Intercultural dialogue in modern Europe

Course: Cultural Studies 2020

Structural unit: Faculty of Philosophy

Title
Intercultural dialogue in modern Europe
Code
ВБ 2.8.
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
8 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
5. To collect, organize and analyze information on cultural phenomena, events, historical and cultural processes. 6. To identify, verify and summarize information on various contexts of cultural practice, to determine the degree of their relevance using different sources, information, communication tools and visual technologies. 7. To understand the factors of cultural dynamics, the principles of periodization of cultural processes, their specific features and characteristics. 14. To conduct a public discussion and maintain a dialogue on Ukrainian culture with professionals and non-specialists. 16. To define, formulate and argue their own civic and professional position on topical social issues.
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Before studying this course, students should know the main stages and characteristics of the historical and cultural process; basic cultural concepts and categories; basics of psychology, ethics, theoretical cultural studies; methodologies of cultural studies, including methods of philosophy of culture. 2. To be able to distinguish and analyze information about modern socio-cultural and political processes in Europe, the uniqueness of the process of social and cultural identification in modern Europe, problems and challenges facing European communities in the context of the crisis of multiculturalism policy, and apply the main terms, categories and classifications of cultural studies in order to identify and analyze the problems of cultural identity in the modern world. 3. To have basic skills of working with consolidated information, namely, to receive and analyze information from various sources and systematically integrate various information resources,
Course content
Part 1. Modern sociocultural processes in Europe: from multiculturalism to cultural fragmentation. The problem of cultural self-determination in the history of European culture. Philosophical and psychological theories of identity of the Modern age. The problem of identity in the globalized world: ethnic identity, national identity, cultural identity. Cultural identity in postmodern Europe. The politics of multiculturalism in the context of identity discourse: global and local contexts. Part 2. Cultural and psychological mechanisms of identification and self-identification. Socio-psychological and cultural dimensions of personality and individuality. Identification and self-identification in the process of enculturation of the individual. Externalization and internalization of cultural factors. The concept of "pattern". Image and style as a communicative characteristic of the individual. Interaction, identity and presentation in interpretive sociology.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Bаuman Z. From Pilgrim to Tourist – or a Short History of Identity / Z. Ваuman // Questions of Cultural Identity.– London, 2000. – P. 18–35. Hjelle L., Ziegler D. Personality Theories: Basic Assumptions, Research, and Applications 3th ed.: McGrow-Hill, 1992. Honigman J.J. Culture and Personality. New York, 1954. Hsu F.L.K. Psychological Anthropology: approaches to culture and personality. 1961. The sociology of Zygmunt Bauman: challenges and critique / ed. by Michael Hviid Jacobsen and Poul Poder. – Cornwall: Ahgate, 2008. – 420 p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Oral presentations, discussions, additions: 20/25 points. 2. Analytical work based on primary sources: 4 / 15 points. 3. Presentation of independent research (Identify the contradictions of cultural identities in modern Europe, predict their consequences/influences and provide a reasoned analysis of the existing contradictions of your own choice): 24 /32 points. 4. Final test in written: 12 / 20 points Final evaluation in the form of credit
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Valentyna Ivanivna Panchenko
Department of Ethics, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
Faculty of Philosophy

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Ethics, Aesthetics and Cultural Studies
Faculty of Philosophy