KUMA033 Culture, Place and Space (5 cr)
Study level:
Intermediate studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of History and Ethnology
Curriculum periods:
2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027, 2027-2028
Description
This course draws from anthropological and ethnological research traditions to examine the relationships that tie humans to each other. The main themes are social groups, networks, kinship and family, ethnicity, nationalism, transnationalism and multispecies relations.
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.
Additional information
Independent work through a written assignement. Contact teaching may be organized in some years.
Study materials
The course coordinators will refer students to learning material. For the book exam, all students will read the following books:
Completion methods
Method 1
Description:
For independent completion, the student should choose three books from the list.
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 courses 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
Method 2
Description:
Contact teaching may be organized in some years.
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 courses 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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Independent study (5 cr)
Type:
Independent study
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish
Teaching
8/1/2024–7/31/2025 Essay
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Teaching (5 cr)
Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
Finnish