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Veranstaltungen von Dr. John Yves Pinder

Lehrveranstaltungen

Critical Social Research in Cultural Studies: Methods, Transdisciplinary Approaches and Problems (Seminar)

Termin:
wöchentlich | Dienstag | 18:15 - 19:45 | 14.10.2024 - 31.01.2025 | C 12.107 Seminarraum

Inhalt: This seminar explores some of the distinct modalities of inter-/trans-disciplinary research which have emerged in the arts and humanities over the last century. One of the distinguishing features of these research practices is the methodological role played by philosophy and 'theory' as part of critical social and cultural inquiries. The seminar aims to introduce participants to the tradition of British cultural studies and the modalities of research deployed in some of the seminal works produced by the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (Birmingham) during the 1960s and 1970s in particular. Participants will learn about the history of cultural studies and reflect on the value of transdisciplinary approaches and methods in critical social and cultural research. As part of this process, students will also have the opportunity to learn about distinct methods including the uses of theory, participatory observation, and discourse analysis. As well as imparting knowledge regarding methods and approaches, the seminar convenor will support students in designing collective research projects aiming to investigate a chosen social issue critically and transversally, drawing on but also intertwining disciplinary specialisms. The questions guiding the seminar are as follows: 1. How did British cultural studies constitute a form of transdisciplinary critical social research in the 1960s and 1970s? 2. What historical and contemporary role does philosophy and 'theory' play in the development of cultural studies? 3. How might some of its methodological tools and approaches be used for collective social research today?