Sociology of Culture 480-ERS-1SOC
The genesis and contemporary understanding of the concept of culture
Topics:
The specificity of the sociology of culture
Acquiring culture
Culture and social inequalities
Participation in culture
Culture and language
Mass culture and popular culture
Visual culture
The field of cultural production
The sociology of art
Cultural diversity and multiculturalism
Confrontation and theory of the conflict of cultures
Colonialism, post-colonialism and neocolonialism
Cultural globalization
Culture and ideology: the theory of hegemony
Individualization of cultural practices
Rodzaj przedmiotu
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
Efekty kształcenia
Student:
- knows and describes the basic concepts and theories of the sociology of culture (KP6_WG6)
- can describe the factors and processes of the formation of social ties, the role and transformations of ties in the context of cultural changes (KP6_WG9)
- has knowledge of various types of individual and collective identities (KP6_WG11)
- can describe the genesis and changes in social norms and rules (KP6_WG17)
- is able to analyse various social structures using terminology characteristic for specific sociological sub-disciplines (KP6_UW2)
- is able to prepare an oral statement on a given topic related to the studied issues with the use of sociological sources (KP6_UK2)
- is aware of changes of terminology and methodological orientations within sociology (KP6_KK1)
- is aware of the need to plan and organise while performing specific tasks (KP6_KO3)
- is aware of the complexity and multidimensional nature of social life and is sensitive to the phenomenon of cultural relativism (KP6_KR4)
Kryteria oceniania
Assessment criteria: attendance, active participation in course (and adequate preparation for classes), preparation of individual or group
presentation, final test.
The assessment will be based on a points system (20 points to be obtained,
of which 10 points for the test, 5 points for activity, 5 points for the presentation).
A minimum of 51% of the points obtained by the student is necessary to obtain a positive grade.
Grading scale:
19-20 points = 5
17-18 points = 4+
15-16 points = 4
13-14 points = 3+
11-12 points = 3
0-10 points = 2
Literatura
Vandenberghe, Frederic, 2003, The Nature of Culture. Towards a Realist Phenomenology of Material, Animal and Human Nature, Journal
for the Theory of Social Behaviour 33(4): 461 – 475, DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-5914.2003.00226.x
McLennan, Gregor, 2004, Rationalizing Musicality: A Critique of Alexander’s ‘Strong Program’ in Cultural Sociology, Thesis Eleven,
Volume 79, Issue 1, page(s): 75-86, https://doi.org/10.1177/0725513604046958
Bourdieu, Pierre, Wacquant, Loïc, 1999, On the Cunning of Imperialist Reason, Volume 16, Issue 1, page(s): 41-58, https://doi.org/
10.1177/026327699016001003
Rodríguez-Bailón, Rosa, Ruiz, Josefa, Moya, Miguel, 2009, The Impact of Music on Automatically Activated Attitudes: Flamenco and
Gypsy People, Volume 12, Issue 3, page(s): 381-396, https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430209102849
and other (subject to consultation with the instructor)
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