Course: Cultural History III

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Course title Cultural History III
Course code UHV/BKUD3
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lenderová Milena, prof. PhDr. CSc.
  • Hanulík Vladan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Searching for cultural history. What was everyday life like in the long 19th and short 20th centuries. Invitation to the 19th and 20th centuries: processes, structures, events. Shops in the 19th century. Stabilization of sales forms. The birth of the department store (film Happy Journey from 1943; film as a historical source). Shops in the 20th century Rationing and planned economy. Home. House, apartment, garden. Hygiene. Vision, supervision, reality. City and countryside. Health. Health laws. The medicalization of medicine and the emergence of medical fields. Getting dressed. Clothing as a means of social communication. People around the table. Sociology of eating. Cookbooks as a historical source. Animals and their people. From domestication to identification

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact teaching - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 40 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 5 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 110 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to explain the emergence of contemporary consumer society by searching for its historical roots. Understanding microhistorical processes of the long 19th century and short 20th century in the context of macrohistorical processes.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Knowledge of three basic literature titles. Recommended according to interest
Recommended literature


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