Research Seminar “Culture and Inequality”

2021/2022

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

4

ECTS credits

Authors

Akifyeva, Raisa N.

Kuleva, Margarita

Safonova, Maria

Delivered at:

Department of Sociology

Course type:

Elective course

When:

2 year, 1-4 module

Instructors

Kuleva, Margarita

Safonova, Maria

Sokolova, Nadezhda

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This seminar is created for students interested in studies of cultural production, consumption and reproduction with special emphasis on art and fashion worlds, creative labor and networks, contemporary art institutions and status reproduction through parenting practices. We will discuss (1) classical works on social history of art, on art worlds and fields of fashion and of cultural production, (2) contemporary empirical papers on art institutions and art participation, (3) empirical papers with various types of research design (surveys, network analysis, historical sociology, participant observation, organizational analysis etc.). The seminar is intended for students who have previously attended research seminars of the BA in Sociology and Social Informatics in the previous years.

Learning Objectives

• In addition, students will be able to explain culture preferences through social stratification perspective, understand the link between cultural production cultural consumption, generate research hypothesis, develop academic skills in reading, writing, and presentation.
• be able to explain culture preferences through social stratification perspective
• be able to understand the link between cultural production cultural consumptio
• be able to understand the link between cultural production cultural consumption
• be able to generate research hypothesis
• be able to develop academic skills in reading, writing, and presentation.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• be able to understand and discuss topics related to culture and inequality and improve skills in developing research design in the framework of culture and inequality studies

Course Contents

• Culture and Inequality (Course introduction)
• Taste cultures
• Art as a profession
• Cultural production and urban milieus
• Сultural production as labour
• Art-world structure: producers, consumers, prosumers
• Networks and creativity
• Class cultures and inequality reproduction
• Artistic careers and prestige
• Migration, ethnicity and cultural capital

Assessment Elements

• Group projects
• Exam
• Discussion participation
• Proposal preparation
• Exam presentation

Interim Assessment

• 2021/2022 4th module
  0.6 Homework assignments + 0.2 Group presentation of research proposal+ 0.2 Exam
• 2022/2023 4th module
  0.3 * Discussion participation + 0.25 * Group projects + 0.25 * Exam + 0.2 * Proposal preparation
• 2023/2024 3rd module
  -

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Alexander, V. D., & Bowler, A. E. (2014). Art at the Crossroads: The Arts in Society and the Sociology of Art. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.25367D5F

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Tanner, J. (2003). Sociology of Art : A Reader. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=111300

Authors

• SOKOLOVA NADEZHDA ALEKSANDROVNA
• SAFONOVA MARIYA ANDREEVNA
• KULEVA MARGARITA IGOREVNA