738G13 · 7.5 credits · Basic level (G2F) · Inget huvudområde
LiU Summer Academy: The Use (and Abuse) of Culture
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HEM1 · 7 Aug 2026 · 28 students
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HEM1 · 149 students
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About the course
Aim
After completion of the course the student should be able to:
- account for different theoretical conceptions of culture
- problematize contemporary conditions and challenges for the production of knowledge
- discuss how individuals, groups, and/or public institutions use (and abuse) culture and thereby negotiate larger systems of meanings
Content
The course explores different perspectives with regards to how culture is constructed, negotiated and consumed. Questions that are discussed are what (un)truths we can find in various expressions of (popular) culture, and how this may affect public institutions, political decision-making and scientific production in contemporary society.
The empirical and theoretical approaches of the course are inter-disciplinary and problem-oriented. Some of the problems highlighted during the course are - Cultural Heritage and the negotiation of identity politics - The possible decline of scientific knowledge in public discourse - The changing role of cultural production in post-industrial society
Notions of knowledge and truth and how this can be studied from a cultural studies perspective are discussed.
- Examiner
- Bodil Axelsson
- Main field of study
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