JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Socializing Aspects of Design

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Course title Socializing Aspects of Design
Course code KDT/808
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pavlíček Tomáš, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
These informations are in the annotation of the course.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course called Socializing aspects of design is focused on the process of communication between the contemporary society, design, and visual art. This specialized block of lectures acquaints students with gallery and museum operation (oriented to presentation and collection funds of design), and with establishing new, dynamic forms of presentation of artefacts. The course examines the sphere of socialization of design especially from a theoretical point of view; however, at the same time, the acquired knowledge is used in adopting practical principles, methods, and skills necessary to organize presentation and promotion of contemporary design. Themes: - Author - producer of a contemporary artefact - Gallery, museum - space for presenting contemporary design - Curator - distributor (mediator) of contemporary design - Society - consumer of contemporary design
The gained capabilities constitute an encompassment and an aquirement of knowledge and experience in the given field of study, they result from a concrete annotation of the subject and are aimed at a profile´s fulfilment of the graduate of the given field of study.
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the previous study

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Exam Colloquium
Recommended literature
  • Allen, T. Solving Critical Design Problems. Routledge, 2018.
  • Arnheim, R. Visual Thinking. Berkeley University of California Press, 1969.
  • Axel, N.; Colomina, B.; Hirsch, N.; Vidokle, A.; Wigley, M. (eds.). Superhumanity. Design of the Self. The University of Minessota, 2018.
  • Benjamin, W. Dílo a jeho zdroj. Odeon, 1979.
  • Bierut, M. 79 Short Essays on Design. Princeton Architectural Press, 2007.
  • Brown, J. K. Making Culture Visible. Routledge, 2005.
  • Clarc, A. Design Anthropology. Object Culture in the 21st Century. Springer, 2011.
  • Fiske, J. Understanding Popular Culture. Routledge, 1989.
  • Gans, H. J. Popular Culture and HighCulture: An Analysis and Evaluation of Taste. Basic Books, 1999.
  • Greenberg, B.; Ferguson, B. W.; Nairne, S. Thinking about Exhibitions. Routledge, 1996.
  • Hanáková, P. Výzva perspektivy. Obraz a jeho divák od malby quatrtrocenta k filmu a zpět. Praha, Academia, 2008. ISBN 80-200-1625-6.
  • Heller. S. (ed.); Vienne, V. (ed.). Citizen Designer: Perspectives on Design Responsibility. Allworth Press, 2003.
  • Hubatová-Vacková, L.; Pachmanová, M.; Pečínková, P. (eds.). Věci a slova. Umělecký průmysl, užité umění a design v české teorii a kritice 1870-1970. UMPRUM, Praha, 2014.
  • KESNER, L. (ed.). Vizuální teorie. H+H, 2005.
  • Kesner, L. Muzeum umění v digitální době. Argo a NG Praha, 2000.
  • Kol. autorů. Umění v dialogu s veřejností. Brno, 1999.
  • Kolečková, Z.; Koleček, M. (eds.). Design Ústí. Ústí nad Labem, 2015.
  • Marincola, P. (ed.). Curating now: Imaginative Practice / Public Responsibility. Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, 2001.
  • Michl, J. Tak nám prý forma sleduje funkci. Sedm úvah o designu vůbec a o chápání funkcionalismu zvlášť. UMPRUM, 2003.
  • Miller, D. C.; Salking, N. J. Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement. Sage Publications, 2002.
  • Mirzoeff, N. An Introduction to Visual Culture. Routledge, 2002.
  • Orend, R. J. Socialization and Participation in the Arts. Americans for the Arts, 1989.
  • Pachmanová, M. (ed.). Ex-pozice. O vystavování muzejních sbírek umění, designu a architektury. UMPRUM, 2018.
  • Petrová, S. České sklo. UMPRUM, 2018.
  • Roberts, B. Art, Design and Capital since the 1980s. Production by Design. Routledge, 2019.
  • Wade, G. (ed.). Curating in the 21st Century. Walsall, Wolverhampton, 2000.
  • Williams, R.; Newton, J. H. Visual Communication: Integrating Media, Art and Science. Routledge, 2007.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.12.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026