Cultural Production and Consumption
Code: 100066 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2502758 Humanities | OT | 3 | 0 |
| 2502758 Humanities | OT | 4 | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Dafne Muntanyola Saura
- Email:
- Dafne.Muntanyola@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
None
Objectives and Contextualisation
The general objective of the course is to understand the basic concepts and methods of qualitative research in the sociology of culture. We start from everyday contexts, and talk about institutions that work as agents of socialization and social control. We approach the mechanisms of communication, production and consumption that we find in cultural and artistic environments. It will be:
Neither highbrows nor lowbrows nor midbrows, but elastic-brows.
George Orwell
1) Master some of the fundamental concepts and theories for the study of current societies, focusing on European and American societies, thus facilitating comprehensive analysis. The compulsory bibliography includes classical authors of sociology, but also contemporary authors and other disciplines, which also follow a sociological perspective. 2) Discuss, dissect and criticize texts, videos, images and other media products about practices, tastes and trials that cultural agents carry out in their daily lives. The look of sociology is critical, demystifying and revolutionary. 3) Know how to construct an ethnographic project based on the analysis of cultural scenarios. Ask a question of research beyond the prejudices given by all means of common knowledge. Identify the dominant discourses in culture and contrast them with observed practices, based on mandatory and recommended bibliography. 4) To put into practice various methodological abilities typical of sociology, among which is the taking of good field notes, the design of an interview script, and the creation of an observation file. You will learn a key competence in the sociological gaze: maintaining a reflective attitude in observing real social scenarios. .
Competences
- Humanities
- Identifying the historical processes of contemporary culture.
- Interpreting social and cultural diversity.
- Respecting the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
Learning Outcomes
- Comparing the reading of cultural phenomena from several ideologies of the social reality of Spain and Catalonia.
- Critically assessing experiences, materials and proposals.
- Defining the sociological concepts that interpret the cultural phenomena.
- Drawing up an academic text using the discipline's specific vocabulary.
- Effectively working in teams and respecting different opinions.
- Explaining the social interpretations of culture according to the approaches of the sociological theory.
- Recognising the most appropriate bibliographic databases in order to obtain sources of a specific issue.
- Relating the debates about the approaches of the sociological theory concerning the culture and historical context in which emerged.
Content
5) Teamwork is a constant search: In a grouped and supervised way you will develop the project on cultural scenarios by applying another methodological ability, that of intersubjectivity, which consists in sharing and discussing ways of thinking and experiencing the reality that you are analyzing 6) Knowing how to interpret empirical data is a need not to fall victim to ideological manipulation. You will work qualitative and quantitative data in class to get used to this language and thus understand the real content of the data that appears in scientific and informative documents
.
Methodology
This subject has no final exam. Because it is a continuous assessment subject, constant assistance is required. Regular and active participation in class sessions and work done with readings will be evaluated (min. 9 of 10). In relation to the latter, you will have to present two questions about the readings in each seminar session.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| In class lectures | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 7, 8 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Office Hours | 3 | 0.12 | 5 |
| Oral presentation | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 5 |
| Sections | 8 | 0.32 | 2, 1, 3, 6, 8 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Class notes Organization | 5 | 0.2 | 2, 1, 3, 6, 7, 8 |
| Project elaboration | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 5 |
| Readings | 8 | 0.32 | 2, 1, 6, 7, 8 |
| Research | 8 | 0.32 | 2, 1, 6, 7, 8, 5 |
Assessment
• In case of not being able to attend the classes for an exceptional reason as an illness it is necessary to speak with the teacher the first two weeks of the course. If these do not reach a minimum of 4, the subject will be considered suspended. • Seminar questions must be submitted on the marked day in the program. • Dedicate time and money to come to class. Therefore, the use of the mobile, the computer, the tablet and other electronic devices in the chat room is not allowed.
