Neuromuseology 2700-P3N-SPNMIDK
1. Introduction to the theory of perception and to the relation between an ‘mage” (in wide sense of this notion) and semantic conotation. Narratives in museum’ practice.
2. History of museums as spaces when the new context and the new reality is created. Interpretations of exhibtions and their meanings
3. Designing for museums (exhibitions, mapping, publishing , data bases, web pages) . The meaning’s traps. Museum between the mission and mistifacation.
4. Neuromuseology as practice of exhibition and museum’ architecture design.
Type of course
Mode
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Learning outcomes
After completing the course, student:
KNOWLEDGE:
Understands general rules of human perception, including visual and semantic interpretation.
Knows the meaning and content of the notion of ‘neurosciences” and can apply it when analyzed different areas of humanistic researches.
SKILLS:
Can analyze the content and the visual structure of museum exhibition from the point of view of perception rules.
Can notice and describe faults and arrangment errors in exhibition projects
OTHER COMPETENCES:
Has a sense of responsibility for the protection and preservation of cultural heritage, actively participates in cultural life, using the available opportunities.
Assessment criteria
The pass criterion is the presence and activity during the classes. Oral or written exam.
Practical placement
none
Bibliography
Arnheim, Rudol, Sztuka i percepcja wzrokowa. Psychologia twórczego oka, przekł. J. Mach, Warszawa 1978 oraz Gdańsk 2004.
Arnheim, Rudolf, Myślenie wzrokowe, przeł. Marek Chojnacki, Gdańsk [słowo/obraz/terytoria] 2011.
Folga Januszewska, Dorota, ‘A Museum Triangle: Ethics, standards of care and the pleasure of perception’, in: Museums, Ethics and Cultural Heritage, ed. by Bernice L. Murphy (London–New York: Routledge, 2016), pp. 162–72 (ISBN 978-1-138-67632-9)
Folga Januszewska, Dorota, ‘Might the Museology be a part of Neurosciences?’, Museologica Brunensia, 5, no. 1 (2016), 5–14
Folga Januszewska, Dorota, ‘Museum vs. Neuroesthetics’, Sztuka i Filozofia, 42 (2013), 67–78 (ISSN 1230-0330)
Folga Januszewska, Dorota, ‘Muzeologia neuronalna. Inne spojrzenie na muzeum XXI wieku / Neuromuseology. Another View on 21st–C. Museum’, in: Muzeum XXI wieku. Teoria i praxis / Museum of the 21st-Century. Theory and Praxis. Materiały Konferencji, Muzeum Początków Państwa Polskiego, Gniezno, 25-26 listopada 2009 (Gniezno, 2010), pp. 29–35.
Francuz, Piotr, Imagia. W kierunku neurokognitywnej teorii obrazu, Lublin 2013
Onians, John, Neuromuseology, Chapter, in: From Museum Critique to the Critical Museum, ed. Katarzyna Murawska-Muthesius, Piotr Piotrowski, Routledge 2015, p. 229-244
Ramachandran, Vilayanur Subramanian, The Tell-Tale Brain. A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes us Human (W.W. Norton & Company, 2011)
Ramachandran, Vilayanur Subramanian , Neuronauka o podstawach człowieczeństwa. O czym mówi mózg?, przekł. A. i M. Binderowie, E. Józefowicz, Warszawa [WUW] 2012 (rozdziały: Widzieć a wiedzieć; Krzykliwe kolory…)
Zeki, Semir, Splemdors and Miseries of the Brain. Love, Creativity, and the Quest for Human Happiness (Willey–Blackwell, 2008)
Zeki, Semir , Blaski i cienie pracy mózgu. O miłości, sztuce i pogoni za szczęściem, przekł. Anna i Marek Binderowie, Warszawa [WUW] 2012
Ziębińska-Witek, Anna, Muzea wobec nowych trendów w humanistyce, “Historyka. Studia Metodologiczne”, t. 45, 2015, s. 97-115.
Additional information
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