Culture and the Everyday E (P3085E)
Culture and the Everyday E
Module P3085E
Module details for 2022/23.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 4
Module Outline
Everyday life is something we take for granted. The phrase tends to refer to the ordinary and unremarkable, to the bedrock activities constitutive of how we live but which are often regarded as tedious or a chore. This module opens up this notion offering an understanding of the everyday as simultaneously ordinary and extraordinary, localised and tied into the bigger dynamics of capitalism and globalisation. Introducing you to the interdisciplinary perspectives of cultural studies you will explore everyday life through a series of case studies. These may include `dressing or exercising the body', `food', `car culture', `going green', `love', `living through media', `shopping'. Each case study variously explores the historical development of everyday life, its textures and experiences, hardships and highs. If the emphasis is so-called modern everyday life in the rich `north', you will be encouraged to understand the ways our everyday life is tied to and impacts on the everyday lives of those in the much poorer `south'.
Emphasis is placed on the ways everyday life practices may be conservative (reproducing gender relations for example) or utopian 'in their creativity suggesting other ways of living beyond the constraints of neo-liberalism capitalism. What happens in the everyday' its struggles, its changes - is integral to a bigger global politics.
This module gives you opportunity to reflect on your own lives and those of others. It encourages you to develop an `anthropological¿ eye and feel for the details of everyday life, to collect media and other material that speaks about everyday life, and above all to be self-reflective and critical about the specificity of your own ways of doing things. Assessment is through an illustrated Learning Diary, which allows you to demonstrate your creative as well as academic skills.
Module learning outcomes
Identify key scholars writing on culture and the everyday and summarise their core concepts and differences from each other.
Demonstrate the ability to research and interpret everyday life (their own and others) through detailed observation, and collection of media and other materials.
Apply the ideas learnt to the analysis of particular aspects of everyday life and reflect on the process of learning over the term.
Show evidence of planned collaborative work and ability to develop a line of argument in a presentation.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 100.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Portfolio | A2 Week 2 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 1 hour | 11111111111 |
| Spring Semester | Lecture | 1 hour | 11111111111 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
Prof Michael Bull
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