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Syllabus:

Culture and Media in Sweden, 7.5 Credits

Swedish name: Culture and Media in Sweden

This syllabus is valid: 2015-08-31 and until further notice

Course code: 1KA021

Credit points: 7.5

Education level: First cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Cultural Analysis: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Drama-Theatre-Film: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Ethnology: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Art History: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Comparative Literature: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Media and Communication Studies: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Museology: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements

Grading scale: Three-grade scale

Responsible department: Department of Culture and Media Studies

Revised by: Head of Department of Culture and Media Studies, 2015-06-15

Contents

The course gives an overview of Swedish culture and media with a focus on modernity and issues concerning the Swedish welfare system. How have cultural and medial expressions such as art, literature, drama, film, music, media and communication developed in this context? What can be learned about Sweden through a look at its culture and media?

Expected learning outcomes

After completing the course the students should have basic knowledge of:

  • how to analyse examples of cultural or medial expressions (art works, films, novels, tv-programs, newspapers etc.) in a Swedish context
  • ideas concerning the Swedish welfare system and issues of modernity in relation to culture and media.

Required Knowledge

General entry requirements

Form of instruction

The teaching consists of lectures, seminars and local excursions. All teaching is held in English. Seminars and local excursions are compulsory. If a student fails to attend a compulsory session a written complementary examination is given by the teacher. All activities will be in the evenings and spread all along the course.

As an enrolled student with a disability you can apply for support in connection with your studies. For more information contact the Student Services:
http://www.student.umu.se/english/during-your-studies/support-for-disabled-students/?languageId=1

Examination modes

The course is examined through participation on seminars and excursions, which is graded U (Fail) or G (Pass) and one individually written examination. The written exam is held at the end of the course and will cover both descriptive and analytic elements. On the written examination one of the grades U (Fail), G (Pass), or VG (Pass with distinction) is given. In order to pass the course all exams and compulsory sessions must be passed and one of the grades U (Fail), G (Pass), or VG (Pass with distinction) is given.   

Students who fail the scheduled final examination have the right to retake the examination soon afterwards, but the first exam might also be rewritten with a restriction to recieve the highest grade (VG). Examination on the same syllabus as the ordinary examination is guaranteed until two years after the first registration to the course.

Students who have passed an examination cannot redo the examination to receive a higher grade. A student who has failed an examination twice can apply to the The Faculty of Arts Board to get another teacher to consider the exam.

Other regulations

Credit transfer is always examined individually

Literature

  • Valid from: 2018 week 36

    A history of Swedish broadcasting : communicative ethos, genres and institutional change
    Djerf-Pierre Monika, Ekström Mats
    Göteborg : NORDICOM : [2013] : 379 s. :
    ISBN: 978-91-86523-73-2
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue
    Reading instructions: Reading: chapters 1, 4 & 16

    Art goes underground : art in the Stockholm metro
    Thompson Laurie, Söderström Göran
    [Ny, rev. utg.] : Stockholm : Stockholmia : 2004 : 328 s. :
    ISBN: 91-7031-108-0 (inb.)
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue
    Reading instructions: Reading: pp. 7-20, 33-162

    Crang Mike
    Nation, region and homeland: history and tradition in Dalarna, Sweden.
    Included in:
    Cultural geographies
    London : Arnold : 2002- : 6 : pages 447-470 :
    http://cgj.sagepub.com/content/6/4/447.full.pdf+html
    Mandatory

    Force of habit : exploring everyday culture
    Frykman Jonas, Löfgren Orvar, Bringéus Nils-Arvid, Crozier Alan, Weston David
    Lund : Lund Univ. Press : 1996 : 172 s. :
    ISBN: 0-86238-426-5 (Chartwell-Bratt)
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Forshaw Barry.
    Death in a cold climate : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction
    Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan : 2012. : ix, 207 p. :
    ISBN: 978-0-230-30369-0 (hbk)
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Isenhour Cindy
    Building sustainable societies: A Swedish case study on the limits of reflexive modernization
    Included in:
    American ethnologist
    Washington : The Soc. : 1974- : 37 : pages 511-525 :
    Mandatory

    Soila Tytti
    Sweden
    Included in:
    Nordic national cinemas
    London : Routledge : 1998 : 262 s. : pages 142-232 :
    Mandatory

