Time of money, space of debt: temporality and spatiality of the economy in a sociological perspective 1600-SZD-SPEC-CP-SOC
Time and space seem to be unquestionable categories, objectified by measurement, physical laws, and above all, human experience. Time flows. Everything exists in space or does not exist. Meanwhile, social sciences, including sociology and anthropology, create a different understanding of both categories, explaining the organization, experience, and communication of temporality and space in a language embedded within these disciplines. The aim of the course is to present contemporary theories and research concerning the economy: money, markets, organizational dynamics, and value-adding processes, while also proposing various explanations of temporality and social space.
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands:
WG_01 - to the extent necessary for existing paradigms to be revised - a worldwide body of work, covering theoretical foundations as well as general and selected specific issues - relevant to a particular discipline
within the social sciences
WG_02 - the main development trends in the disciplines of the social sciences in which the education is provided
WG_03 - scientific research methodology in the field of the social sciences
WK_01 - fundamental dilemmas of modern civilisation from the perspective of the social sciences
Skills | The graduate is able to:
UK_05 - speaking a foreign language at B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages using the professional terminology specific to the discipline within the social sciences, to the extent enabling participation in an international scientific and professional environment
Social competences | The graduate is ready to
KO_01 - fulfilling the social obligations of researchers and creators
KO_02 - fulfilling social obligations and taking actions in the public interest, in particular in initiating actions in the public interest
KO_03 - think and acting in an entrepreneurial manner
Assessment criteria
Description of requirements related to participation in classes, including thepermitted number of explained absences: 2 abscences allowed
Principles for passing the classes and the subject (including resit session): final paper/essay on the agreed topic
Methods for the verification of learning outcomes: Assessing activity and final paper
Evaluation criteria:
Written work: relevance, originality, and critical engagement beyond course readings, participation: assigned readings and contribution to class discussion.
Bibliography
Beckert, J. (2016). Imagined futures: Fictional expectations and capitalist dynamics. Harvard University Press. (wybór); Garcia-Parpet, M. F. (2007). The social construction of a perfect market. Do economists make markets, 21-53.; Halawa, M., & Olcoń-Kubicka, M. (2018). Digital householding: Calculating and moralizing domestic life through homemade spreadsheets. Journal of Cultural Economy, 11(6), 514-534.; Cetina, K. K., & Preda, A. (2007). The temporalization of financial markets: From network to flow. Theory, Culture & Society, 24(7-8), 116-138.; Sharma, S. (2017). "Speed traps and the temporal: Of taxis, truck stops, and TaskRabbits." In J. Wajcman & N. Dodd (Eds.), The sociology of speed (pp. 131-151). Oxford: Oxford University Press.; Urbańska, S. (2015). Matka Polka na odległość. Z doświadczeń migracyjnych robotnic 1989-2010. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika (wybór); Yakura, E. K. (2002). Charting time: Timelines as temporal boundary objects. Academy of Management journal, 45(5), 956-970.;
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