SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURAL GOODS

Enrollment year

2016/2017

Academic year

2018/2019

Regulations

DM270

Academic discipline

SPS/08 (SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION)

Department

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Course

COMMUNICATION, INNOVATION, MULTIMEDIA

Curriculum

PERCORSO COMUNE

Year of study

3°

Period

1st semester (01/10/2018 - 14/12/2018)

ECTS

Lesson hours

36 lesson hours

Language

Italian

Activity type

ORAL TEST

Teacher

FITTIPALDI EDOARDO (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Prerequisites

It's necessary to have a very basic acquaintance with the history of Western arts (including music) as well as with Western history in general.

Learning outcomes

The goal is providing students with the competence for analyzing sociologically the prestige (or social honor) ascribed to certain forms of consumption ("cultural" consumption) in Western (or Westernized) democratic societies based on market economic systems.

Course contents

The instructor will discuss the structure and the main features of the cultural prestige ascribed to certain forms of consumption, as distinguished from fashion and luxury. The utilization of qualitative and quantitative techniques of sociological investigation in this field is also be a part of this course.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Reccomended or required readings

Edoardo Fittipaldi & Monica Errico, "Sociologia dei consumi culturali", forthcoming. (Students are provided for free with the latest draft of the text)

Assessment methods

Oral examinations

Further information

Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030

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