o In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a
significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the
student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any
disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several
irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student
will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
n the event that tests or exams cannot be taken onsite, they will be
adapted to an online format made available through the UAB’s virtual
tools (original weighting will be maintained). Homework, activities and
class participation will be carried out through forums, wikis and/or
discussion on Teams, etc. Lecturers will ensure that students are able to
access these virtual tools, or will offer them feasible alternatives.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldnotes | 15 | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 6 |
| Final project (objectives, observation template, interview script, analysis and conclusions). | 40 | 36 | 1.44 | 2, 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 5 |
| Observation template and Interview script | 15 | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 3, 6, 8 |
| Readings | 30 | 20 | 0.8 | 2, 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 |
Bibliography
COMPULSORY REFERENCES
1. Becker, H. (1995/2009). El poder de la inercia, Apuntes de investigación del CEYP, 15: 99-105.
2. Gramsci, A. (1948/2017.) "La formación de los intelectuales" (traducción M. Sacristán) a Rendueles, C. (Ed.) Escritos (Antología). Madrid: Alianza. Bradbury, M. (2012) The History Man. Picador. (fragment)
3. Simmel, G. (1908/2001) El Individuo y la libertad : ensayos de crítica de la cultura. Barcelona : Península. ( Sociología de la comida i El individuo y la libertad).
4. Benjamin, W. (1936/1993). L'obra d'art a l'època de la seva reproductibilitat tècnica. Barcelona: Edicions 62.
5. Manifestos avantguardistes
Manifest del futurisme deMarinetti (1909) http://www.xtec.cat/~malons22/personal/manifestos.htm
Manifest Dada de Picabia (1920) http://www.xtec.cat/~malons22/personal/manifestos.htm - dada11 Manifest Groc de Dalí et al.(1928) http://filcat.uab.cat/gelcc/modern/textos/mod106.pdf
6. Eco, U. (1968/ 2006) Apocalípticos e integrados, Tusquets, Barcelona.(Introducción).
Woolf, V. (October 1932, Unsent) “Letter to the editor of the “New Statesman”.
7. Williams, R. (1958/2008) La cultura es algo ordinario”. A Historia y cultura común. Antología. Madrid: Los libros de la Catarata.
8. Bourdieu, P. (1979/2010) El sentido social del gusto. Elementos para una sociología de la cultura. Buenos Aires: SigloXXI. (Consumo cultural)
9. Ariño, A. i Llopis, R. (2015). Participació cultural de la joventut catalana. Generalitat de Catalunya. (Tipologia i Reflexions finals pp. 27-55.)
10. Goffman, E. (1982/1999) "Microsología e historia" y Uria, F. A. (1999) "Tatuajes", Revista Archipélago, 37: 105-112.
References for the project
TEXTOS TEÒRICS
Ariño, A. (1997). La sociología de la cultura. Barcelona: Ariel. (Capítols Las teorías de la cultura de masas i Las audiencias activas) a Moodle
Buscatto, M. (2007). Women in Artistic Professions. An emblematic paradigm for gender studies, Social Cohesion and Development, 2(1): 69-77. a Moodle
Rodriguez Morató, A. (2017) "Introducción" a Rodríguez Morato y Santa-Acuña, A. (2017). La nueva sociología de las artes. Barcelona: Gedisa. a Moodle
TEXTOS EMPÍRICS
Ariño, A. y Llopis, R. (2017). "Asociacionismo, Amateurismo y Socialización cultural" a Culturas en Tránsito. Las prácticas culturales en España en el comienzo del siglo XXI. Madrid: Fundación SGAE. Moodle
Herrera-Usagre, M. (2011). La transmisión intergeneracional de aptitudes y actitudes culturales. Revista Internacional de Sociología (RIS) 71(1): 143-167. http://revintsociologia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/revintsociologia/article/view/473/0
Martínez, R. (2013). Gust musical, inautenticitat i classe social. Sobre com es signifiquen les jerarquies socials malgrat l’aparent fluïdesa de la cultura popular contemporània, Quaderns de l'Institut Català d'Antropologia, 29: 25-45.https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=4762977
Muntanyola Saura, D. (2012). La decisió artística i les seves condicions de producció: parlant amb un equip de rodatge, Athenea Digital, 12(2): 89-109. http://psicologiasocial.uab.es/athenea/index.php/atheneaDigital/article/view/Muntanyola
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