KUMS009 Media and Cultural Memory (5 cr)
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028
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This study module examines the relationship between media and cultural memory in the digitalized era.
Description
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Learning outcomes
After completing the study module, the student will:
Have an advanced knowledge of memory studies theories and concepts and capacity to examine them from cultural studies and media studies perspectives
Learn to analyze meanings of objects, images, rituals, exhibitions, and memorials
Learn to critically assess how public memory is shaped by mediation and the transformation of media technologies
Learn to critically examine cultural memory from the perspective of social justice.
Additional information
Taught study module. Independent work on written assignments is possible
Study materials
To be agreed upon with the coordinator of the study module.
Completion methods
Method 1
Description:
Taught study module.
Evaluation criteria:
The grading scale in all completion modes will be numerical: 0-5. The grade will be based on the evaluation of the assignments that measure the extent to which the learning goals have been achieved. In modules organized in the form of contact teaching, completion requires 80 % attendance. For independent learning, completion of the unit requires that written assignments are completed and approved by the instructor in charge.
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Method 2
Description:
Independent work on written assignments. Literature for the written assignment: Selection of 5 academic articles Grau, O., Coones, W. & Rühse, V. 2017. Museum and archive on the move: Changing cultural institutions in the digital era. Boston: De Gruyter. Horsti, K. (ed.) 2019. The politics of public memories of forced migration and bordering of Europe. Palgrave MacMillan. Horsti, K. 2023. Survival and witness at Europe’s border: The afterlives of a disaster. Cornell University Press. Chidgey, R. & Garde-Hansen, J. 2024. Museums, archives and protest memory. Palgrave MacMillan.
Evaluation criteria:
The grading scale in all completion modes will be numerical: 0-5. The grade will be based on the evaluation of the assignments that measure the extent to which the learning goals have been achieved. In modules organized in the form of contact teaching, completion requires 80 % attendance. For independent learning, completion of the unit requires that written assignments are completed and approved by the instructor in charge.
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:
English
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Independent study (5 cr)
Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English