Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2501928 Audiovisual Communication | FB | 2 | 2 |
There are no prerequisites for this course
The main objectives of this course are:
a) Learn to think sociologically about culture in its broader sense
b) To understand the main theoretical perspectives for examining processes of social construction of reality.
c) To acquire tools to analyze empirically the cultural phenomena, to put them in context and to understand their meaning.
Part A. The sociological view on culture: theoretical, methodological and conceptual introduction"
a.1. What do we mean when we talk about culture? Conceptual clarifications
a.2. Perspectives: Cultural Sociology vs Sociology of Culture
a.3. Thinking sociologically about culture: knowledge, power and context
a.4. What role for culture in the making of society? main theoretical approaches
Part B. Interlude. The Ethnography lab: Capturing Culture Empirically
b.1. Where is culture, and where is not? Conceptual boundaries, and fuzzy empirical realities.
b.2. Educating the sociological gaze: ethnography and the sociological imagination
b.3. An ethnography of a cultural ritual: observing, documenting, thinking and explaining.
Part C. Interrogating culture from different angles
c.1. Embodying culture? Reflections on culture, body, and the self
c.2. Culture and the everyday: love, food and leisure
c.3. Inequalities and culture: Class, gender, and race
c.4 Sensing culture: taste, emotions and symbolic boundaries
c. 5. The production of culture: fields, scenes and actors
c.6. Culture and the making of the community: religions, nations and memory
c.7. Globalization and acceleration in the cultural world
The calendar will be available on the first day of class. Students will find all information on the Virtual Campus: the description of the activities, teaching materials, and any necessary information for the proper follow-up of the subject. In case of a change of teaching modality for health reasons, teachers will make readjustments in the schedule and methodologies.
The course is organized around four type of activities:
a) Masterclasses that outline the main approach to the subject.
b) Reading Workshops where readings are discussed and / or joint work is carried out around specific issues.
c) Ethnography Lab: Capturing Culture Empirically. The students carry out an ethnographic work that the teacher supervises during student meetings and during designated class times.
d)Personal and group tutorials.
The proposed teaching methodology and evaluation activities may undergo some modifications depending on the health authorities' attendance restrictions
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Masterclass | 52 | 2.08 | 1, 3, 2 |
Tutorials | 3 | 0.12 | |
Type: Supervised | |||
Ethnography Lab: Capturing Culture Empirically | 35 | 1.4 | 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Reading and writing assignments | 22 | 0.88 | 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5 |
Students will be entitled to the revaluation of the subject. They should present a minimum of activities that equals two-thirds of the total grading.
The activities that are excluded from the revaluation process are the ethnography of a ritual.
In the case of a second enrolment, students can do a single synthesis exam/assignment that will consist of an exam. The grading of the subject will correspond to the grade of the synthesis exam/assignment
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Class participation | 10% | 10 | 0.4 | 6, 1, 4, 5 |
Final Exam | 35% | 3 | 0.12 | 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5 |
Reading and writing assignments | 25% | 0 | 0 | 6, 1, 4, 5 |
Understanding culture: Ethnography of a ritual (assignment) | 30% | 25 | 1 | 6, 1, 3, 4, 5 |
An updated list of bibliographical references will be published in the moodle.