Course: Visual Sociology

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Course title Visual Sociology
Course code KKTS/MD9VS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Rozbořil Blahoslav, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
- Visuality of social relations in everyday practice - Elements of visual communication and frameworks of interpretation - Visual realities in the field of power interests and conflicts - Art as a tool for making social dysfunctions visible

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
unspecified
unspecified
learning outcomes
- can characterize his/her professional sphere in terms of social conditioning
- can characterize his/her professional sphere in terms of social conditioning
- can define the essential aspects of social situations as well as forms of social action
- can define the essential aspects of social situations as well as forms of social action
- can describe the social conditioning of behaviour by a complex of cultural factors
- can describe the social conditioning of behaviour by a complex of cultural factors
- can explain the functioning of an organisation in terms of power mechanisms
- can explain the functioning of an organisation in terms of power mechanisms
- can see the contradictions of their professional world and formulate relevant questions about them
- can see the contradictions of their professional world and formulate relevant questions about them
Skills
- implement work assignments in a collaborative team environment
- implement work assignments in a collaborative team environment
- design the distribution of tasks in a group and innovate forms of group management
- design the distribution of tasks in a group and innovate forms of group management
- implement tasks in a changing work environment
- implement tasks in a changing work environment
- be able to analyse work conflicts from structural conditions
- be able to analyse work conflicts from structural conditions
- resolve structural tensions and conflicts in the working environment
- resolve structural tensions and conflicts in the working environment
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecturing
Lecturing
Skills
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Essay
Essay
Recommended literature
  • BAUMAN, Z., MAY, T. Myslet sociologicky. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2004. ISBN 80-86429-28-8.
  • In ČENĚK, David a Tereza PORYBNÁ. Vizuální antropologie: kultura žitá a viděná.. Pavel Mervart, 332 s. Estetika. Červený Kostelec, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87378-47-2.
  • STUNKEN Marita, CARTWRIGHT Lisa. Studia vizuální kultury. Praha, Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-556-1.
  • Sztompka, Piotr. Vizuální sociologie : fotografie jako výzkumná metoda. Vyd. 1. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86429-77-9.


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