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This course is offered as part of programme:
Course content
Politics of representation has been a central mode of inquiry for the discipline of cultural studies. Over time this necessary critique of normative values and perspectives, has evolved to encourage students to think about the powerplay, symbolism, and tensions infused within cultural productions. In this sense the word representation concerns identity and identification, issues of presence and absence, and also ways of articulation. Thus, this course gets into the details, focusing on specific “artefacts”, and exploring how “politics” infuses aesthetics as well as maker/subject positions, and ultimately influences how and why things are made. On this course students are also encouraged to sensitively consider the affective dimensions of representations and encounters with them, by navigating the discomfort that may come from recognising when cultural artefacts/productions are used and produced as weapons against citizens, communities, travellers, and social actors.
Entry requirements
Bachelor's degree (180 credits) or equivalent in social sciences, humanities or arts.
General eligibility + the equivalent of Swedish higher secondary school English course B.
Course evaluation
The University provides all students who are participating in, or have completed, a course to express their experiences and views on the course through a course evaluation which is organized at the end of the course. The university will collate the course evaluations and provide information about their results and any actions prompted by them. The results shall be made available to the students. (HF 1:14).
