FSS:SOC133 Sociology of Culture - Course Information
SOC133 Sociology of Culture
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Csaba Szaló, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová - Timetable
- Tue 16:00–17:40 U35
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- Důležitým předpokladem absolvování kurzu je způsobilost k četbě odborných textů v angličtině.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 26 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course introduces students to a sociological understanding of the social influences on cultural formations as well as to a sociological understanding of the cultural influences on social processes.
Main objectives can be summerized as follows:
to survey the literature in the sociology of culture, with an emphasis on current interpretative approaches to culture
to stimulate ideas and offer conceptual tools for empirical research in cultural sociology - Syllabus
- Key analytical perspectives on the interdependence of culture and society.
- Identities and practices as cultural instruments.
- Institutional fields of cultural production.
- Categories, knowledge and narratives as cultural frameworks.
- The event of cultural innovation and the process of social change.
- Literature
- Cultural sociology. Edited by Lyn Spillman. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell Publishers, 2002, xiv, 369 s. ISBN 0-631-21653-7. info
- Assessment methods
- Form of teaching: lectures, seminars, group projects
Requirements: (a) presentation, (b) group project (c) written examination. - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
- https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1423/jaro2009/SOC133/index.qwarp
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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