Sources in Context: Culture and Communication

Course goals

1. To digest and apply the theoretical backgrounds to Cultures of Communication discussed during the course and to connect them with track specific expertise
2. To operationalise the knowledge and skills acquired during the leerlijn ‘Sources’
3. To independently formulate a research direction and plan
4. To communicate both in oral and written presentation in diverse media
5. To choose between forms and media of communication and to reflect on this choice

Content

This course discusses the ways in which people in the past communicated by means of different media: the spoken word, rituals, visual communication and the written word. It not only looks at the diverse cultural forms in which certain messages are communicated, but also looks at the differences of the forms of communication between certain groups and the power relations that are being expressed. Linguistic diversity and knowledge transfer are other aspects that will be investigated.

Additional information

The entrance requirements for Exchange Students will be checked by the International Office and the Programme coordinator. Acceptance is not self-evident.

This course is a compulsory choice within the Research MA Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Studies and is an elective for students in the following Research master programmes: Comparative Literary Studies; Art History; Nederlandse Literatuur en Cultuur; Musicology; Gender Studies; Media, Art And Performance Studies; Religious Studies; Philosophy; Modern and Contemporary History; Linguistics.