Cultural Studies and Aesthetics (5cr)
Course unit code: Y-P4
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
Objectives
The students gain skills to analyse their own work by learning about the concepts and methods of cultural research and aesthetics.
Content
The students examine art and culture from the viewpoints of subjects – creators, participants and viewers – and objects – art and cultural works. The research of visual culture is especially emphasised. The relationship between art and aesthetics is examined by the concept of beauty in the Western philosophy and its criticism. The course may contain different viewpoints to the tradition of aesthetics by examining it from the viewpoint of social sciences, popular culture or feminist aesthetics.
Further information
Literature: Muun muassa Cartwright & Surken: Practices of Looking; Introduction to Visual Culture, Feministinen estetiikka...., Lecture handouts Educational methods: self study/distance learning, summary report/essay, collective learning and seminar. Language of instruction: Finnish