Duration
25h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in journalism (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The objective of the seminar of cartography of socio-technical controversies is to give the possibility to students of a Master degree at the ULg to approach in a new way some of their objects of studies: not just by assimilating contents of already stabilized scientific knowledge, but by the means of an exploratory work of contempory scientific or technological controversies and their social, political and economical consequences.The approach will be centered on scientific or technological "objects" but will aim at revealing - through the follow-up of their design, their use or their contestation - the effects on societies.
Examples: Which place the rifle TASER should have for the police's practices ? How Bisphenol A did become dangerous? How to reform the banking system? Should the prisons be dismantled? Is the Schale gas a new eldorado?
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The originality of the seminar lies in its critical exploitation of the web resources and tools. With the advent of the "information society", the provision of heterogeneous knowledge via Internet is in continual expansion. These new resources contribute to the reinforcement of the implication of the public in the life of the Web. From this point of view are born from new competences arise, whose training is integrated still little into the traditional university cursus: the capacity to produce state of references - with critical exploration of the web - of controversial problematics for which doesn't exist straightforwards diagnosis, or well known solutions.
At the end of the seminar, students are expected to organise and present in a coherent and critical way divergent knowledges and their consequences.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The seminar is organized on the initiative of the Faculties of Science, of Philosophy and Letters, and Law and Political science, and is accessible to the students enrolled in a Master degree of all Faculties from the ULg. There is no prerequisite for the admission to this seminar.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The first semester will be organized on the basis of teaching of a set of knowledge and methods of controversies mapping.
The second semester will be devoted to the effective work of exploration of a controversy - each group of students being supervised by two assistants each month.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Recommended or required readings
Scientific litterature will be provided and discussed.
Assessment methods and criteria
The evaluation of the students is based on the team work and the active participation of the student throughout the year (30% of the final mark) and on the realization of a website (70% of the final mark) and its oral presentation.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Due to the specitificy of the pedagogical approach (by project), this course will be given or not according to the number of students enrolled (4 students).
Contacts
François Mélard
Chef de travaux - coordinateur
Faculté des Sciences - Département des Sciences et Gestion de l'Environnement - Campus d'Arlon
Tél : 063/230 901 - f.melard@ulg.ac.be
Florence Caeymaex
Chercheur qualifié FNRS
Faculté de philosophie et lettres - Département de philosophie
Tél : 04/366 56 00 - F.Caeymaex@ulg.ac.be
Julien Pieron
Assistant de recherche - Projet Fructis
Faculté de philosophie et lettres - Département de philosophie
Tél : 04/366 5590 - julien.pieron@ulg.ac.be