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Cultural Studies II

Niveau

first cycle, Bachelor

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

The students can explain and apply the concepts and approaches of cultural sociology according to Pierre Bourdieu. Secondly, they are familiar with hybridization forms in culture - such as "inter", "multi" and "trans" culture - and can link these with approaches of cultural studies and take up perspectives of gender studies and postcolonialism. The students acquire the ability to express themselves critically and self-critically and to express ethical obligations with regard to equal treatment and cultural esteem.

Prerequisites for the course

not applicable

Course content

Cultural Studies II has two main themes: On the one hand the sociology of culture according to Pierre Bourdieu, and on the other hand forms of hybrid cultures. Cultural Studies II thus focuses on social, intercultural and transcultural issues. The latter is linked with the central approaches of Culture Studies. This forms a basis for the challenges of cultural institutions as democratic and democratizing educational institutions. The central approaches of cultural sociology according to Pierre Bourdieu are presented for the social contexts. Through his theoretical approaches, the entanglement of cultural symbolism and social action can be described as a set of rules of habitualized values and norms. Bourdieu used the field of art to describe how the taste of the bourgeoisie prevailed in the 19th century. Social and cultural imprints become recognizable as implicit prerequisites of social hierarchies. This often concerns highly cultural institutions, following on from the cultural sector. With the change of perspective on everyday and popular culture as well as the questioning of highly cultural norms, Cultural Studies called for new perspectives in cultural theory with an “interventionalist understanding” (Oliver Marchart): These concern the inclusion of mass media and pop cultural mechanisms as well as the rendering visible of minorities and marginalized groups (race, class, gender). A central concept here is representation, which is a central connection for interculturality and transculturality (hybrid cultures). The basic text on the transculturality of Welsch is linked to the “translational turn” in cultural contexts and explained using examples.

Recommended specialist literature

Bourdieu, P. (1987): Die feinen Unterschiede: Kritik der gesellschaftlichen Urteilskraft. Suhrkamp Breidenbach, J. / Zukriegl, I. (2000): Tanz der Kulturen: kulturelle Identität in einer globalisierten Welt, rororo Marchart, Oliver (2010): Cultural Studies. UTB Schneider, I. / Thomsen, C. (Hg.) (1997): Hybridkulturen. Medien, Netze, Künste, Wienand Verlag & Medien GmbH Yousefi, Hamid Reza (2014): Grundbegriffe der interkulturellen Kommunikation. UTB

Assessment methods and criteria

written exam

Language

German

Number of ECTS credits awarded

3

Share of e-learning in %

0

Semester hours per week

2.0

Planned teaching and learning method

integrated course, case studies, discussion, group work, presentations

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

2

Name of lecturer

Team SCEM

Academic year

first year of studies

Key figure of the course/module

vz.KUW2.1

Type of course/module

integrated lecture

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)

not applicable