Cultural Discourses and Symbolic Violence
General data
Course ID: | 3500-JIS-DKiPS |
Erasmus code / ISCED: | (unknown) / (unknown) |
Course title: | Cultural Discourses and Symbolic Violence |
Name in Polish: | Dyskursy kulturowe i przemoc symboliczna |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Sociology |
Course groups: | |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
3.00
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Language: | Polish |
Type of course: | obligatory courses |
Prerequisites (description): | Basic orientation in social history and contemporary political discussions. |
Mode: | Classroom |
Short description: |
Since the seventies, "symbolic violence" has become one of the main analytical concepts in the social sciences and humanities. Pierre Bourdieu's concept originally referring to the issue of class inequality has been adapted by many contemporary theoretical and research currents (m.in the iconic turn, memory studies, urban studies, postcolonial studies, trauma studies). During the lecture, the main theoretical assumptions related to "symbolic violence" and contemporary research applications of this concept will be presented. The research context in which the concept of symbolic violence arose was the school as an institution that reproduced and legitimized social inequalities. During the course, both discursive and visual strategies for presenting inequalities and their reproduction in various fields and institutions (cinema, media, medicine, advertising) will be discussed. |
Full description: |
Since the seventies, "symbolic violence" has become one of the main analytical concepts in the social sciences and humanities. Pierre Bourdieu's concept originally referring to the issue of class inequality has been adapted by many contemporary theoretical and research currents (m.in the iconic turn, memory studies, urban studies, postcolonial studies, trauma studies). During the lecture, the main theoretical assumptions related to "symbolic violence" and contemporary research applications of this concept will be presented. The research context in which the concept of symbolic violence arose was the school as an institution that reproduced and legitimized social inequalities. During the course, both discursive and visual strategies for presenting inequalities and their reproduction in various fields and institutions (cinema, media, medicine, advertising) will be discussed. The exposure and visualisation of social categories and the politics of causality (valid representations of the causes of social problems) will be related to statistical data ("school mortality", poverty, life expectancy, access to health care, disability, participation in public life). The last part of the course will be devoted to contemporary versions of sociodicy – media and colloquial explanations of the causes of social suffering and situational and systematic forms of resistance to symbolic violence. |
Bibliography: |
S. Beaud, M. Pialoux, Powrót do kwestii robotniczej P. Bourdieu, J.-C. Passeron, Reprodukcja G. Chamayou, Les chasses à l’homme V. Chibber, The Class Matrix M. Foucault, Historia szaleństwa Ch. Guilluy, No Society E. Illouz, Dlaczego miłość rani P. Pasquali, Héritocratie Th. Piketty, Capital et idéologie |
Learning outcomes: |
(in Polish) K_W11 Ma rozszerzoną wiedzę o strukturach i instytucjach społecznych, w tym o aspektach komunikacyjnych i dyskursywnych ich funkcjonowania. K_W13 Ma rozszerzoną wiedzę o zależnościach między komunikacją a władzą, zarówno państwową, jak i sprawowaną przez media lub za pośrednictwem dyskursów eksperckich. K_W18 Ma pogłębioną wiedzę na temat norm i reguł społecznych obowiązujących w obszarze komunikacji publicznej, specjalistycznej i międzykulturowej. K_W20 Ma pogłębioną wiedzę na temat historycznych przemian struktur, instytucji oraz więzi społecznych, wypracowaną w obszarze badań nad komunikacją społeczną oraz socjologicznej analizy dyskursu. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
(in Polish) 1. Praca pisemna o przemocy symbolicznej na podstawie wybranej powieści (objętość 5 str.) – E. Louis, Kto zabił mojego ojca lub A. Ernaux, Lata lub 2. Zaprojektowanie badania dotyczącego współczesnych przejawów przemocy symbolicznej (objętość 5 stron, uzasadnienie badania, pytanie badawcze, metody badania, materiał). Dopuszczalna liczba nieobecności podlegających usprawiedliwieniu: 2 Zasady zaliczania poprawkowego: przedstawienie pracy zaliczeniowej (1 lub 2) w uzgodnionym terminie. |
Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)
Time span: | 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28 |
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Type of class: |
Lecture, 30 hours, 10 places
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Coordinators: | Małgorzata Jacyno | |
Group instructors: | Małgorzata Jacyno | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
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Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)
Time span: | 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26 |
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MO TU W TH FR |
Type of class: |
Lecture, 30 hours
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Coordinators: | Małgorzata Jacyno | |
Group instructors: | Małgorzata Jacyno | |
Students list: | (inaccessible to you) | |
Examination: |
Course -
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Lecture - Examination |
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