Postgraduate Course: Everyday Cultures (ELCC11001)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course examines the concepts of the everyday as it figures in a range of theoretical texts and as it has been developed in recent work in cultural studies, sociology, geography and other fields. |
| Course description |
Students will be introduced to some of the philosophical traditions within which the concept has been articulated, and will gain some understanding of the anthropological and sociological traditions in which it has been deployed as an analytic tool.
Similarly, the concept of culture will be subjected to critical analysis and we will seek to understand something of the wide range of contexts across which it acquires its meanings, with particular emphasis on spatial consequences.
These theoretical reflections will culminate in an essay in which students will seek to undertake a critical and theoretically informed analysis of an area of everyday culture with which they are familiar; each student will be given individual guidance with their project.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Essential course texts |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principle theories used to analyse and interpret the city and everyday culture.
- Critically review, consolidate and extend knowledge, skills, practices, and thinking in analysing the city and its everyday life.
- Apply a range of standard and specialised research and/or visualisation and other media instruments and techniques of enquiry and communication.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ella Chmielewska
Tel: (0131 6)51 3736
Email: Ella.Chmielewska@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Remi Jankeviciute
Tel: (0131 6)51 5773
Email: Ramune.Jankeviciute@ed.ac.uk |
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