Course code

MLT6028.LT

old course code

MLT6028

Course title in Estonian

Rahvakunsti alused

Course title in English

Fundamentals of Folk Art

ECTS credits

3.0

Assessment form

graded assessment

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To give an overview of the development of folk art in the context of history of culture and respective terminology. To develop the skills of independent study and presentation of the areas of material culture and give students an opportunity to produce objects in practice.

Brief description of the course

Specific features of the development of Estonian folk culture. Symbol structures, Estonian family symbols, runic calendars, folk ornaments and selection of colours. Animated world, chronology, cyclic character of handicraft objects. The influence of other communities on the development of our folk culture. The development of professional handicraft, organised activity (associations). Folk art from antiquity to the present day: architecture, interior design, social life, consumer items, jewellery, clothes.

Independent work: writing summaries of field trips and essays, preparing PowerPoint presentations based on sources dealing with the subject of folk art, compiling a study folder of folk art and making a project-based tactile book based on folk culture.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:

Students have systematic knowledge about the development of Estonian folk culture and an experience of project work.
They are able to characterise folk art; compose essays, presentations, study portfolios; present the outcome of their practical work. They know the sources of collecting basic material and terminology of the subject.

Teacher

Lekt Tiia Artla

The course is a prerequisite