Covid19 - Sociology of the Pandemics
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | 1.2.5-EC-CSP |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: | (brak danych) / (brak danych) |
Nazwa przedmiotu: | Covid19 - Sociology of the Pandemics |
Jednostka: | Wydział Filologiczny |
Grupy: |
Studia stacjonarne |
Punkty ECTS i inne: |
(brak)
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Rodzaj przedmiotu: | fakultatywne |
Tryb prowadzenia: | Realizowany zdalnie |
Skrócony opis: |
Course description The course is a rapid response to the recent (2019/2020) epidemics of Covid-19 viral disease that evolved into pandemics over the early months of 2020. It draws on the literature and scholarship in health sociology as well as public health scholarship, cultural studies, communication studies and political science. The students analyze the social context that led to the spread of the disease, the political responses and cultural consequences of the pandemics. It uses the scholarship on the networked and globalized world in order to criticize the modernity from the perspective of Ulrich Beck’s sociology of risk. ------------------ total hours: 30 total ects: 2 1ects = 30hrs in class 1ects = 10hrs consultations + 15hrs homework ----------------- contact: the teacher: michal@uni.opole.pl the coordinator of the study programme - m.tukiendorf@uni.opole.pl |
Pełny opis: |
Course objectives: The course is designed to survey an emerging body of social science research on the Covid-19 epidemics and apply sociological theorizing to understand the social dimensions of it. Due to the ubiquitous character of the pandemics, extensive quasi auto-ethnographic writing in order to develop reflexivity of the students is assigned. Course content: 1. Making sense of personal experiences of the pandemics 2. Applying sociological lens 3. Late modernity as the key theoretical concept 4. Global context of the pandemics 5. State responses and policies to contain the epidemics 6. Structural consequences of the epidemics and responses 7. Individual level responses to the pandemic 8. Deniers and conspiracy theorists 9. Social lives under curfew and lock-down 10. Covid-19 and the media Methods of teaching: Interactive lectures Moderated discussion Auto-ethnographic writing ICT tools/e-learning - MS Teams |
Literatura: |
Reading: Deborah Lupton (2020) Special section on ‘Sociology and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic’, Health Sociology Review, 29:2, 111-112, DOI: 10.1080/14461242.2020.1790919 DEUTSCHMANN, MARCIN, and MICHAŁ WANKE. "RISK UNIVERSITY: UNCERTAINTY OF THE LATE MODERNITY COMING TOO EARLY." Society Register 4.3 (2020): 145-160. Pieri, E. (2020). Radical uncertainty, sociology and the social impacts of pandemic preparedness on citizens. Discover Society Davis, M., Flowers, P., Lohm, D., Waller, E., & Stephenson, N. (2016). Immunity, biopolitics and pandemics: Public and individual responses to the threat to life. Body & Society, 22(4), 130-154. Aiken, V. (2020). Why covid-19 is changing our perceptions of social class and risk, Discover Society, May 22. Bailey, S., Bastian, M., Coleman, R., Grabham, E., Lyon, D., & Pierides, D. A Day at a Time: A research agenda to grasp the everyday experience of time in the COVID-19 pandemic. Matthewman, S., & Huppatz, K. (2020). A sociology of Covid-19. Journal of Sociology, 1440783320939416. Scambler, G. (2020). Covid-19 as a ‘breaching experiment’: exposing the fractured society. Health Sociology Review, 29(2), 140-148. Abidin, C., & Zeng, J. (2020). <? covid19?> Feeling Asian Together: Coping With# COVIDRacism on Subtle Asian Traits. Social Media+ Society, 6(3), 2056305120948223. Watson, A., Lupton, D., & Michael, M. (2020). Enacting intimacy and sociality at a distance in the COVID-19 crisis: the sociomaterialities of home-based communication technologies. Media International Australia, 1329878X20961568. |
Efekty uczenia się: |
Learning outcomes acc to PRK 2019 Knowledge the student knows and understands: Basics of academic discourse of sociology and social sciences (K_W07) Social consequences of a global phenomenon (K_W11) Skills The student can: Use arguments and data to make informed comments about current global events (K_U03) Social competences The student is ready to: Engage in auto-ethnographic writing and make sense of individual experiences in the public situation of the classroom discussion (K_K04) |
Metody i kryteria oceniania: |
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes: Auto-ethnographic written accounts Informed participation in the class discussion |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Opolski.