MCPS3012 Theory of Cultural Policy (5 cr)
Learning outcomes
Aim of the course is to prepare students to approach cultural policy from the social scientific perspective. After the course, students understand different standpoints in regard to the role of theory in social research and are able to explain the most important concepts and theoretical frameworks. Students are familiar with the latest research of the field and are able to apply theoretical knowledge to empirical phenomena and data analysis, as well as to create new research perspectives on this basis.
Study methods
Participating in lectures, writing an essay.
Content
The course presents selected modern theories, concepts and approaches in social sciences, especially in regard to their importance in research of cultural policy. The course begins with reflections on the role of theory in social research and proceeds to presenting the central concepts and structure of the selected theories. Theorists and approaches related to poststructuralism, critical theory, Marxist approaches, science and technology studies and gender studies will be discussed.
Literature:
| ISBN-number | Author, year of publication, title, publisher |
|---|---|
| When completing the course with lectures, choose one book from the following list. When completing the course only with essays, choose three books from the following list: | |
| 1. Adorno, Theodor W. & Max Horkheimer (1984): Dialectic of Enlightenment. | |
| 2. Becker, Howard (1984): Art Worlds. | |
| 3. Bourdieu, Pierre (1993): The Field of Cultural Production: Essays on Art and Literature. | |
| 4. Coutinho, Carlos (2013): Gramsci's Political Thought. | |
| 5. Dean, Mitchell M. (2010): Governmentality: Power and Rule in Modern Society. | |
| 6. Habermas, J眉rgen (1984): The Theory of Communicative Action. Vol. 2: Lifeworld and Systems: A Critique of Functionalist Theory. | |
| 7. Latour, Bruno (2005): Reassembling the Social. An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. | |
| 8. Harding, Sandra (2008): Sciences From Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities. | |
| 9. Joas, Hans (1997): The Creativity of Action. | |
| 10. Lloyd, David & Paul Thomas (1998): Culture and the State. | |
| 11. Pyykk枚nen, Miikka & Ilkka Kauppinen (toim.) (2015): 1900-luvun ranskalainen yhteiskuntateoria. | |
| 12. Rorty, Richard: Philosophy as Cultural Politics, 2007. | |
| 13. van Maanen, Hans (2009): How to Study Art Worlds? | |
| 14. Williams, Raymond (1981): Culture. | |
| 15. Skeggs, Beverley (2003): Class, Self, Culture. | |
| 16. Delanda, Manuel (2016): Assemblage Theory | |
| 17. Clough, Patricia Ticineto & Halley, Jean: The Affective Turn | |
| 18. Hardt, Michael & Negri, Antonio: Empire | |
| 19. Dosse, Francois: Strukturalismin historia I (History of Structuralism I) | |
| 20. Dosse, Francois: Strukturalismin historia II (History of Structuralism II) | |
| 21. Lapoujade, David: Aberrant movements 鈥� The Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze |
Assessment criteria
Participating to lectures, writing an essay