Analysis of Cultural Institutions

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Pascal Durand

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

There are two dimensions to this course - theory and practice. From a theoretical point of view, we will study the relationship between culture and its "institutions", which are understood both in the sense of structures responding to a restricted set of criteria and as "symbolic fields" (in the sense given by Pierre Bourdieu). From a practical point of view, the course is divided into two sections covering a) artistic institutions ; b) the rise of the modernity and the avant-gardes.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To introduce the problems of sociology of culture and to highlight, through concrete case studies, the dynamic relationships (but also objective constraints) which these encounter in terms of training and dissemination. The course is widely illustrated by Powerpoint presentations.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

General topic, then close analysis of visual documents under the supervision of the professor or his assistant.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires

Recommended or required readings

Compulsory reading: texts portfolio and Powerpoint presentations.
Recommended reading: 


Gérard Monnier, L'Art et ses institutions en France. De la Révolution à nos jours, Paris, Gallimard, coll. "Folio Histoire", 1995.
Raymonde Moulin, L'Artiste, l'Institution et le Marché, Paris, Flammarion, coll. "Champs", 1997.
Pierre Bourdieu, Manet. Une Révolution symbolique (2013), Paris, Seuil, coll. "Points", 2016.
Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel, Les avant-gardes artistiques (1848-1918). Une histoire transnationale, Paris, Gallimard, coll. "Folio Histoire", 2015.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Course head, Pascal Durand, lecturer, Department of the art and science of communication, Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor, pascal.durand@ulg.ac.be;

Assistant
Tanguy Habrand, Place du 20-Août, 7, 2nd floor, tel. 04 366 51 84
Tanguy.Habrand@ulg.ac.be (Tanguy.Habrand@ulg.ac.be%20)
Secretariat
Tel. 04 366 32 86

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