HISA1002 Cultural History of Everyday Life (5 cr)

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, 2023-2024

Description

Students will be introduced in these studies to the diversity, border conditions and dynamics in history.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the studies students will:

  • comprehend the diversity of everyday life in different ages and different cultures
  • be cognisant of the border conditions of everyday life: the limitations imposed by estate, social class, legislation and the community
  • comprehend the dynamic nature of the everyday, the changes and development occurring therein

On completion of the studies through contact teaching students will also have

  • acquired experience of groupwork and improved their interactive skills
  • enhanced their oral interactive skills and negotiation skills
  • acquired skills for operating in new situations

On completion of the studies through examinations on set books students will also have

  • enhanced their problem-solving skills
  • improved their written skills and argumentation skills
  • acquired skills in the analysis of information and the ability to comprehend extensive entities

On completion of the studies by writing essays students will morever have

  • learned more about information seeking and writing scientific text
  • enhanced their written communication and argumentation skills
  • acquired experience of project skills by planning their own actions and use of time

Additional information

Active participation in teaching and written assignments or lecture exam. Completion by independent study – essay or book exam. Active participation in the study group and written assignments.

Study materials

To complete the studies using set books students will select works from the following list in such a way as to acquire 5 points. Choice of books for essays to be agreed in advance with the teacher in charge.

Literature

  • Burke, Peter, What is Cultural History? (2008) (1 op)
  • Fulbrook, Mary, A Small Town Near Auschwitz: Ordinary Nazis and the Holocaust (2012) (2 op)
  • Hamling, T., A day at home in early modern England: Material culture and domestic life, 1500-1700. New Haven CT: Yale University Press (2017) (2 op)
  • Häggman, Kai et al. (toim.), Suomalaisen arjen suuri tarina (2010). (2 op)
  • Katajala-Peltomaa, S. & Toivo, R. M. (2009). Noitavaimo ja neitsytäiti: Naisten arki keskiajalta uudelle ajalle. Jyväskylä: Atena. (2 op)
  • Turunen, Arja, Niiranen, Anna (toim.), Säädyllistä ja säädytöntä — Pukeutumisen historiaa renessanssista 2000-luvulle. Helsinki: SKS 2019 (2 op)
  • Vilkuna, Kustaa H. J., Arkielämää patriarkaalisessa työmiesyhteisössä. Rautaruukkilaiset suurvalta-ajan Suomessa (1996) (1 op)
  • Jan de Vries, The Price of Bread: Regulating the Market in the Dutch Republic. 2019 (3 op)

Completion methods

These completion methods are for University of Jyväskylä degree students. Other options:

Method 1

Select all marked parts

Method 2

Select all marked parts

Method 3

Select all marked parts

Method 4

Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Participation in teaching (5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish

Teaching

x

Independent study: essay (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Study methods:
Ota yhteyttä tentaattoriin ja sovi esseen kirjoituksesta hänen kanssaan.

Teaching

x

Independent study: examination (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Study methods:

Voit tehdä tentin kahdella tavalla, joko eTenttinä tai verkkotenttinä. Mikäli teet eTentin, varaa aika Exam-järjestelmässä. Mikäli teet verkkotentin, sovi asiasta tentaattorin kanssa sähköpostilla.

Teaching

x

Independent study (5 cr)

Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Study methods:

Katso tarkat suoritusohjeet Historian ja etnologian laitoksen verkkosivuilta ja sovi suorituksesta etukäteen tentaattorin kanssa. 

Teaching