Course detail
Sociological aspects of contemporary art
FaVU-3SASUAcad. year: 2020/2021
The course connect sociological research of art with the discourse of its socially sensitive aspects. Art is understood as a configuration of social processes which participate on the production of signification. Increasing reflexivity – the attribute of late modernity – orients a part of the astethetic culture towards the exposal of the very conditions of production. Art thus substitues social research; sometimes its intention is critical (Haacke), sometimes it is playful (Tiravanija), it tests the possibilities of dialogic and participative intervention in social reality. Despite being intentional and reflexive, art production can never fully free itself from institutional and material conditions. Reflexivity defying control is nevertheless inherent to the "context"itself.
Supervisor
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Knowledge of sociological research of art and ability to discuss its socially sensitive aspects.
Prerequisites
None.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Recommended or required reading
Nicolas BOURRIAD, Relational Aesthetics. Dijon: Les Preses du reél, 2002. (EN)
Pierre BOURDIEU – Hans HAACKE, Free Exchange. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1995. (EN)
Pierre BOURDIEU, Rules of Art. Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1996. (EN)
Grant KESTER, Conversation Pieces. Comunity and Communication in Modern Art. University of California Press, 2004. (EN)
Claire BISHOP (ed.), Participation. Documents of Contemporary Art. The MIT Press, 2006. (EN)
Zoya KOCUR – Simon LEUNG, Theory in Contemporary Art. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. (EN)
M. W. REKTANUS, Culture incorporated. Museum, Artists and Corporate Sponsorship. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. (EN)
Lisa CARTWRIGHT – Marita STURKEN, Studia vizuální kultury. Praha: Portál, 2009. (CS)
Thomas CROW, Modern Art in the Common Culture. Yale University Press, 1996. (EN)
Pierre BOURDIEU, Teorie jednání. Praha: Karolinum, 1998. (CS)
Brian FAY, Současná filozofie sociálních věd. Multikulturní přístup. Praha: Slon, 2002. (CS)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures and individual consultations.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Doctoral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Work placements
Not applicable.
Course curriculum
1. Sociological research of art.
2. Sociologically-sensitive aspects of art.
3. Art as the configuration of social processes which determine the production of signification.
4. Increasing reflexivity - the attribute od late modernity (Giddens)
5. Art substituting social research.
6. Discussion, tutorials.
Aims
The course will provide students with teh awareness of complexity od social production of culture and show its "liquidity".
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Mandatory lectures and tutorials.
Type of course unit
Lecture
12 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer