Culture as Resource: Culture and Democracy in the Global System
Venue: Central European University
Event Date/Time: Jul 16, 2007 | End Date/Time: Jul 27, 2007 |
Description
The course will consider these issues in both their contemporary manifestations and in historical perspective. Issues to be addressed include: cultural transnationalism, the politics of culture in the periphery, the politics of popular culture, contemporary visual culture, anti-Americanism, and cultural democracy.
This course is designed for faculty and students with research and teaching interests in the effects of globalization on cultures around the world. Participants should have some previous background in cultural studies, critical theory, political theory, globalization studies and/or cultural policy studies.