- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
(in Polish) Socjologia kulturowa. Nowe orientacje 3500-FAKM-SOCKULT-OG
Cultural sociology, as opposed to the narrow subdiscipline known as
sociology of culture, proposes a new perspective in researching the broadly
understood phenomena of collective life. It reverses the direction of
analyses in relations between culture and society, orienting them along a
track that runs from culture to society, in order to show the interrelations of
cultural phenomena and social phenomena. The concept of cultural
integration is criticized. A relative autonomy of culture as systems of
meanings and symbolic forms is assumed, and factors contributing to the
duration and change of sociocultural phenomena are sought in this sphere.
New analytical categories, such as: symbolism, narration, discourse,
rhetorics, performative actions, transform the analyses of the
transformations of valuation orders, convictions (beliefs), norms,
axionormative orders and ideologies. The lecture presents new orientations
in contemporary cultural sociology, including the so-called strong program
of cultural sociology, with reference to classical cultural sociology. An
analysis of cultural code construction is presented, together with cultural
pragmatics, as well as narrations, discourses and rhetorics in networks of
social relations. The lecture also shows how conceptions of cultural
sociology can be utilized when researching modern sociocultural
transformations. Problems of culture and power, the cultural dimension of
the public sphere, the cultural discourse of a civil society, cultural trauma
and cultural memory will be analyzed.
Various ways of conceptualizing culture will be shown, together with the
analytical frames of sociological research of cultural phenomena. When
modern cultural processes are analyzed, culture ought to be understood
not as a way of life, but as the meanings generated, transformed, passed
on and codified in symbolic forms through social interactions and relations.
Culture is not the property of groups or a superior sphere of lasting values;
rather, it consists in the processes of creating meanings and valuations.
The semiotic foundations of thus understood cultural phenomena will be
analyzed.
The conception of culture as a repertoire that makes it possible to construct
actions, identity and control will be discussed. Modern analyses of cultural
practices and discourses assume the existence of symbolic interactions, a
multitude of meanings, their negotiation and explanation by social actors.
The symbolic foundations of cultural processes will be presented. Modern
cultural sociology reevaluates the integrational conception of culture in
order to focus on cultural becoming. The lecture will discuss the
conceptions of cultural sociologists, the cultural variant of network theory,
conceptions created on the basis of symbolic anthropology and on the
basis of semiotics of culture. The conception of cultural memory will be
analyzed, as well as trauma as a cultural phenomenon. Issues of culture
and power, of symbolic boundaries and symbolic politics will be discussed.
The analyzed theoretical categories will be applied to research dealing with
modern cultural changes. From the perspective of cultural sociology as
symbolic sociology, the lecture will present selected processes: the
formation of cultural communities and subcultures, the cultural dimension
of national identities and European integration, as well as cultural
globalization, including the impact of the Internet on culture. The
significance of cultural knowledge in the processes of cultural change will
be discussed.
Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
K_W01 knows and understands basic concepts of cultural sociology
K_W03 is aware of ongoing theoretical and methodological disputes
conducted in modern sociology; is reflective and critical of various
positions
K_W10 has in-depth knowledge about cultural diversity and its
transformations, cultural identity, and intercultural interaction and
communication
K_W22 has in-depth knowledge about the processes underlying social
stability and change and is reflective and critical of their interpretation
K_W25 has in-depth knowledge about the history of sociology as an
academic discipline and its founders, including broad knowledge of the
conceptions of Polish sociologists
K_W26 has in-depth knowledge of assumptions and claims of selected
historical and contemporary sociological theories
K_U16 knows how to interpret the role of culture in the life of the
individual and society
K_K13 is open to various theoretical and methodological perspectives of
social research
Assessment criteria
Written examination (set of 3 questions) – the list of topics for the
examination will be made available earlier. Attending lectures and
knowledge of the reading material are required.
Bibliography
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c – s. 307-322; d – s. 437-446.
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w zmieniającym się świecie, Warszawa 2013, Wydawnictwo
Naukowe PWN, a – s. 31-51; b – s. 193-218.
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współczesnością, Warszawa 2015, Wydawnictwa
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Warszawa 2012, Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN, s. 11-33.
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Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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