LET-ACWB301
City Culture
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleLET-ACWB301
Credits (ECTS)5
Category-
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Arts; Cultural Studies;
Lecturer(s)
Examiner
dr. L. Munteán
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Lecturer
dr. L. Munteán
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Contactperson for the course
dr. L. Munteán
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Lecturer
dr. L. Toussaint
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Academic year2017
Period
PER 2  (06/11/2017 to 04/02/2018)
Starting block
PER 2
Course mode
full-time
RemarksAccessible to exchange students.
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesYes
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
By the end of the course it is expected that students will be able to:
  • comprehend and critically reflect on the complex interaction between ideology, urban space and city culture;
  • demonstrate the ways in which gender, 'race', ethnicity, class and sexuality are constitutive of, and are constituted by, urban form and urban life and their representation through a range of concrete examples in different media;
  • formulate a theoretically informed and methodologically sound research project that critically engages with the interaction between ideology and city culture.
Content
The city and its cultures are increasingly important categories in the fields of cultural studies. City culture, the practices of city life and urban forms, have given form and substance to identity over time and vice versa. This course investigates the (intertextual) significance of the imagination, exploration and inhabitation of the city and its urban spaces to modern and contemporary arts and culture. It is particularly attentive to the ways categories such as gender, sexuality, ‘race’, ethnicity, and class intersect with the construction, representation and use of urban spaces, inquiring how ideologies and city culture interact. The approach is interdisciplinary, drawing on research in and across the fields of cultural studies, gender studies and urban studies, and, intertextually, looking at relations between painting, film, literature and architecture.
Assumed previous knowledge
Minimum of 2 years academic study (for Dutch students: including 'propedeuse'); 'Gender en de kunsten'; sufficient level of English
Note for exchange students: you cannot take this course if your English proficiency level is not at least B2 (TOEFL, IELTS, TOEIC or Cambridge). A statement from your home university won't be accepted.

Required materials
Articles
Title:All required reading material will be provided in class.

Instructional modes
Lecture + film
Attendance MandatoryYes

General
Interactive lectures

Tests
Presentatie
Test weight30
Test typePresentation
OpportunitiesBlock PER 2, Block PER 3

Minimum grade
5,5

Research Paper
Test weight70
Test typeAssignment
OpportunitiesBlock PER 2, Block PER 3

Minimum grade
5,5