Zdeněk Rychtera
Video Studio, Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology
documentary film, digital games, curating
Zdeněk Rychtera holds a Master’s degree in Theory of Interactive Media from Masaryk University. He previously completed Bachelor’s degrees in Film Studies and Cultural Anthropology at Palacký University Olomouc, including several study stays abroad. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Game Media Studio at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, and works as a programme curator focusing on new media, participatory cultures surrounding video games, and science communication. From 2018, he spent three years as Head of Programming at the Pastiche Filmz film club. Since 2018, he has also been a permanent member of the organising team of Academia Film Olomouc (AFO), where he specialises in film and exhibition programming and explores new approaches to science communication. As part of his work for AFO, he was involved in establishing the Prague Science Film Fest, organised jointly by AFO and the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. He currently serves as the festival’s director. Since 2020, he has been a member of the curatorial team of the PAF Olomouc festival, focusing on its gaming and educational programme. His collaboration with the Brno-based Ateliér Duchů collective at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno University of Technology, led to the creation of the video game podcast Hřiště. In 2021, he worked as a research assistant on a study of the social, cultural, and educational services provided by collective management organisations in the Czech Republic as part of the project Good Governance in the Provision of Social, Cultural and Educational Services by Collective Management Organisations for Copyright and Related Rights.
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CIRG – the Cultural Industries Research Group focuses on research into cultural and media industries, particularly on current issues, challenges, and conflicts arising from tensions between intellectual property law, the business models of cultural industries, the digitalization and platformization of cultural sectors, and changing consumer habits. The group’s name is an acronym of its English title, Cultural Industries Research Group. CIRG is an informal association of experts from media studies, intellectual property law, media law, media ethics, cultural economics and cultural management, sociology of culture, and data analysis. The group operates on the basis of project-based funding through applied research projects (TAČR, NAKI, EEA and Norway Grants, OP JAK Intersectoral Cooperation), basic research projects (GAČR, ZIF Bielefeld, OP VVV Excellent Research, DFG), as well as contract research (State Cinematography Fund, Association of Audiovisual Producers).
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Screen Industries in Central and Eastern Europe Research Group
SIRG
Charles University
Department of Film Studies
Lab head: Petr Szczepanik
sirg@ff.cuni.cz
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We offer the opportunity to pursue doctoral study focused on developing and carrying out your own research projects in the field of cultural and media industries. The programme can be undertaken at Palacký University Olomouc, Charles University, or the Prague University of Economics and Business under the supervision of leading experts in media studies, cultural economics, digital ethics, and copyright law.
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