IMCS1010 Comparative Cultural Studies (5 cr)
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of Language and Communication Studies
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020
Description
Content
This course focuses on some basic issues of comparative cultural studies. It introduces the participant to concepts and definitions of culture such as identity, gender, class, ethnicity, race, place, nation, perspective and representation. Moreover, the problems of comparing cultures are dealt with in the context of multiculturalism, commercialism and globalisation.
Completion methods
Lecture course with discussions and learning assignments
Learning outcomes
On completing this course, the student will be able to
- define concepts related to culture and identity
- explain how cultural processes such as racialisation function
- understand and be sensitive about the issue of perspective in confronting intercultural issues
- use critical reading techniques in practice.
- define concepts related to culture and identity
- explain how cultural processes such as racialisation function
- understand and be sensitive about the issue of perspective in confronting intercultural issues
- use critical reading techniques in practice.
Additional information
Timing: 1st year
Literature
- Selected essays from:
- Taylor, Charles et al. (ed.): Multiculturalism: Examining the Politics of Recognition. 1994.
- Connell, Liam & Nicky Marsh (ed.): Literature and Globalization: A Reader. 2010.
- During, Simon (ed.): The Cultural Studies Reader. 1999.
- Other literature as instructed by the teacher
Completion methods
Method 1
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Unpublished assessment item