UHVD0009 Technology and its Image in Society. Between Utopia and Everyday Practice

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Igor Zmeták, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Petr Kozák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, 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
Lectures and seminars examines the relationship between technology and its reflection of contemporary society. Emphasis is placed on the transformation of paradigmatic adoption of technical improvements and inventions oscillating between fascination and strict rejection. In addition to technical innovation is part of the lectures given to the role of technology in shaping modern mass culture, initial efforts to capture and reproduce motion from 17 century (Laterna Magica, strobe ad.) and in particular technological developments in the 19th century, which led to the invention of cinema. In addition, partial technical innovation will be acquainted with the gradual development of film production and projection to 20 20th century, including social, economic and cultural impacts. The course will preview screenings of selected early works of Czech and world cinema.
Syllabus
  • - the relationship between technology and its reflection of contemporary society
    - the image of science and technology in the visual culture of the Renaissance and Mannerism
    - science and technology in the Baroque period
    - the paradigm of science and technology in the early 19th century and its reflection in art
    - science and technology in the modern art
    - technology in shaping modern mass culture
    - efforts to capture and reproduce motion (Laterna Magica, strobe, etc.).
    - the invention of cinema
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Pierre Hadot. Závoj Isidin. Esej o dějinách ideje přírody. Praha, 2010. info
  • Thompsonová, K. - Bordwell, D. Dějiny filmu. Přehled světové kinematografie. Praha, 2007. info
  • Alexandr Koyré. Od uzavřeného světa k nekonečnému vesmíru. Praha, 2004. info
  • Chappmann, A. Bohové na nebesích. Astronomie, náboženství a kultura od starověku až po renesanci. Praha, 2003. info
  • Nový, L. a kol. Dějiny techniky v Československu do konce 18. století. Praha, 1974. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Active participation.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2020.
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