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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: SOC3043 Module Title: CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS AND INDUSTRIES
Module Provider: Sociology Short Name: SOC3043
Level: HE3 Module Co-ordinator: ALEXANDER VD Dr (Sociology)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Semester 1
Assessment Pattern

Unit(s) of Assessment

 
Weighting Towards Module Mark( %)

 

3500 word research essay plus class participation

 

90

 

Essay plan

 

10

 

Qualifying Condition(s) 

 

A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module.

 
Module Overview
This module looks at cultural organisations and industries, defined broadly as ranging from art galleries to software firms.  Lectures focus on theoretical understandings and/or overviews related to a particular aspect of cultural organisations.  The class discussion focuses on a sociological study of a particular cultural organisation or industry.
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
None
Module Aims

·         Provide a broad understanding of cultural organisations and industries

·         Demonstrate the place of the creative industries in society

 

  • Explain some of the difficulties or contradictions inherent in cultural organizations
Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module students should be able to:

 

·         Evaluate critically several approaches to aspects of cultural organisations

 

·         Apply theoretical ideas to case studies

 

·         Identify journal articles relevant to the module

 

  • Organise ideas and thoughts and speak about these in the public setting of the seminar
Module Content

·         Artistic freedom versus profits; cultural industries and the quality of content

 

·         Careers in cultural industries

 

·         The long tail in retailing cultural objects

 

·         Creative cities

 

·         Creativity, what is it and how to manage it

 

  • Cultural policy
Methods of Teaching/Learning

11 lectures and 11 seminars

 

Weekly reading and seminar preparation

 

Class participation
Selected Texts/Journals

Caves, Richard E. (2002). Creative Industries: Contracts between Art and Commerce. London: Harvard University Press. 

Hartley, John, ed. (2005). Creative Industries. Oxford: Blackwell. 

Hesmondhalgh, David (2002).  The Cultural Industries. London: Sage. 

Herman, Edward S. & Robert McChesney (1997).  The Global Media: The New Missionaries of Corporate Capitalism.  London: Cassell.

Vaidhyanathan, Siva (2001).  Copyrights and Copywrongs : The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity. London: New York University Press.
Last Updated
April 2011