PL22059: Global cultural studies
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Artefact analysis and comparison (CWES 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Recognise and reflect upon the role of arts and culture in shaping socio-political events and identities, in Europe, Latin America and China.
- Identify, evaluate, and make use of techniques of cultural analysis to critically engage with the debates around notions of 'self' and 'other' in Europe, Latin America and China.
- Locate and evaluate information in a variety of media and use it to identify and solve problems.
- Develop and make use of an ability to analyse cultural artefacts orally.
- Plan, undertake, and report in-depth research using the methodologies and artefacts studied in class.
- Recognise, reflect upon, and analyse the complexities of discourses surrounding cultures.
- Articulate and synthesise abstract cultural concepts and be able to apply them to the discussion of a range of 20th and 21st century artefacts and cultural and societal issues.
- Recognise, review, and evaluate both your own and the position of others in relation to different cultural and societal perspectives.
- Construct reasoned responses and arguments to diverse cultural and societal perspectives articulating them clearly and supporting them with evidence.
- Work independently and as part of a group to undertake research in, appraise, draw conclusions about, and communicate cultural and societal challenges of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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| Synopsis: | Explore how identities are created and undone through cultural artefacts such as literary texts, visual arts, music, popular culture and or social media.
You will examine 20th and 21st century evidence from across the world, with a focus on Europe, Latin America, and China.
Working with cultural artefacts, you will delve into the intricacies of intercultural dialogue and identify opportunities for global change, developing your analytical skills and applying them to different media.
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| Content: | Definitions of 'self' and 'other' over time.
How are stereotypes constructed and perpetuated? How can they be undone?
Cinematic analysis. Representations of the 'other' on screen.
Visual analysis. Who makes art and why does it matter?
Textual and literary analysis. Writing and Reading for Change.
Theatre and live performances. Resisting on stage.
Popular culture - a new discipline? (comic books, 'genre' literature, TV series etc.).
How to analyse sound? The music of protest.
Social media - a new (cultural) movement?
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| Course availability: |
PL22059 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AKB67 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB68 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB71 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB72 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB70 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB69 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB67 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (French) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB68 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB69 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB58 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB59 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB57 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB62 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB63 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB61 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & Spanish) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB65 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB66 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 2)
- UHPL-AKB64 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
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