Professional Practice 2

or what does an archive and museum look like from the inside?

 

Taught by: doc. Mgr. Ľuboš Kačírek, PhD., Mgr. Martina Orosová, PhD.

Form of instruction: practical activities outside of school

ECTS: 2

Objective:

The subject is intended for the bachelor's degree in archival science and museology. Students complete it in the scope of 15 working days of six hours each in a selected memory institution (archive, museum, gallery, monument office). Students choose the institution according to the focus of their bachelor's thesis. The aim of the internship is for students to engage in tasks and activities according to the instructions of the memory institution's staff. At the same time, they focus on heuristic research on the chosen topic of the bachelor's thesis, using archival sources, museum documentation or other sources of the memory institution. The internship is intended to help the student write the final thesis, obtain sources and acquire the work and professional skills necessary for writing it. After the internship, each student will receive an assessment from the relevant memory institution on their attendance at the internship and the activities performed.

Brief overview:

• Selection of a memory institution according to the focus of their bachelor's thesis.
• Fulfilment of tasks and activities according to the instructions of the memory institution's staff.
• Heuristic research of relevant sources on the topic of their bachelor's thesis.

Graduation requirements:

• Regular attendance at the internship, two missed days are accepted.
• Active fulfilment of assigned tasks (50%).
• Report on the course of the internship, activities performed and evaluation from a professional point of view (50%).

Recommended literature:

• Selected analytical and synthetic archival tools of a specific archival workplace.
• Selected studies in the journals Slovenská archivistika, Múzeum, Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo and others.
• Other professional scientific literature related to the topic of the student's bachelor's thesis.