    Swedish film : an introduction and reader
    Larsson Mariah, Marklund Anders
    [Ny utg.] : Lund : Nordic Academic Press : 2013 : 367 s. :
    ISBN: 9789187351419
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    This is Sweden
    Lagerberg Rikard, Randecker Emma
    2. uppl. : Svenska institutet : 2015 : 48 s. :
    ISBN: 9789186995010
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Music, media, multiculture : changing musicscapes
    Lundberg Dan, Malm Krister, Ronström Owe
    Stockholm : Svenskt visarkiv : 2003 : 455 s. :
    http://www.visarkiv.se/mmm
    ISBN: 91-85374-37-7
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue
    Reading instructions: URL: http://carkiv.musikverk.se/www/epublikationer/Lundberg_Malm_Ronstrom_Music_Media_ Multiculture.pdf

    Like virginity, once lost : five views on Nordic art now : Sara Arrhenius, Lars Bang Larsen, Daniel Birnbaum, Ina Blom, Timo Valjakka
    Birnbaum Daniel, Arrhenius Sara, Nilsson John Peter
    Lund : Propexus : cop. 1999 : [4] s., s. 9-129 :
    ISBN: 91-87952-17-3 ; 150:00
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    One Swedish Crime Fiction novel, choice must be approved by teacher.

    Celebrating the Swedish way : traditions and festivities
    Tidholm Po, Lilja Agneta, Croall Stephen
    [New ed.] : Stockholm : Swedish Institute (SI) : 2013 : 48 s. :
    ISBN: 9789186995263
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Löfgren Orvar
    The disappearance and return of the national : the Swedish experience 1950-2000
    Included in:
    Folklore, heritage politics and ethnic diversity
    Botkyrka : Multicultural Centre (Mångkulturellt centrum) : 2000 : 278, [12] s. :

    O'Dell Tom
    Junctures of Swedishness : reconsidering representations of the national
    Included in:
    Ethnologia Scandinavica
    Lund : Folklivsarkivet : 1971- :

    Brembeck Helene
    n. ICozy Friday: An Analysis of Family Togetherness and Ritual Overconsumption Togetherness and Ritual Overconsumption: Czarniawska, Barbara & Löfgren, Orvar (eds.) Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies. New York: Routledge. Pp. 125-140
    Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies : 2012 :

    Helmersson Linnéa
    In the middle of modernisation – the dance heritage and the enthusiasts. In: Stepputat, Kendra. Dance, Senses, Urban Contexts. Graz, Pp. 150-156.
Can be downloaded as pdf from Cambro.
    Institute of Ethnomusicology, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. : 2017 :

    Ljungström Åsa
    Coffee and Class for the Swedes – as seen in the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
    Linköping University : 2013 :
    Coffee as materiality. In: Dahlin, Johanna & Andersson, Tove (eds.) On the Move: ACSIS conference 11-13 June Norrköping; Sweden 2013. Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press. pp. 69-79

    Ninlsson Mats
    The Swedish Polska
    Musikverket : 2017 :
    Stockholm: Svenskt visarkiv/Musikverket 2017. pp. 11-29

    Swahn Jan-Öjvind
    Swedish traditions
    Bromma: Ordalaget Pp. 6-18, 39-43, 156-159. : 2012 :

    A history of Scandinavian literatures. : Vol. 3 A history of Swedish literature
    Rossel Sven Hakon, Warme Lars G.
    Lincoln, Neb. : Univ. of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American-Scandinavian Foundation : Cop. 1996 : xvi, 584 s. :
    ISBN: 0-8032-4750-8
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Forsås-Scott Helena
    Swedish women's writing 1850-1995
    London : Athlone : 1997 : 333 s., [8] pl.-s. :
    ISBN: 0-485-92003-4 (hft)
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Gustafsson Tommy
    Masculinity in the golden age of Swedish cinema : a cultural analysis of 1920s films
    Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers : 2015 : v, 254 pages :
    ISBN: 9780786494781 (softcover : alk. paper)
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Johansson Ola
    Beyond ABBA : The Globalization of Swedish Popular Music
    Included in:
    The American Geographical Society's focus on geography
    American Geographical Society : 53 : pages 134-141 :
    Link

