Counterculture and Cyberculture in the United States

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Course ID:	4219-SD0040
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.9 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. / (0229) Humanities (except languages), not elsewhere classified The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Counterculture and Cyberculture in the United States
Name in Polish:	Counterculture and Cyberculture in the United States
Organizational unit:	American Studies Center
Course groups:	all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle - 2nd year all classes - weekday programme - 1st cycle - 3rd year Elective courses - humanities - BA studies elective courses - weekday studies - first cycle
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
Short description:	This course is designed to study the relationship between counterculture and cyberculture in the US or rather, how the 1960s were crucial for the 1990s Internet culture in the US. In that sense, we will try to trace the ways in which American counterculture has shaped and defined a number of pivotal assumptions on which cyberculture is founded. Consequently, the course will offer historical and conceptual overview of perspectives on counterculture and cyberculture. We will look at what these two have in common and how are they different from each other; simply put, what happens when the hippie meets technology and when the two are confronted by mainstream consumer culture.
Full description:	This course is designed to study the relationship between counterculture and cyberculture in the US or rather, how the 1960s were crucial for the 1990s Internet culture in the US. In that sense, we will try to trace the ways in which American counterculture has shaped and defined a number of pivotal assumptions on which cyberculture is founded. Consequently, the course will offer historical and conceptual overview of perspectives on counterculture and cyberculture. We will look at what these two have in common and how are they different from each other; simply put, what happens when the hippie meets technology and when the two are confronted by mainstream consumer culture. Topics discussed will include but are not limited to: military industrial research culture of the cold war era, countercultural vision of the Internet, the hippies, the Anonymous, contemporary hacktivist culture, or cyberattacks.
Bibliography:	In-class readings might include: Kaiser, "1968 in America Music, Politics, Chaos, Counterculture and the Shaping of a Generation" Bell, "An Introduction to Cybercultures" Brownell, "American Counterculture of the 1960s" Roszak, "The Making of a Counter Culture Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition"
Learning outcomes:	After completing the course a student: Knowledge: has introductory theoretical knowledge of counterculture and cyberculture is able to recognize how counterculture is related to cyberculture recognizes the dynamics and consequences of changes in defining cyberculture Skills: is able to critically use theories and concepts concerning cyber and counterculture interprets the dynamics of cultural phenomena related to the Internet has the ability to work in a group in order to analyze different meaning of concepts Competences: understands the role of counterculture and cyberculture is able to cooperate in a group and participate in discussions
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Attendance – 10% Active in-class participation – 15% Short response papers – 25% Midterm test – 25% Final paper –25%

This course is not currently offered.

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