements through rigorous argumentation
To take a position on various methodical approaches and theoretical trends in building and urban archaeology
teaching methods
Knowledge
Multimedia supported teaching
Textual studies
Individual study
Seminar classes
assessment methods
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Hillenbrand, Robert. Islamic architecture : form, function and meaning. Edinburg : Edinburgh University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7486-1379-X.
  • Hillier, Bill. Space is the machine.
  • Ševčík, Oldřich. Architektura historie umění : kulturně-civilizační vývoj v Evropě od antiky do počátku 19. století. 1. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2002. ISBN 80-247-0345-9.
  • Urlich, P., Ševčík, O., Škranc, P. Dějiny 19. a 20. století: Architektura - umění - filosofie - věda a technika. ČVUT, 1998.


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 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter