| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors: At the end of the course, the student must be
able to:
- • Define a well-founded research question containing a ‘puzzle’
or problem concerning culture or cultural economy in a European
context
- • Formulate and present a clear and coherent argument,
following academic conventions, both in writing and orally
- Demonstrate awareness of the challenges and opportunities
offered by group work, reflect critically on the learning process
in your groupwork and on what you would do differently next
time
- • Present the major points in the different course readings,
and analyse and compare them.
- • Use the concepts and theories taught during the course to
analyse and discuss empirical examples drawn from the European
context
- • Identify and compare the major theoretical perspectives on
culture and identity /cultural economy taught during the course,
and discuss the assumptions that underpin them
- Distinguish between theory and empirical
data
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| Examination |
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Culture and
Cultural Economy:
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| Exam ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. |
| Individual or group exam |
Group exam, max. 5 students in the
group |
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The group must be of min 2 students and max 5
students.
The written product is a set exam paper. The exam paper will be
handed out after course termination by the administration. Further
information see exam plan.
The written product is to be submitted on specified date and time.
10 min. is allocated per student, which covers the examiners'
discussion and grading, as well as brief feedback explaining the
grade. |
| Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
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The group essay is max 2 pages per student.
A group of 2 students can max write 6 pages, a group of 3 students
can max write 6 pages, a group of 4 students can max write 8 pages
and a group of 5 students can max write 10 pages. If the exam paper
is written individually, the essay max is 5 pages.
At the oral exam a group must spend max. 10 minutes on their
presentation.
The exam duration is 40 minutes max irrespective of how many
students there are in the group. 5 minutes are allocated per
students, plus 10 minutes for a group presentation, plus 5 minutes
voting and changeover, as follows:
2 students: 10 min presentation + 10 minutes + 5 minutes voting =
total 25 mins
3 students: 10 min presentation + 15 minutes + 5 minutes voting =
total 30 mins
4 students: 10 min presentation + 20 minutes + 5 minutes voting =
total 35 mins
5 students: 10 min presentation + 25 minutes + 5 minutes voting =
total 40 mins
Students who wish to do the exam individually are allocated 10
minutes in total for the oral examination, consisting of 2 minutes
for the presentation, 6 minutes for the discussion and 2 minutes
for voting. |
| Assignment type |
Written assignment |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
10 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
| Exam period |
Winter and Winter |
| Aids allowed to bring to the exam |
Limited aids, see the list below:
Written notes and the group course essay
assignment |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Re-examination: If a student
participated in writing the group essay, but was sick at the time
of the oral examination, the re-examination will be based on a
resubmission of the original group essay. If a student participated
in writing the group essay, but did not pass the oral examination,
the student can choose either to resubmit the original group essay
or to write a new, individual essay within a specified time period.
The same examination form will apply as for the ordinary
exam
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| Course content and
structure |
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The overall aim of the course is to give students an
introduction to the concept of culture, and to major ways in which
culture can be conceptualized in relation to business and the
economy. The examples used will relate to culture and the business
environment in a European context. The course is designed as the
first building block to prepare students for their 2nd semester
course in Erhvervsøkonomi, and their 4th semester course in
Communicating Across Cultures.
The course is divided into two modules:
Module 1 introduces students to the concepts of culture and
cultural identity, and to major ways to think about these concepts
in a ‘globalising’ world. We will study two major ways of
looking at culture and identity – as things we ‘have’ or as things
we ‘are and produce’. We will also study the idea of belonging and
how we create notions of ‘we-ness’ and ‘other-ness’. We also
address the link between culture, identity and territory with a
point of departure in theories of globalization and culture.
Examples drawn from the European context illustrate the conceptual
points made.
Module 2 builds on the framework presented in Module 1, and
presents key perspectives on cultural economy. The aim is to train
students to see economic processes and discourses as ‘cultured’,
‘culture-producing’ and contextually anchored. We focus in
particular on value and consumption through a cultural lens. The
module will be based on empirical examples drawn from the European
business context.
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| Teaching methods |
| Lectures, workshops and supervision.
Some lectures might be taught in Danish. |
| Student workload |
| Preparation |
124 hours |
| Participation |
36 hours |
| Exam |
50 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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Askehave, I. & Norlyk, B. (eds) Meanings & Messages:
Intercultural Business Communication, Århus: Academica.
Schwartz, S. "A theory of cultural value orientations:
Explication and applications." International Studies in
Sociology and Social Anthropology 104 (2006):
33.
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