Title |
Elective course: Current theme and research in Cultural Encounters
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Semester |
E2022
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Master programme in |
Cultural Encounters * / Kulturmødestudier
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Type of activity |
Course |
Teaching language |
English
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Study regulation |
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REGISTRATION AND STUDY ADMINISTRATIVE | |
Registration |
Sign up for study activities at STADS Online Student Service within the announced registration period, as you can see on the Study administration homepage. When signing up for study activities, please be aware of potential conflicts between study activities or exam dates. |
Number of participants |
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ECTS |
5
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Responsible for the activity | |
Head of study |
Louise Tranekjær (louiset@ruc.dk)
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Teachers |
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Study administration |
IKH Studyadministration (ikh-studyadministration@ruc.dk)
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Exam code(s) |
U60157
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ACADEMIC CONTENT | |
Overall objective |
This course introduces students to a current topic in Cultural Encounters. Particular attention is given to research areas that are current and characterised by negotiation between different positions. The course will focus on how to identify and understand recent knowledge and understanding of the topic as well as the theoretical and methodological questions raised in the work on the selected topic. |
Detailed description of content |
Given the course’s focus on concurrent themes and research in Cultural Encounters, the course may both focus on diverse methodologies, different theoretical concepts and different types of empirical data and research sites. This semester the focus will be on “the ghetto”. “The ghetto” as a concept and phenomenon has historically held a position in urban sociology, from the Chicago school (e.g. Louis Wirth) to the work of the French sociologist Loic Wacquant. In the course, we will also discuss some of these classical studies of the ghetto. But what is the ghetto – not least from a concurrent research perspective? The question is important, not least in Denmark where changing governments over the last decades have introduced various action plans against ghettorization. These action plans have as consequences that several urban neighborhoods across Denmark are currently reconstructed, a theme that we will also study the implications of in this course. Both teachers of this course are currently working on research projects about “the ghetto” in the Danish context. The course will also draw on this ongoing research. In this course we will thus discuss and explore: • the concept of the ghetto, based on existing theoretical literature • the history of the ghetto, both in Denmark and across Europe. • the concurrent redesign of urban areas on the Danish “ghetto-list”. • The ghetto in relation to the Danish welfare state. • territorial stigmatization and spatial representation. • Architecture and design. Teaching will include lectures, fieldtrips and fieldwork, and small research/writing assignments. The purpose of the course is both to introduce you to a research theme of relevance to your Cultural Encounters profile, but also introduce you to relevant methods for working with this particular field. Course literature and description of the course as such will be available on Moodle. |
Course material and Reading list |
Check moodle for all details. |
Overall plan and expected work effort |
Study intensity The course gives 5 ects which corresponds to a workload of 135 hours, distributed as follows:
Activities in this course predominantly takes the format of class teaching on campus. However, the course may also include work- shops, student presentations, excursions, peer feedback and individ- ual/group exercises. |
Format |
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Evaluation and feedback |
Oral evaluation. |
Programme |
A detailed program/syllabus for the course will be found in moodle. |
ASSESSMENT | |
Overall learning outcomes |
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Form of examination |
The course is passed through active and satisfactory participation.
Active participation is defined as: The student must participate in course related activities (e.g. workshops, seminars, field excursions, process study groups, working conferences, supervision groups, feedback sessions). Satisfactory participation is defined as: - e.g. oral presentations (individually or in a group), peer reviews, mini projects, test, planning of a course session . Assessment: Pass/Fail. |
Form of Re-examination |
Individual written take-home assignment
The character limit of the assignment is: 19,200-24,000 characters, including spaces. The character limit includes the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices. The duration of the take-home assignment is 7 days and may include weekends and public holidays. Assessment: Pass/Fail. |
Type of examination in special cases |
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Examination and assessment criteria |
The course is passed through active satisfactory participation in the course related activities. The evaluation of the students' participation considers the following criteria: • Has the student established a sound theoretical and method- ological knowledge about the themes that have been pre- sented in the course? • Can the student explain, define, and discuss different aspects of the course themes according to different types of con- texts, both nationally and internationally? • Can the student analyse the themes presented in the course based on current methods and theories? • Can the student identify and analyse social, political, cultural and political processes where the theoretical and methodo- logical insights into the course’s themes are relevant? • Can the student analyse concrete cases using the theories, methods and approaches discussed in the course? • Can the student critically reflect over how different theoreti- cal perspectives in the course can be applied to concrete problem solving in everyday life? |
Exam code(s) | |
Last changed | 12/05/2022 |