| Academic year: | 2010-2011 |
| Course code module | 2BPSW-17 |
| Semester: | 2nd semester |
| Credits: | 6 |
| Study load (hours) | 168 |
| Theory (hours): | 45,00 |
| Practice/Exercises(hours): | |
| Other (hours): | |
| Part-time program: | 2 |
| Instructor(s) | Walter Weyns
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| Language of instruction: | Dutch |
| Semester exam information: | exam in the 2nd semester |
| Contract restriction information: | |
1. Prerequisites
*Algemene competenties
basic knowledge of sociology and communication science (introductory level)
*Sequentiality
None
2. Objectives (expected learning outcomes)
- thorough knowledge of the main paradigms and traditions in cultral theory
- be able to recognize and apply cultural theoretical perspectives ( hermeneutics, semiotics, critical theory, praxeology, cultural studies-approach)
- be able to analyze cultural processes from different theoretical points of view and make a synthesis
3. Course content
The course consists of five parts
1) cultural theoretical perspectives (hermeneutics, semiotics, critical theory, praxeology, cultural studies-approach)
2) theories on the main components of culture: language, knowledge, values, myth, ritual
3) cultural theoretical analysis of the media (with special attention to society of the spectacle, second media age, tv-culture, cyberculture)
4) high versus low culture (folk culture, mass culture, consumer culture)
5) the modernity postmodernity debate revisited
4. Teaching method
Direct contact: Lectures
5. Assessment method
Exam: Oral, without written preparationOral, with written preparation
6. Compulsory reading – study material
reader
7. Recommended reading - study material
Nihil.
8. Tutoring
After class and by appointment.