Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course consists of a set of readings illustrating the main cultural theories forged to analyze the cultural productions of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To develop the capacity to analyze cultural productions from perspectives that take into account both the cultural text and the context of its emergence.
Master some of the analytical concepts developed over the last century: mechanical reproduction (Benjamin), cultural industries (Adorno, Horkheimer), cultural studies (Hoggart), distinction, habitus, field (Bourdieu), postmodernism (Jameson), postcolonial studies (Bhabha), sociology of art (Becker), actor-network (Latour).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
It is preferable to have taken the Introduction to Cultural Policies course (Bac 1).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course takes the form of a seminar. During the first hour, students describe and comment on the reading scheduled for the session. The second hour consists of a synthesis of these opinions.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Depending on the circumstances, the course will take place at a distance, in the presence of the students or in a co-modal way.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
BENJAMIN, Walter, L'œuvre d'art à l'époque de sa reproductibilité technique, version de 1939. Paris, Folio Plus, 2008.
ADORNO, Theodor W., HORKHEIMER, Max, Kulturindustrie, Paris, Allia, 2012.
HOGGART, Richard, « Conclusion », dans La Culture du Pauvre, Paris, Les Editions de Minuit, 1970 (1957 pour la version originale), p. 379-401.
BOURDIEU, Pierre et DARBEL, Alain, « Les conditions sociales de la pratique culturelle », L'amour de l'art : Les musées et leur public, Paris, Les Éditions de Minuit, coll. « Le sens commun »,¿ 1966, p. 33-66.
JAMESON, Frederic, Le postmodernisme ou la logique culturelle du capitalisme tardif, Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, 2011 (édition originale, 1991), p. 33-83.
BHABHA, Homi, Les lieux de la culture : une théorie post-coloniale, Paris : Payot, 2007. (la conclusion)
BECKER, Howard, « Chapitre 1. Mondes de l'art et activités collectives », dansLes Mondes de l'Art, Paris, Flammarion, 1988, p. 27-63.
LATOUR, Bruno, « Première Lettre », dans Cogitamus : Six lettres sur les humanités scientifiques, Paris : La découverte, 2014, p. 9-36.
APPADURAI, Arjun (dir.). « Introduction : Commodities and the politics of value », dans The Social Life of Things : Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Cambridge, New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986, p. 3-63.
Written work / report
Further information:
Written work based on the analysis in 3500 signs of a "cultural product" chosen by the student (video game, concert, play, exhibition, book, film...).
The analysis must include a descriptive part and an analysis of the mode(s) of production of the work in question with reference to the theories considered during the course.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Christophe Pirenne cpirenne@uliege.be
Chloé Violle cviolle@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
There is no MOOC associated with this course.