MCPS3012 Theory of Cultural Policy (5 cr)

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Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020

Description

Content

The course presents selected modern theories, concepts and approaches in social sciences, especially in regard to their importance in research of cultural policy. The course begins with reflections on the role of theory in social research and proceeds to presenting the central concepts and structure of the selected theories. Theorists and approaches related to poststructuralism, critical theory, Marxist approaches, science and technology studies and gender studies will be discussed.

Completion methods

Participating in lectures, writing an essay.

Assessment details

Participating to lectures, writing an essay

Learning outcomes

Aim of the course is to prepare students to approach cultural policy from the social scientific perspective. After the course, students understand different standpoints in regard to the role of theory in social research and are able to explain the most important concepts and theoretical frameworks. Students are familiar with the latest research of the field and are able to apply theoretical knowledge to empirical phenomena and data analysis, as well as to create new research perspectives on this basis.

Literature

  • 10. Lloyd, David & Paul Thomas (1998): Culture and the State.
  • When completing the course with lectures, choose one book from the following list. When completing the course only with essays, choose three books from the following list:
  • 15. Skeggs, Beverley (2003): Class, Self, Culture.
  • 4. Coutinho, Carlos (2013): Gramsci's Political Thought.
  • 12. Rorty, Richard: Philosophy as Cultural Politics, 2007.
  • 3. Bourdieu, Pierre (1993): The Field of Cultural Production: Essays on Art and Literature.
  • 1. Adorno, Theodor W. & Max Horkheimer (1984): Dialectic of Enlightenment.
  • 16. Delanda, Manuel (2016): Assemblage Theory
  • 17. Clough, Patricia Ticineto & Halley, Jean: The Affective Turn
  • 9. Joas, Hans (1997): The Creativity of Action.
  • 21. Lapoujade, David: Aberrant movements – The Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze
  • 2. Becker, Howard (1984): Art Worlds.
  • 11. Pyykkönen, Miikka & Ilkka Kauppinen (toim.) (2015): 1900-luvun ranskalainen yhteiskuntateoria.
  • 20. Dosse, Francois: Strukturalismin historia II (History of Structuralism II)
  • 19. Dosse, Francois: Strukturalismin historia I (History of Structuralism I)
  • 13. van Maanen, Hans (2009): How to Study Art Worlds?
  • 14. Williams, Raymond (1981): Culture.
  • 18. Hardt, Michael & Negri, Antonio: Empire
  • 6. Habermas, Jürgen (1984): The Theory of Communicative Action. Vol. 2: Lifeworld and Systems: A Critique of Functionalist Theory.
  • 8. Harding, Sandra (2008): Sciences From Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities.
  • 7. Latour, Bruno (2005): Reassembling the Social. An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory.
  • 5. Dean, Mitchell M. (2010): Governmentality: Power and Rule in Modern Society.

Completion methods

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