Agenda 1 theory importance 3 2 the culture dimensions and values model of hofstede, schwartz and trompenaars 4 3 applied studies 10 4 limitations and project relative 15 5 references 18. Comparative cultural studies science topic explore the latest questions and answers in comparative cultural studies, and find comparative cultural studies. For graduate students enrolled in other departments at ohio state, the department offers the graduate minor and a graduate interdisciplinary specialization in comparative literature. Exploring transnational identities in ondaatjes anils ghost victoria cook. Comparative cultural studies university of copenhagen. Secondly, cultural heritage is considered as a crucial part of the tourism supply for both countries and it is a widely used product in the tourism portfolio of both countries. In comparative cultural studies, selected tenets of comparative literature are merged with selected tenets of the field of cultural studies including culture theories, radical constructivism, communication theories, and systems theories with the objective to study culture and culture products including but not restricted to literature, communication, media, art, etc. The topics listed here are examples of ways in which a focus area in comparative cultural studies can be developed in keeping with students particular interests. The orientation of the series is, explicitly, for the literary analysis to merge the political with the imaginative, and the culturallyspecific with the cross. Another suggestion is to systematically merge and combine interests for culture through the establishment of partnerships.
Cultural reorientations and comparative colonialities. Although comparative cultural studies focusing on cmc have enabled us to accumulate considerable knowledge of different cmc. Ondaatjes the english patient and altered states of narrative. Perspectives on comparative cultural studies anth 4394 rels 3394 last 3396 provisional syllabus providing sequence of topics, lecturers, and brief statement on expectations of students.
How to design cultural development strategies to boost. Laboratory of comparative human cognition, university of california san diego, san diego, california, usa email. It can help the researcher to ascend from the initial level of exploratory case studies to a more advanced level of general theoretical models, invariances, such as causality or evolution the design of comparative research is simple. Further, cultural studies had a moment at which it named itself, even though that naming marks only a cut or snapshot of an everevolving intellectual project. The core area of comparative cultural studies is the study of society and culture from a comparative and crosscultural perspective. Work in comparative cultural studies is performed in a contextual and. Contributors are kwaku asantedarko on african postcolonial literature. Despite theoretical and anecdotal evidence that cultural differences can create major obstacles to achieving integration benefits, empirical. The contribution of this study compared to that of many earlier culture it studies is the inclusion in the analysis of mobility as a variable related to usage of mobile devices and sns in cross cultural contexts. Cultural studies has today become a contested terrain with a variety of competing versions. From comparative literature today toward comparative cultural studies historically, the comparative perspective and method has proven itself indispensable in many disciplines and established itself accordingly intellectually as well as institutionally. The comparative method is often used in the early stages of the development of a branch of science. Comparative literary studies in the twentyfirst century.
The department of comparative cultural studies is an interdisciplinary department offering degree programs in anthropology ba, bs, ma liberal studies ba, bs, religious studies ba as well as undergraduate minors in anthropology and religious studies. The course presumes no prior acquaintance with media theory, but examines how debates in cultural and media studies emerge from broader arguments in the human sciences. Second, some crosscultural studies compare countries. Comparative cultural studies are a field of study in the humanities and social sciences where tenets of the discipline of comparative literature are merged with the field of cultural studies. Collaboration among these programs enhances the strengths of each, and encourages crosscultural learning and understanding. Pdf comparative literature and the question of theory. Within the broad empirical field covered by the department of crosscultural and regional studies in time and space, there are great variations but also similarities between the way people produce cultural meaning.
An international journal of akdeniz university cultural. Comparative cultural studies department of comparative. In this fragmented and conflicted field, it is useful to sort out competing models and notions of cultural studies, to delineate their presuppositions, and to appraise the strengths and limitations of competing models. The series locates itself within the field of comparative american studies, and focuses specifically on the analysis and criticism of the socalled ethnic american literatures. View comparative cultural studies research papers on academia. The contribution of this study compared to that of many earlier cultureit studies is the inclusion in the analysis of mobility as a variable related to usage of mobile devices and sns in crosscultural contexts.
