Course - Culture, Knowledge and Modernity - KULT3301
Culture, Knowledge and Modernity
About
About the course
Course content
This course aims at providing students with a theoretical basis for analyzing and understanding socio-cultural processes of change. It offers an introduction to recent cultural understanding and societal theory in various disciplines. Students will be trained to recognize these various theoretical approaches and to apply them in their own work. Semiotics, discourse analysis, and the social and textual changes in social science theory will be dealt with, as will structuralism, post-structuralism, and post-modernism. The main focus will be on the various understandings of "the Modern", with particular emphasis on the role played by knowledge in processes of change. As such, the course provides a firm basis for the further study of culture, such as studies of technological change and changes in gender relations.
Learning outcome
The objective of the course is to provide students with a theoretical basis for analyzing and understanding socio-cultural processes of change.
Learning methods and activities
The exam is a two week assignment where the student writes an essay, 10-12 pages long. To be allowed this, the student must have passed two written assignments (3-4) pages. Letter grades A-F on long essay. Participation in class is seen as important, and the student has to attend lectures at least 75% of the time.
Compulsory assignments
- Two written exercises (3-4 pages each)
Recommended previous knowledge
Bachelor's degree within the humanities or social sciences.
Subject areas
- History
- Gender Research
- Cultural History
- Social Studies
- Science and Technology Studies