KUMA2003 Culture, Place and Space (5 cr)

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Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023

Description

Content

The course deals with issues of space and place from cultural and political perspectives.

Completion methods

Taught course or independent work (book exam, reading group or assignment).

Assessment criteria

80% participation in teaching and written assignments or lecture exam. Independent work on written assignments or book exam.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will:

  • know how place and space are cultural, technological and virtual phenomena
  • recognise the construction of physical, symbolic and cultural boundaries and their significance in human societies
  • be able to analytically assess the relationship between global and local and
  • understand the construction of space and place in the interaction of knowledge and power.

Study materials

The course coordinators will refer students to learning material. For the book exam, all students will read the following books:

Literature

  • Massey, Doreen 2008: Samanaikainen tila. TAI/OR Massey, Doreen 2005: For Space.
  • Relph, Edvard 1976: Place and Placelessness.
  • Augé, Marc 1992: Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity.

Completion methods

Method 1

Select all marked parts

Method 2

Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
No published teaching
x

Exam (5 cr)

Type:
Exam
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching