Syllabus, Culture and Media in Sweden, 2015-08-31 and until further notice

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
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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
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Reading instructions: Reading: pp. 7-20, 33-162

Nation, region and homeland: history and tradition in Dalarna, Sweden.
Crang Mike
Included in:
Cultural geographies
London : Arnold : 2002- : 6 : 447-470 pages
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)
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Death in a cold climate : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction
Forshaw Barry.
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan : 2012. : ix, 207 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-230-30369-0 (hbk)
Mandatory
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Building sustainable societies: A Swedish case study on the limits of reflexive modernization
Isenhour Cindy
Included in:
American ethnologist
Washington : The Soc. : 1974- : 37 : 511-525 pages
Mandatory

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

Swedish film : an introduction and reader
Larsson Mariah, Marklund Anders
[Ny utg.] : Lund : Nordic Academic Press : 2013 : 367 s. :
ISBN: 9789187351419
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This is Sweden
Lagerberg Rikard, Randecker Emma
2. uppl. : Svenska institutet : 2015 : 48 s. :
ISBN: 9789186995010
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Music, media, multiculture : changing musicscapes
Lundberg Dan, Malm Krister, Ronström Owe
Stockholm : Svenskt visarkiv : 2003 : 455 s. :

ISBN: 91-85374-37-7
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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
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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
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The disappearance and return of the national : the Swedish experience 1950-2000
Löfgren Orvar
Included in:
Folklore, heritage politics and ethnic diversity
Botkyrka : Multicultural Centre (Mångkulturellt centrum) : 2000 : 278, [12] s. :

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

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
Brembeck Helene
Managing Overflow in Affluent Societies : 2012 :

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.
Helmersson Linnéa
Institute of Ethnomusicology, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. : 2017 :

Coffee and Class for the Swedes – as seen in the Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson
Ljungström Åsa
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

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

Swedish traditions
Swahn Jan-Öjvind
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
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Swedish women's writing 1850-1995
Forsås-Scott Helena
London : Athlone : 1997 : 333 s., [8] pl.-s. :
ISBN: 0-485-92003-4 (hft)
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Masculinity in the golden age of Swedish cinema : a cultural analysis of 1920s films
Gustafsson Tommy
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers : 2015 : v, 254 pages :
ISBN: 9780786494781 (softcover : alk. paper)
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Beyond ABBA : The Globalization of Swedish Popular Music
Johansson Ola
Included in:
The American Geographical Society's focus on geography
American Geographical Society : 53 : 134-141 pages
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Swedish crime fiction : novel, film, television
Peacock Steven
Manchester : Manchester University Press : 2014 : vi, 218 p. :
ISBN: 9780719086953
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Public service media from a Nordic horizon : politics, markets, programming and users : [a research anthology from NORDICOM]
Carlsson Ulla
Göteborg : NORDICOM : 2013 : 177 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-86523-60-2 (korr.)
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Scandinavian crime fiction
Nestingen Andrew, Arvas Paula
Cardiff : University of Wales Press : 2011 : 194 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-7083-2330-4
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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
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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
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