HKDRPNP027 Experimental Practicals at Material Culture

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. et PhDr. Markéta Tymonová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. et PhDr. Markéta Tymonová, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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
The course extends and deepens theoretical knowledge of cultural history and heritage in practical and organisational terms. It presents selected topics in the area of material culture presented by modern teaching methods with crossover of theoretical and practical components. Students complete a program block focused on experimental activities, on holding animation and experiential events and workshops for the public. Themes include presentation of traditional agricultural and handcraft production, traditional/regional food and dining, maintenance of traditional folk/religious customs and rituals, with bourgeois and aristocratic everyday life, etc. Students participate actively in organized programs, are able to apply the acquired experience, and skills in a specific experiment and preparation of similarly focused individual projects. They prepare a sample animation and educational program, simulate it in a specialized teaching room. The course is organized in cooperation with professional institutions (memory and cultural institutions, open-air museums), installed objects, private entities focused on activities related to the presentation and education of cultural heritage; partial experiments are implemented using a specialized classroom.
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
Výklad s powepointovou prezentací. Diskuse o probírané látce.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, methods, literature, information sources.
  • 2. Analysis, criticism and interpretation in experimental presentation and education of cultural heritage.
  • 3. Institutions with programmes aimed at presenting cultural heritage with elements of an experimental approach.
  • 4. - 7. Case presentations of programs of experimental archaeology, museology, experiential events, historical reconstructions of domestic and foreign provenience.
  • 8. - 9. Preparation of an individual programme/experiment.
  • 10. Analysis, group defence and evaluation of the individual project.
  • 11. - 13 Participation in a programme/activity focusing on an experimental presentation of cultural heritage of a renowned regional institution (preparation + 1 day).
Literature
    required literature
  • Doležalová, K. (ed.). Workshopy ke středověké a novověké keramice, Panská Lhota 2015. Brno 2016.
  • Ehmigová, Z. Experiment jako nástroj výzkumu kulturních jevů. Diplomová práce, Praha 2010.
  • Malina, J. Metody experimentu v archeologii. Praha, 1980. info
  • Foltýn, D. - Havlůjová, H. (eds.). Kulturní dědictví a udržitelný rozvoj místních komunit. Praha, 2013. info
    recommended literature
  • Vondruška, V. – Vondrušková, A. Průvodce českou historií – Církev. Praha 2014.
  • Vondruška, V. – Vondrušková, A. Průvodce českou historií – Město. Praha 2013.
  • Vondruška, V. – Vondrušková, A. Průvodce českou historií – Řemesla a výroba. Praha 2015.
  • Vondruška, V. – Vondrušková, A. Průvodce českou historií – Vesnice. Praha 2014.
  • Vondruška, V. Církevní rok a lidové obyčeje aneb kalendárium světců a světic, mučedníků a mučednic, pojednávající o víře českého lidu k nim, jakož i o liturgii katolické. České Budějovice 1991.
  • Experimentelle Archäologie in Deutschland, periodikum, Oldenburg, SRN.
  • Experimentelle Archäologie in Europa, periodikum, Oldenburg, SRN.
  • Živá archeologie, periodikum, Hradec Králové.
    not specified
  • Nabídka programů animačních a experimentálních aktivit národních a regionálních institucí (Národní zemědělské muzeum Praha; Muzeum Těšínska – Archeoskanzen Chotěbuz; OKO Opava ad.).
  • Specifikace dalších informačních zdrojů dle konkrétního tématu experimentálního praktika, instituce a individuálního projektu.
Assessment methods
Discussion. Project/product proposal; course attendance (75%); obligatory participation in practice.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: + 1 den.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2025, recent)
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