ASOA15081U Cancelled Visual Sociology
Elective Course
MA Research Methodology and Practice (MSc Curriculum 2015)
Course package (MSc 2015):
Welfare, inequality and mobility
Knowledge, organisation and politics
Culture, lifestyle and everyday life
This course introduces students into methods and empirical approaches to the study of visual sociology drawing on interdisciplinary theories and methods in visual and cultural studies, media and digital communication, narrative, gender studies, and discourse analysis. In this course we will critically investigate how images are constructed and spread in digital publics and news media, among policy makers and in globalized arenas of politics, policy-making, and protest. Visual images have been studied by media theorists, art historians and by empirical analysts of gender, culture, media, political discourse and postcolonial studies. Only lately have sociologists started to conduct visual analysis. We trace how journalists, bloggers, or non-profit organizations as well as critical writers and theorists try to challenge dominant images and visual representations, and we investigate how cultural codes, familiar stories and specific stereotypes shape the boundaries of democracy and public participation. This course is fairly empirical and it requires students to hold in-class presentations and written assignments throughout the semester and conduct their own empirical Portfolio paper analysis guided by interdisciplinary theories and methods for visual analysis. Students will learn to analyse visuals using a variety of different methods including ethnography for the study of face-to-face publics, and comparative analysis to study digital media and (trans-)national public spaces.
Knowledge:
The course will provide the students with knowledge of
- the core sociological research literature within the thematic field of the course, and
- familiarity with the recent literature on visual sociology including interdisciplinary research on visuals in visual theory and art history, visual culture, gender, media studies and digital media, narrative and discourse studies.
Skills:
Students will have trained their ability to
- compare and contrast key theoretical perspectives that are central to the thematic field of research within the course
- identify significant international and interdisciplinary developments in research on visual sociology.
- apply and critically discuss key theoretical concepts within the thematic field of the course
- review and reflect on the interdisciplinary scientific literature on visual sociology acquiring insights into a number of different disciplines and their conceptualization of the themes we discuss as well as their state of the art.
Competences:
Further, students should also be able to
- assess and discuss practical relevance of their analysis for key actors, issues, and problems within and across the methodological and thematic fields addressed by the course.
Competencies:
In carrying out the presentations, projects, and written assignments students demonstrate that they have acquired competencies that allow them to independently
- identify and analyse empirical cases and settings for research on the themes of the course.
Readings include peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, NGO and civil society groups’ publications, literary narratives and digital media storytelling, newspaper articles and videos. Students are required to read approximately 1000 pages. Students are also expected to choose supplementary reading materials for their presentations, projects, and written assignments (approximately 300 pages).
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 28
- Preparation
- 148
- Exam
- 30
- Total
- 206
Registration deadline for courses is June 1st for
Autumn semester and December 1st for Spring semester.
Registration deadline for Summer school is June 1st.
The ordinary period for registration for Summer courses is from
November 15th to December 1st.
If the course is full after this period, it will NOT be offered for
registration again, in the extra period for registration from May
15th to June 1st.
When registered you will be signed up for exam.
International exchange students must sign up by filling in an
application
form:
course registration.
Credit students: klik her
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- PortfolioIndividual or group.
A portfolio assignment is defined as a series of short assignments during the course that address one or more set questions and feedback is offered during the course. All of the assignments are submitted together for assessment at the end of the course. The portfolio assignments must be no longer than 10 pages. For group assignments, an extra 5 pages is added per additional student. Further details for this exam form can be found in the Curriculum and in the General Guide to Examinations at KUnet. - Exam registration requirements
Students must be enrolled under either BSc Curriculum 2016 or MSc Curriculum 2015 to take this exam.
Credit- and Exchage students can be at both bachelor and master level.
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
Find more information on your study page at KUnet.
Exchange students and Danish full degree guest students please see the homepage of Sociology; http://www.soc.ku.dk/english/education/exams/ and http://www.soc.ku.dk/uddannelser/meritstuderende/eksamen/
- Re-exam
Written take-home essay with NEW formulated questions
Individual/group.
A written take-home essay is defined as an assignment that addresses one or more NEW questions. The exam is based on the course syllabus, i.e. the literature set by the teacher. The written take-home essay must be no longer than 10 pages. For group assignments, an extra 5 pages is added per additional student. Further details for this exam form can be found in the Curriculum and in the General Guide to Examinations at KUnet.
Criteria for exam assesment
Please see the learning outcome.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- ASOA15081U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterBachelor choice,Full Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- See timetable
- Course capacity
- Aprox. 40 persons
- Study board
- Department of Sociology, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Sociology
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinators
- Nicole Doerr (2-706642757165306d7730666d)
Lecturers
Nicole Doerr, e-mail: nd@soc.ku.dk