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Cursus: MCRMV16035
MCRMV16035
Humanities Today
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeMCRMV16035
Studiepunten (EC)5
Cursusdoelen
a) Acquire insight and knowledge about the themes that mark the humanities today.
b) Be able to set up a deep and thought provoking interdisciplinary discussion with fellow students and with prominent scholars in our field.
c) Provide deep knowledge of the RMA field of study showing due regard for its position within the broader field of the Humanities.
d) Formulate research questions, locate and interpret sources, and assess the significance of one’s own research within the framework of current cultural theories
e) Gain confidence in reporting research findings in both oral and written forms.
 
Inhoud
In Humanities Today, students from the different ICON research master programs are invited to discuss, with one another, the key concepts and turns that are at stake in their particular field of interest; from 'otherness', to 'the power of language/image/sound', from 'the digital turn' to the coming of the 'posthuman', from 'material culture' to 'ecocriticism' to 'activism in the arts'. In interdisciplinary groups a series of influential texts that work with these ideas are being read and discussed. Also, professors from the various fields of our interest are being invited to join the discussion and to elaborate on how and why these themes matter today in the arts and in society.

Career orientation:
Students are familiarized with very contemporary research, which is helpful for shaping their future research profile on the academic job market and beyond.
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