Современное корейское общество

2023/2024

Статус: Дисциплина общефакультетского пула

Кто читает: Кафедра корееведения

Где читается: Институт востоковедения и африканистики

Когда читается: 4 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Удавихина Мария Андреевна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Контактные часы: 32

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Abstract

This course is intended to understand social changes from the positions of diverse groups in contemporary Korea. The course will aim to provide an anthropological perspective on the lives of modern Koreans against the structural systems of political systems and economic policies. Throughout the course, students will be familiarized with sociological and anthropological analyses of Korean culture in a critical perspective. The course will also illuminate diverse perspectives of Korean society depending on a different region, gender, generation, class, and ethnicity.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to provide students with the social and cultural background of Korea, and the in-depth examination of social and economic issues in contemporary Korea.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Students will gain a comparative perspective on Korean culture.
Students will be able to discuss the current issues such as family, gender, consumption, class, education, religion, urban space, and globalization in Koreаn society.

Course Contents

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8

Assessment Elements

Attendance and Class Participation
Final exam
Form: take-home essay
Student Project Proposal & Presentation

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 4th module
0.3 * Attendance and Class Participation + 0.4 * Final exam + 0.3 * Student Project Proposal & Presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Tudor, D. (2012). Korea: The Impossible Country : South Korea’s Amazing Rise From the Ashes: The Inside Story of an Economic, Political and Cultural Phenomenon. Boston: Tuttle Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1567533

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Song, J. (2006). Family Breakdown and Invisible Homeless Women: Neoliberal Governance during the Asian Debt Crisis in South Korea, 1997-2001. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.E279936D

Authors

UDAVIKHINA Mariia ANDREEVNA

Course Syllabus