2016/2017
BA-BEUBO1002U Culture and Cultural Economy
| English Title |
| Culture and Cultural
Economy |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for Bachelor of Arts in European
Business
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| Course
coordinator |
- Maribel Blasco - Department of Management, Society and
Communication (MSC)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Intercultural studies
- Sociology
- Language
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Last updated on
11-08-2016
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| 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 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 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 |
Oral group exam based on written group
product |
| Number of people in the group |
3-5 |
| Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
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The group essay is max 2 pages per student.
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.
At the oral exam a group must spend max. 10 minutes on their
presentation.
The exam duration is as follows. 5 minutes are allocated per
student, plus 10 minutes for a group presentation, plus 5 minutes
voting and changeover:
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 |
| 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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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 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.
Students will be introduced to major approaches to culture and
cultural economy, and to ways in which cultural dynamics play out
in a globalising business world. The aim is to train students to
see economic processes and discourses as cultured,
culture-producing and anchored in contexts that are both stable and
changing. We will study two major ways of looking at culture,
namely the essentialist versus the constructivist approach, and
explore how these can be used to analyse cultural economy issues in
a European context. Specific topics include value and values,
nationalism in relation to business, identity and taste in relation
to consumption, and representation as it manifests in branding and
advertising in different cultural contexts. Empirical examples will
be 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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Last updated on
11-08-2016
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