(in Polish) Everyday Aesthetics: Ideas and Practices 3800-EAIP22-S
The course is designed to acquaint students with major issues within the contemporary philosophy of popular art and culture as well as everyday aesthetics. The following issues will be discussed: (1) the high/low art debate in the philosophy of culture; (2) somaesthetics; (3) artification and everyday aesthetics; (4) philosophy of food and (5) urban aesthetics.
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Acquired knowledge:
- Students know and understand advanced methods of analysis and interpretation from the canon of popular culture philosophy.
- Students know the most valuable and newest specialist literature on the issues of everyday aesthetics.
Acquired skills:
- Students have in-depth research skills, including the analysis of the works of other authors, the synthesis of various ideas and views.
Acquired social competences:
- Students have the ability to formulate critical opinions about cultural products on the basis of scientific knowledge and experience.
Assessment criteria
- active participation
- final essay (4,500—5,500 words)
Acceptable number of missed classes without formal explanation: 2
Bibliography
(Please note, that the final list of readings is subject to change and negotiation according to students’ research interests)
Saito Y., Everyday Aesthetics, Oxford University Press, 2007.
Shusterman R. „Form and Funk. The Aesthetic Challange of Popular Art”, British Journal of Aesthetics, 3 (31) 1991, pp. 213-230.
Gracyk T., „Searching for the Popular and the Art in Popular Art”, Philosophy Compass 2 (2) 2007, pp.380-295.
Irvin Sh., „The Pervasiveness of the Aesthetic in Ordinary Experience”, British Journal of Aesthetics, 1 (48) 2008, pp. 29–44.
Naukkarinen O., ”Variations in Artification”, Contemporary Aesthetics, Special Issue: Artification, vol. 4;
Sibley F., “Tastes, Smells, and Aesthetics” [in:] ibidem, Approach to Aesthetics, Oxford Uni-versity Press 2001;
Brady E., “Smells, Tastes and Everyday Aesthetics” [in:] Philosophy and Food, Ed. David Kaplan. Berkeley: California University Press, 2012.
Parsons G., A. Carlson, “Functional Beauty in Contemporary Aesthetic Theory” [in:] Functional Beauty, Oxford University Press 2008;
Sauchelli A., “Functional Beauty, Perception, and Aesthetic Judgments” British Journal of Aesthetics (1) 53 2012, pp. 41–53.
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