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Module Title	Intercultural Studies: Internationalism and Global Culture
Module Code	LC202
School	SALIS
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Level	2	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	LC201
Co-requisite	LC203

Module Aims

7 to introduce the concept of global culture and consider its relevance to our modern cultural experience. 7 to analyse modes of international interaction between cultures and the potential benefits and problems arising out of it. 7 to identify and account for national varieties of response to international cultural forces.

Learning Outcomes

7 a deeper understanding of the processes of modern global culture. 7 recognition of the importance of foreign cultural influences in our social and cultural experience. 7 appreciation of the individuality and universality of cultural traditions engaged in international dialogue.

Indicative Time Allowances
	Hours
Lectures	6
Tutorials	0
Laboratories	0
Seminars	18
Independent Learning Time	51

Total	75
Placements
Assignments

NOTE

Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.

Indicative Syllabus

The course will begin with an introduction to the major economic, technological and social changes that have led, in the 19th and 20th centuries, to the emergence of a 'global culture'. It will survey the internationalising and standardising of cultural forms through the development of world travel, consumerism and communications. The main part of the course will comprise analysis of the practical effects and influences of these developments in the countries considered, concentrating on manifestations of cultural transfer and exchange, and the dissemination of monoculturalism through market forces. It will examine the interaction of global developments with local conditions and traditions, and seek to establish, through comparison of the countries considered, the extent to which cultural specificity and difference is maintained. Topics will be drawn from the following spheres of culture transfer and localisation: · the experience of Americanisation in the post-war era, particularly in the sphere of popular and youth culture and consumerism. · the growth of world tourism and its ideological and economic origins and effects, with particular emphasis on its influence on communal and regional environments, economies and customs. · the globalisation of the media industry, with particular attention to the standardising of entertainment and the provision of news and information across national frontiers, with comparative analysis of specific forms of journalistic and artistic production.

Assessment
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Indicative Reading List

Essential: M. Barke et al (eds.), Tourism in Spain: Critical Issues, 1996 M. Featherstone et al (eds.), Global Modernities, 1995 N. Hewitt & B. Rigby, France and the Mass Media, 1991 A. King (ed.), Culture, Globalization and the World-System, 1991 A. Mathieson & G. Wall, Toursim: economic, physical and social impacts, 1982 J. Urry, The Tourist Gaze: Leisure and Travel in Contemporary Societies, 1990 Supplementary: P. V. Brinkemper et al (eds.), World Media Park, Globale Kulturvermarktung heute, 1994 R. Kuhn, The Media in France, 1995 W. Pompl & P. Lavery (eds.), Tourism in Europe: Structures and Developments, 1993 R. Spizzichino, Les marchands de bonheur: Perspectives et stratigies de l'industrie frangaise, 1991 A. Wierlacher & G. Stvtzel (eds.), Blickwinkel. Kulturelle Optick und interkulturelle Gegenstandskonstitution, 1994 A. Woodrow, Les midias: quatrihme pouvoir ou cinquihme colonne?, 1996

Programme or List of Programmes

BSSA

Study Abroad (DCU Business School)

BSSAO

Study Abroad (DCU Business School)

ECSA

Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing)

ECSAO

Study Abroad (Engineering & Computing)

HMSA

Study Abroad (Humanities & Soc Science)

HMSAO