    Peacock Steven
    Swedish crime fiction : novel, film, television
    Manchester : Manchester University Press : 2014 : vi, 218 p. :
    ISBN: 9780719086953
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Carlsson Ulla
    Public service media from a Nordic horizon : politics, markets, programming and users : [a research anthology from NORDICOM]
    Göteborg : NORDICOM : 2013 : 177 s. :
    ISBN: 978-91-86523-60-2 (korr.)
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Scandinavian crime fiction
    Nestingen Andrew, Arvas Paula
    Cardiff : University of Wales Press : 2011 : 194 s. :
    ISBN: 978-0-7083-2330-4
    Search the University Library catalogue

  • Valid from: 2015 week 37

    A history of Swedish broadcasting : communicative ethos, genres and institutional change
    Djerf-Pierre Monika, Ekström Mats
    Göteborg : NORDICOM : [2013] : 379 s. :
    ISBN: 978-91-86523-73-2
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Art goes underground : art in the Stockholm metro
    Thompson Laurie, Söderström Göran
    [Ny, rev. utg.] : Stockholm : Stockholmia : 2004 : 328 s. :
    ISBN: 91-7031-108-0 (inb.)
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Crang Mike
    Nation, region and homeland: history and tradition in Dalarna, Sweden.
    Included in:
    Cultural geographies
    London : Arnold : 2002- : 6 : pages 447-470 :
    http://cgj.sagepub.com/content/6/4/447.full.pdf+html
    Mandatory

    Force of habit : exploring everyday culture
    Frykman Jonas, Löfgren Orvar, Bringéus Nils-Arvid, Crozier Alan, Weston David
    Lund : Lund Univ. Press : 1996 : 172 s. :
    ISBN: 0-86238-426-5 (Chartwell-Bratt)
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Forshaw Barry.
    Death in a cold climate : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction
    Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan : 2012. : ix, 207 p. :
    ISBN: 978-0-230-30369-0 (hbk)
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Isenhour Cindy
    Building sustainable societies: A Swedish case study on the limits of reflexive modernization
    Included in:
    American ethnologist
    Washington : The Soc. : 1974- : 37 : pages 511-525 :
    Mandatory

    Soila Tytti
    Sweden
    Included in:
    Nordic national cinemas
    London : Routledge : 1998 : 262 s. : pages 142-232 :
    Mandatory

    Swedish film : an introduction and reader
    Larsson Mariah, Marklund Anders
    [Ny utg.] : Lund : Nordic Academic Press : 2013 : 367 s. :
    ISBN: 9789187351419
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    One Swedish Crime Fiction novel, choice must be approved by teacher.

    A history of Scandinavian literatures. : Vol. 3 A history of Swedish literature
    Rossel Sven Hakon, Warme Lars G.
    Lincoln, Neb. : Univ. of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American-Scandinavian Foundation : Cop. 1996 : xvi, 584 s. :
    ISBN: 0-8032-4750-8
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Forsås-Scott Helena
    Swedish women's writing 1850-1995
    London : Athlone : 1997 : 333 s., [8] pl.-s. :
    ISBN: 0-485-92003-4 (hft)
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Gustafsson Tommy
    Masculinity in the golden age of Swedish cinema : a cultural analysis of 1920s films
    Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers : 2015 : v, 254 pages :
    ISBN: 9780786494781 (softcover : alk. paper)
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Johansson Ola
    Beyond ABBA : The Globalization of Swedish Popular Music
    Included in:
    The American Geographical Society's focus on geography
    American Geographical Society : 53 : pages 134-141 :
    Link

    This is Sweden
    Lagerberg Rikard, Randecker Emma
    2. uppl. : Svenska institutet : 2015 : 48 s. :
    ISBN: 9789186995010
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Like virginity, once lost : five views on Nordic art now : Sara Arrhenius, Lars Bang Larsen, Daniel Birnbaum, Ina Blom, Timo Valjakka
    Birnbaum Daniel, Arrhenius Sara, Nilsson John Peter
    Lund : Propexus : cop. 1999 : [4] s., s. 9-129 :
    ISBN: 91-87952-17-3 ; 150:00
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Music, media, multiculture : changing musicscapes
    Lundberg Dan, Malm Krister, Ronström Owe
    Stockholm : Svenskt visarkiv : 2003 : 455 s. :
    http://www.visarkiv.se/mmm
    ISBN: 91-85374-37-7
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Peacock Steven
    Swedish crime fiction : novel, film, television
    Manchester : Manchester University Press : 2014 : vi, 218 p. :
    ISBN: 9780719086953
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Carlsson Ulla
    Public service media from a Nordic horizon : politics, markets, programming and users : [a research anthology from NORDICOM]
    Göteborg : NORDICOM : 2013 : 177 s. :
    ISBN: 978-91-86523-60-2 (korr.)
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Scandinavian crime fiction
    Nestingen Andrew, Arvas Paula
    Cardiff : University of Wales Press : 2011 : 194 s. :
    ISBN: 978-0-7083-2330-4
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Celebrating the Swedish way : traditions and festivities
    Tidholm Po, Lilja Agneta, Croall Stephen
    [New ed.] : Stockholm : Swedish Institute (SI) : 2013 : 48 s. :
    ISBN: 9789186995263
    Search the University Library catalogue

  • Valid from: 2015 week 36

    Art goes underground : art in the Stockholm metro
    Thompson Laurie, Söderström Göran
    [Ny, rev. utg.] : Stockholm : Stockholmia : 2004 : 328 s. :
    ISBN: 91-7031-108-0 (inb.)
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    A history of the press in Sweden
    Gustafsson Karl Erik, Rydén Per
    Göteborg : NORDICOM : 2010 : 369 s. :
    ISBN: 978-91-86523-08-4
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Johansson Ola
    Beyond ABBA : The Globalization of Swedish Popular Music
    Included in:
    The American Geographical Society's focus on geography
    American Geographical Society : 53 : pages 134-141 :
    Link
    Mandatory

    Soila Tytti
    Sweden
    Included in:
    Nordic national cinemas
    London : Routledge : 1998 : 262 s. : pages 142-232 :
    Mandatory

    Forshaw Barry.
    Death in a cold climate : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction
    Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan : 2012. : ix, 207 p. :
    ISBN: 978-0-230-30369-0 (hbk)
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Carlsson Ulla
    Public service media from a Nordic horizon : politics, markets, programming and users : [a research anthology from NORDICOM]
    Göteborg : NORDICOM : 2013 : 177 s. :
    ISBN: 978-91-86523-60-2 (korr.)
    Mandatory
    Search the University Library catalogue

    One Swedish Crime Fiction novel, choice must be approved by teacher.

    A history of Scandinavian literatures. : Vol. 3 A history of Swedish literature
    Rossel Sven Hakon, Warme Lars G.
    Lincoln, Neb. : Univ. of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American-Scandinavian Foundation : Cop. 1996 : xvi, 584 s. :
    ISBN: 0-8032-4750-8
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Forsås-Scott Helena
    Swedish women's writing 1850-1995
    London : Athlone : 1997 : 333 s., [8] pl.-s. :
    ISBN: 0-485-92003-4 (hft)
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Like virginity, once lost : five views on Nordic art now : Sara Arrhenius, Lars Bang Larsen, Daniel Birnbaum, Ina Blom, Timo Valjakka
    Birnbaum Daniel, Arrhenius Sara, Nilsson John Peter
    Lund : Propexus : cop. 1999 : [4] s., s. 9-129 :
    ISBN: 91-87952-17-3 ; 150:00
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Music, media, multiculture : changing musicscapes
    Lundberg Dan, Malm Krister, Ronström Owe
    Stockholm : Svenskt visarkiv : 2003 : 455 s. :
    http://www.visarkiv.se/mmm
    ISBN: 91-85374-37-7
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Scandinavian crime fiction
    Nestingen Andrew, Arvas Paula
    Cardiff : University of Wales Press : 2011 : 194 s. :
    ISBN: 978-0-7083-2330-4
    Search the University Library catalogue

    Wallenberg Louise
    Straight Heroes with Queer Inclinations : Male film Stars in the Swedish 1930s
    Included in:
    Hetero
    Albany, NY : SUNY Press : 2009 : 270 s. : pages 71–88 :