KUMS4008 Technologies in Culture (5 cr)
Study level:
Advanced 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
Content
The course deals with technology from the perspective of cultural studies. The course focuses on the social and cultural meanings of technological innovation.
Completion methods
Taught course or independent work (book exam, reading group or essay).
Assessment criteria
80% participation in teaching and written assignments or lecture exam. Completion by independent study – essay, a book exam or reading group.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will:
- understand technology from the perspective of cultural studies
- have an understanding of the ethical, social and societal issues related to technology
Study materials
The course coordinator will refer students to learning material. For the book exam, three works are selected from the following list:
Literature
- Tenhunen, Sirpa 2018: A Village goes mobile: telephony, mediation and social change in rural<br />India.
- Latour, Bruno 1996: Aramis, or the love of technology.
- S Pink, H Horst, J Postill, L Hjorth, T Lewis, J Tacchi. 2016: Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practice
- Lilly Irani 2019: Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India
- Madianou, Mirca and Daniel Miller. 2012: Migration and New Media: Transnational Families and Polymedia.
- Rachel Charlotte Smith, Kasper Tang Vangkilde, Mette Gislev Kjaersgaard, Ton Otto, Joachim Halse ja Thomas Binder (toim.) 2016: Design Anthropological Futures
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
Teaching
10/23–12/4/2023 Lectures
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Independent study (5 cr)
Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish