„Time without qualities”: Boredom & Society and Culture

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Course ID:	3502-FAKL894
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0314) Sociology and cultural studies The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	„Time without qualities”: Boredom & Society and Culture
Name in Polish:	„Time without qualities”: Boredom & Society and Culture
Organizational unit:	Institute of Sociology
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty prowadzone w językach obcych
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	Knowledge of English (reading, speaking and writing)
Short description:	The aim of the seminar is to develop reflection and knowledge concerning so underestimated and mostly rejected emotion that is boredom. During the course it will be discussed several issues including: definitions of boredom, theory of emotions, history, sociology, philosophy of boredom, boredom in culture and military boredom.
Full description:	The aim of the seminar is to develop reflection and knowledge concerning so underestimated and mostly rejected emotion that is boredom. During the course it will be discussed several issues including: 1. Definitions of boredom in different languages, historical and etymological approach included. 2. History of boredom from neolithic revolution to XXth century, taedium vitae, acedia, melancholy, spleen, ennui. Romantic and modern boredom. 3. Philosophy of boredom. From Blaise Pascal to Jean Paul Sartre. 4. Psychology of boredom. Theory of emotions. Boredom Proneness Scale. 5. Literature of boredom. Example of Russian literature (superfluous men) and women’s literature boredom (e.g. Virginia Woolf). 6. Military boredom. From USA Civil war to Afghanistan and Iraq. 7. Sociology of boredom. Anomy, alienation, boredom at work (burn-out, bore-out). 8. Boredom & Culture. Multicultural difference in perceiving boredom and related phenomena. 9. Boredom in a Liquid Modernity. Boredom in a culture of entertainment. Blasé and overload. 10. Academic Boredom. Boredom in the educational context.
Bibliography:	• Benjamin Walter (2002) Rolf Tiedemann, ed., The Arcades Project. • Brissett, D., & Snow, R. P. (1993). Boredom: Where the future isn't. Symbolic Interaction, 16(3), 237-256. • Brodski Josif, On Grief and Reason – Essays, In praise of boredom, 104-113. • Darden D., Marks A. (1999) Boredom: a socially disvalued emotion. “Sociological Spectrum”, nr 19 (1) 1999, 13–37. • Fisher Cynthia (1993) Boredom at Work: A Neglected Concept. “Human Relations”, nr 46, 395-416. • Goodstein Elizabeth (2005) Experience without qualities: boredom and modernity. • Klapp Orrin (1986) Overload and Boredom: Essays on the Quality of Life in an Information Society. • Kuhn Reinhard (1976) The Demon of Noontide: Ennui In Western Literature. • Musharbash Yasmine (2007) Boredom, Time and Modernity: An Example from Aboriginal Australia. “American Anthropologist”, nr 109(2), 307-317. • Pease Allison (2012) Modernism, Feminism and the Culture of Boredom. • Rothlin Philippe, Werder Peter (2008) Boreout!: overcoming workplace demotivation. • Spacks Patricia (1995) Boredom: The literary history of a state of mind. • Svendsen Lars (2005) A Philosophy of Boredom. London: Reaktion Books. • Toohey Peter (2011) Boredom: a Lively History. • Wenzel Siegfried (1967) The Sin of Sloth: Acedia in Medieval Thought and Literature. • Winter Richard (2002) Still Bored in a Culture of Entertainment.
Learning outcomes:	Knowledge A student… K_W01 knows and understands basic concepts concerning research on boredom K_W03 is aware of ongoing theoretical and methodological disputes concerning the phenomenon of boredom; is reflective and critical of various positions K_W16 has in-depth knowledge about major international research related to boredom K_W27 has in-depth knowledge of the 19th, 20th and 21st ideas and social processes which have shaped the modern concept of boredom Skills A student… K_U04 can critically select information and materials for academic work, using various sources in a foreign language as well as modern technologies K_U17 can relate an academic text to the problems of social life and its empirical studies K_U18 can identify the kinds of research in which the scientific texts read can be applicable K_U19 can prepare a presentation of a selected problem or study in a foreign language (discussion, presentation, translation) Competence A student… K_K02 can propose a solution to a problem that requires an interdisciplinary research approach K_K05 can gather, find, synthesize and critically assess information about different aspects of socio-cultural reality K_K10 independently sets directions of personal development and further learning K_K14 takes responsibility for planned and performed tasks
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	1) Active participation in classes 2) Reading Texas 3) Translation of a given text (from student’s mother tongue into English)

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