SOC581 The Current Research agendas in Cultural Sociology

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Dominik Bartmanski, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Zuzana Révészová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:30 U44
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • The course introduces students to a series of current debates in cultural sociology. The time period covered is roughly the last decade, i.e. the priority is given to recent and cutting-edge interventions, most of which have been published in the leading English-speaking peer-reviewed sociological journals and Anglophone publiushing houses. The idea is to expose M.A. sociology students to a range of theories and their empirical applications that are likely to set the tracks along which cultural sociology will move in the near future. Because most of the papers are self-contained professional articles or chapters rather than excerpts from full-size books, the students will develop a sustained engagement with the standard professional format of sociology writing today. The range of topics is not restricted only to the typical issues of “the late modern West.“ It includes references to non-Western localities as well.
Literature
  • LATOUR, Bruno. On the modern cult of the factish gods. Edited by Bruno Latour, Translated by Catherine Porter - Heather McLean. Durham: Duke University Press, 2010, x, 157. ISBN 9780822348252. info
  • SMITH, Philip and Alexander RILEY. Cultural theory : an introduction. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2009, 307 s. ISBN 9781405169073. info
  • ALEXANDER, Jeffrey C. The meanings of social life : a cultural sociology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, 296 s. ISBN 9780195306408. info
Teaching methods
Seminar discussion, reading.
Assessment methods
The Final Grade: 1. The final essay = 50% 2. Participation in seminar discussions = 50% 1. The final essay has to be between 4000 – 5000 words long. The essay should systematically connect at least two weekly themes. Submit the essay proposal by the reading week (7th week) The deadline: Friday, May 31, 2013. 2. Participation in the seminar discussion is an essential part of your final grade. Take it seriously. And enjoy it! You get as much out of the course as you put into it.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
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