LiU Summer Academy: The Use (and Abuse) of Culture, 7.5 credits
LiU sommarakademi: The Use (and Abuse) of Culture, 7.5 hp
738G13
Main field of study
No main field of studyCourse level
First cycleCourse type
Single subject and programme courseExaminer
Eva Hemmungs WirténCourse coordinator
Isabelle Strömstedt, Olga ZabaluevaContact
Course offered for | Semester | Weeks | Language | Campus | ECV | N.B. | |
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Single subject course (Full-time, Day-time) | Summer 2020 | 202027-202030 | English | Linköping, Valla | CANCELLED |
Main field of study
No main field of studyCourse level
First cycleAdvancement level
G2FSpecific information
The course is given within the framework of the Linköping University Summer Academy and is only open to students from Linköping University's partner universities. The course is on bachelor level and is offered in English.
Entry requirements
To meet the general entry requirements, students must have completed 1 year full-time studies (passed 60 ECTS credits or equivalent) from one of Linköping University’s partner universities.
Intended learning outcomes
After completion of the course the student should be able to:
- account for different theoretical conceptions of culture
- problematize contemporary conditions and challenges for the production of knowledge
- discuss how individuals, groups, and/or public institutions use (and abuse) culture and thereby negotiate larger systems of meanings
Course content
The course explores different perspectives with regards to how culture is constructed, negotiated and consumed. Questions that are discussed are what (un)truths we can find in various expressions of (popular) culture, and how this may affect public institutions, political decision-making and scientific production in contemporary society.
The empirical and theoretical approaches of the course are inter-disciplinary and problem-oriented. Some of the problems highlighted during the course are
- Cultural Heritage and the negotiation of identity politics
- The possible decline of scientific knowledge in public discourse
- The changing role of cultural production in post-industrial society
Notions of knowledge and truth and how this can be studied from a cultural studies perspective are discussed.
Teaching and working methods
The teaching consists of lectures, seminars, and fieldtrips. Homework and independent study are a necessary complement to the course. Language of instruction: English.
Examination
The examination consists of written individual assignment, reflective assignments, and active participation in seminars. Detailed information about the examination can be found in the course’s study guide.
If the LiU coordinator for students with disabilities has granted a student the right to an adapted examination for a written examination in an examination hall, the student has the right to it. If the coordinator has instead recommended for the student an adapted examination or alternative form of examination, the examiner may grant this if the examiner assesses that it is possible, based on consideration of the course objectives.
Students failing an exam covering either the entire course or part of the course twice are entitled to have a new examiner appointed for the reexamination.
Students who have passed an examination may not retake it in order to improve their grades.
Grades
ECTS, ECOther information
Planning and implementation of a course must take its starting point in the wording of the syllabus. The course evaluation included in each course must therefore take up the question how well the course agrees with the syllabus.
The course is carried out in such a way that both men´s and women´s experience and knowledge is made visible and developed.
Department
Institutionen för kultur och samhälleCode | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
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HEM1 | Exercises | 4 credits | EC |
EXA1 | Examination | 3.5 credits | EC |
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