UFMMTBP031 Visual Sociology

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Jiří Siostrzonek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jiří Siostrzonek, Ph.D.
Centrum interdisciplinárních studií – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Timetable
Tue 10:35–11:20 209
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Visual sociology focuses on the field of visual interpretation of photographs, photographic files and documentaries. In this course, knowledge from general sociology, sociology of culture, sociology of art, sociology of architecture, sociology of lifestyle, sociology of family, sociology of landscape, etc. are intertwined and these findings are placed in the context of reportage photography, subjectively documentary photography, social photography. , photos of landscapes, cities, villages, architecture and portrait photography. Attention is also focused on social phenomena and processes in a specific environment, which as the main socio-cultural determinants significantly affect the formation of a person's personality, his activity, behavior, experience, lifestyle, values, etc.
Learning outcomes
The student will understand the key concepts of visual sociology with a focus on photography.
Syllabus
  • An organic part of each lecture is the visual support of the topic / photography, work of students and graduates, video, film /.
Literature
  • GRÁF, Tomáš, Jiří SIOSTRZONEK, Ondřej DURCZAK and Rudolf DYBOWICZ. Komety v toku dějin (Comets in History). In Jiří Siostrzonek. Čekání na kometu. první. Opava: Surbanz, 2020, p. 15 - 29. ISBN 978-80-906351-9-7. info
  • DURCZAK, Ondřej, Jiří SIOSTRZONEK and Jaromíra KNAPÍKOVÁ. Pozor, vyletí ptáček!: nejstarší fotografické ateliéry v Opavě 1860-1948 (Watch the Birdie! The Eldest Photography Studios in Opava 1860–1948). první. Frýdek-Místek: Lukáš Horký - Surbanz, 2020, 271 pp. ISBN 978-80-907872-4-7. info
  • SIOSTRZONEK, Jiří. Opava a její řeka - fotografie a pohlednice do roku 1945 / Jiří Siostrzonek (Opava and its river – photographs and postcards up to the year 1945). Frýdek-Místek: Lukáš Horký - Surbanz, 2019, 2019, 274 pp. ISBN 978-80-906351-7-3. info
  • SIOSTRZONEK, Jiří. Zmizelá poezie opavských předměstí Jaktaře, Kateřinek a Kylešovic: ze soukromé sbírky Rudolfa Dybowicze. (The Lost Beauty of Opava´s Periphery Jaktař, Kateřinky and Kylešovice postcards). 1. vydání. Frýdek-Místek: Lukáš Horký - Surbanz, 2018, 330 pp. ISBN 978-80-906351-5-9. info
  • SIOSTRZONEK, Jiří. Pohlednice z Opavy 1908 - 1945 (Postcards from Opava 1908 - 1945). 1. vydání. Ostrava: FotoD, 2017, 375 pp. ISBN 978-80-906937-1-5. URL info
  • JANÁK, Dušan, Jiří SIOSTRZONEK, Jindřich ŠTREIT, Martin STANOEV, Nina PAVELČÍKOVÁ and Miroslav PAULÍČEK. Romové obrazem: Příspěvek ke zkoumání sociálních reprezentací Romů v české společnosti (ROMA IN PICTURES: A Contribution to the Study on Social Representations of Roma in Czech Society). 1. vydání. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2017, 140 pp. Fakulta veřejných politik. ISBN 978-80-7510-266-9. info
  • ABRAMOWICZ, Marek, Pavel BAKALA, Stanislav HLEDÍK, Jiří HORÁK, Jiří KOVÁŘ, Tomáš PECHÁČEK, Jan SCHEE, Jiří SIOSTRZONEK, Petr SLANÝ, Zdeněk STUCHLÍK, Eva ŠRÁMKOVÁ, Gabriel TÖRÖK, Martin URBANEC and John MILLER. INAP 2013: Joint Student Conference, 2-4 December 2013, Prague, Czech Republic. 2013. info
Teaching methods
lectures, interactions, participation in visual cultural events
Assessment methods
final project
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2024, Summer 2025.
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