Gordon the term culture is the foundation of many academic fields. Comparative cultural studies university of houston. Comparative cultural studies examines how cultural practices, especially contemporary creative media, both shape and themselves are shaped by current global developments such as the digitization of culture, virtual reality, global interconnectedness, increased people flows, transhumanism, environmental degradation, and new forms of subjectivities. Cultural studies is constituted by a regulated way of speaking about objects which it brings into view and coheres around key concepts, ideas and concerns. The reader will note that i do not use the term, socio cultural to refer to my approach to the study of culture in human development. Courses from other comparative studies tracks as well as courses in other departments may. In their article comparative cultural studies and pedagogy ronald soetaert and kris rutten combine the concept of education with culture and literacy. Comparative cultural studies research papers academia. Comparative cultural studies requirements department of. Articles in this volume focus on theories and histories of comparative literature and the field of comparative cultural studies. Admission to the master of arts degree in comparative literature and cultural studies. Both terms will consider critically the relevance of media theory for understanding asian and african media practices ranging from news, advertising and entertainment to the. New modernity, transnational women, and spanish cinema. A dialogue between comparative law and comparative legal history.
The normal preparation for graduate study in comparative literature and cultural studies is an undergraduate degree in world languages, english, or a related field in the humanities and the social sciences. Types of comparative studies in crosscultural psychology. This book brings together authors with a classic status in the field of comparative cultural studies on one overarching theme. Types of comparative studies in crosscultural psychology abstract from a methodological perspective crosscultural studies in psychology differ in three dimensions. First, crosscultural psychological studies can be exploratory or test specific hypotheses. Collaboration among these programs enhances the strengths of each, and. Graduate programs department of comparative studies. A comparative survey of democracy, governance and development working paper series jointly published by globalbarometer the asian barometer abs is an applied research program on public opinion on political values, democracy, and governance around the region.
Sharing knowledges for preserving cultural diversity encyclopedia of life support systems eolss contents preface xvi volume i introduction. Combining methodologies in cultural studies main questions 11 histories of cultural studies on validity 15 alternative validities 19 combining methodologies 23 conclusions 33 exercise 1 35 main questions empirical research in cultural studies is structured by an interest in the interplay between lived experience, texts or discourses and. Comparative literature, ancient rome, and the crisis of. Locating cultural studies and the book 3 crosscurrents in cultural studies 4 reconciliations 6 outline of the book 8 1 combining methodologies in cultural studies 11 main questions 11 histories of cultural studies on validity 15 alternative validities 19 combining methodologies 23 conclusions 33 exercise 1 35 ii studying lived. Crosscultural research refers to empirical studies carried out among members of various cultural groups who have had different experiences that lead to predictable and significant difference in behavior. Comparative cultural studies and cultural anthropology. Comparative cultural studies and the new weltliteratur. The 3rdprinciple of comparative cultural studies is the necessity for the scholar working in this field to acquire indepth grounding in more than one language and culture as well as other disciplines before further indepth study of theory and methodology.
The regional network encompasses research teams from thirteen east asian political. Comparative cultural studies and michael ondaatjes writing. A particularly vibrant sub eld of household nance studies international data. The author introduces an innovative framework to analyse these new forms of expression that is based on comparative cultural studies and its methodology of contextual systemic and empirical approaches to the study of literature and culture, including the concepts of the macro and microsystems of culture and literature. Comparative cultural studies purdue university press. As opposed to international studies, which was originally created to focus on the relations between the united states and third. Culture and cultural studies sage publications ltd. These spaces provide ideal conditions for boosting innovation and open dialogue. In social science there are many ways of framing cultural diversities. Firstly, turkey and egypt are located in the same region, as well as, both countries are rich in their cultural heritage.
To the contrary, cultural studies invites students to see themselves also as potential producers and authors of creative analysis, new cultural theory, and as creators of alternative cultural forms. The problems of individual and group adjustment are related to a cultural situation and therefore involve studies of cultures, of social organization and education, of the capacity and opportunity of the individual for adjustment, of the failures in adaptation, and of the changes in cultural situations which require continuous readjustment. This major new introduction to comparative literature is for the students coming to the subject for the first time. Cultural studies does not assume that consumers of cultural formsstudents, audiences, readers, believers, bystandersare passive in their consumption. Ethnic studies, in the united states, is the interdisciplinary study of differencechiefly race, ethnicity, and nation, but also sexuality, gender, and other such markingsand power, as expressed by the state, by civil society, and by individuals. The department of comparative studies offers interdisciplinary graduate degree programs in the study of culture at both the m. More practically, the inadequacy of national legal systems in facing chal. Our programme combines cultural studies with comparative literature to explore a variety of cultural texts and products in a global context. Language, literature, and human sustainability 1 djelal kadir, department of comparative literature, pennsylvania state university, usa 1. Individual studies often concentrate on single countries, but taken together the body of research enables a systematic comparison of household nance practices around the world. Hendrik birus on goethes concept of world literature. Cultural studies and comparative literature ba hons.
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