2020-2021 / ANTH0012-1

Intercultural relations and acculturation processes

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Specialised master in gender studies5 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté des Sciences sociales)5 crédits 
 Master in multilingual communication (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in communication (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in French and Romance languages and literatures : French as a foreign language (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in journalism (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Chris Paulis

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Theme : it is when different cultures encounter one another that adaptive processes are put into place, ranging from the greatest integration to the deepest rejection. Demands for identity, genderisation, resistance and exchanges, in social structures and cultural practices allow both the limits and the flexibility of cultures to be understood. The intercultural space is variable, temporary or permanent, it is built by will or chance encounters, cultures and interests at stake.
The main subject covered changes each year. This year discusses about women and humor.
Study's subject : development strategies, models of communication, recognition and protection between different cultural groups and at all levels and in all sociocultural systems. These are the theoretical and empirical terms which are studied during this course. Representations and genderisation are two important basic concepts in analysis.
Running theme :
2019-2020 : femmes et musique 2016-2017 : interculturalité et zoos humains 2015-2016 : interculturalité et sport   2014-2015 : normes et communication interculturelle
2013-2014 : interculturalité et pluriculturalité
2012-2013 : Codes, standards and interculturality 2011-2012 : Languages and interculturality 2010-2011 : Construction of intercultural conflict 2009-2010 : Men and women in a process of interculturalisation 2008-2009: Group memory

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Objectives :
- theory: the study of a research method which is specific to a discipline (social anthropology), research and design, understanding intercultural modalities, either differentiated or gender-specific, work on the subject/object, relationship with the other, interculturality. - empirical: understanding of the subject, encountering a different 'other', individual positioning, distancing, critical reading of the sociocultural construction of representations and roles.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Class methods:
- theory (classes, publications) - empirical (experiments) individual work, diverse experiments - active student participation - work on documents - compulsory conferences - conferences and debates (within and outside class)

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Works :
- reference works - thematic - list districuted or dictated during the first classes

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

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Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

- active participation - little written work, prerequisite for the oral examination. - an oral exam at the end of the year Written
Examination : methods will be explained during the first class, and will be explained again at every session and upon student request.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Attendance at classes is compulsory.
Schedule : Tuesday from 4 pm to 6 pm
Remark : Eating, drinking and smoking are forbidden in class as is the use of mobile phones, personal stereos, etc.

Contacts

office 2/25A
Address : Department of Media, Culture, Communication, Faculty of Philosphy and Letters, Place du 20 Août, 7, Building A-1, ULg, 4000 Liège
Phone : 04/366 33 30
E-mail : C.Paulis@uliege.be