University of California at Riverside

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University of California at Riverside

Media culture has been a defining aspect of US and global life over the last six decades. Now the older media are said to be losing their centrality, as a result of audiences and profit margins being fractured through the internet. To interrogate this environment, we’ll harness the tools of media and cultural studies both to comprehend the past and present and imagine the future. Combining theoretical work and applied study, the course is designed for undergraduate students interested in our department’s work and prepared to draw on social and political theory, cultural studies, textual analysis, ethnography, psychology, political economy, and cultural policy studies. We’ll be addressing such key questions as: the role of the state, media effects, and ideology. Throughout, we’ll consider the intersection of the social sciences and the humanities, asking questions in particular about the interrelationship of textual analysis, audience evaluation, and ethnography.

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University of California at Riverside

TV has been a defining aspect of US and global life over the last six decades. Now it is said to be losing its centrality, as a result of audiences and profit margins being fractured through cable, satellite, and the internet. So we’ll harness the tools of TV studies both to comprehend the past and present and imagine the future. Combining theoretical work and applied study, the course is designed for undergraduate students interested in television and prepared to draw on social and political theory, cultural studies, textual analysis, ethnography, psychology, political economy, and cultural policy studies. We’ll be addressing such key televisual questions as: the role of the state, media effects, and ideology. Throughout, we’ll consider the intersection of the social sciences and the humanities, asking questions in particular about the interrelationship of textual analysis, audience evaluation, and ethnography.

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Escola de Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

En este curso de post grado, examinaremos los éxitos de psicoanálisis, psicología, psicoterapia, psiquiatría, criminología, y farmacología en la creación de la “felicidad,” y el discurso de la cultura como un contra-recurso. Vamos a considerar la historia de la psi-función y su conexión a la iglesia, la economía, y la población, usando ideas de la teoría del discurso, la contra-psicología, la economía política, y la ciudadanía cultural, entre otras fuentes.

En cada clase, vamos a combinar información del profesor y de los alumnos—o sea, quiero un ambiente de intercambio, donde sea esencial que los alumnos arriben a cada clase con los artículos y libros leídos. En cada clase vamos a ver algunos videos que permitan avanzar en compartir perspectivas y gatillar discusiones entre todos y todas.

We address core issues to do with Hollywood’s international success: what is globalization and what is Hollywood?; Hollywood history; Hollywood around the world; cultural and media imperialism; audience choice and Hollywood’s future; cultural policy; the New International Division of Cultural Labor; and Latin American case studies.

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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

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El concepto de cultura deriva del latín ‘colare’, que implica a la agricultura como parte de la subsistencia. Al mismo tiempo, con la división capitalista del trabajo, la cultura llegó tanto a significar una forma de instrumentalismo, como a negar dicha significación; por un lado, debido a la industrialización de la agricultura; y por el otro, por el cultivo del gusto individual.

En el siglo XVI ésta era una diferencia meramente heurística, que sin embargo llegó a ser sustantiva. Los diccionarios alemanes, franceses y españoles del siglo XVIII testifican un desplazamiento de sentido, en dirección del cultivo espiritual. Con la propagación de la alfabetización y la impresión, y el advenimiento de costumbres y leyes compartidas, administradas y juzgadas por la palabra, los textos culturales suplementaban y suplantaban la fuerza física en tanto instrumento de la autoridad. Hoy, la cultura está entendida como un recurso, un placer, y un factor en la soberanía.
En palabras de Néstor García Canclini, se necesita ‘dejar de concebir a los ministerios de cultura como secretarías de egresos y comenzar a verlos como fábricas de regalías, exportadoras de imagen, promotoras de empleos y dignidad nacional’ (2005).