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\nReading: Raymond Williams, “Culture,” in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society (London: Fontana Press, 1976), 87-93.
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\nPart 1. Overview: Cultural Policy – Theories and Practices
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\nWeek 2 What is cultural Policy?/ Cultural Economics: Why do the governments support the arts?
\nReading: Paul Dimaggio, “Cultural Policy Studies: What They are and Why We Need Them.” Journal of Arts Management and Law 13:1 (1983): 241-248.
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\nWeek 3 Cultural Sociology: Why do the governments want to control culture?
\nReading: Carole Rosenstein, “Cultural Policy and the Political Nature of Culture,” in J.P. Singh (ed.), International Cultural Policies and Power (Houndmills and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), 19-28.
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\nWeek 4 Shift towards communities: What are the issues?
\nReading: Susan C. Haedicke and Tobin Nellhaus (eds.), Performing Democracy: International Perspectives on Urban Community-based Performance (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001), Ch. 1. 1-23.
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\nWeek 5 Site Visit #1 (Practicing Arts in Singapore and the implications of Cultural Policy): TBC
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\nWeek 6 Presentations
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\nPart 2. Issues in Singapore’s Cultural Policy
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\nWeek 7 Student Facilitation #1: Arts & Nation Building
\nReading: C.J.W.-L. Wee, “From Universal to Local Culture: The State, Ethnic Identity, and Capitalism in Singapore,” in C.J.W.-L. Wee (ed.), Local Cultures and the “New Asia” (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002), 129-157.
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\nWeek 8 Student Facilitation #2: Arts & Education/ Community
\nReading: Terence Chong, “Bureaucratic Imaginations in the Global City: Arts and Culture in Singapore,” in Hye-kyung Lee & Lorraine Lim (eds.), Cultural Policies in East Asia: Dynamics between the State, Arts and Creative Industries (Houndmills and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), 17-34.
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\nWeek 9 Student Facilitation #3: Controlling Culture
\nReading: William Peterson, Theater and the Politics of Culture in Contemporary Singapore (Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001), Ch. 2. 33-50.
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\nWeek 10 Student Facilitation #4: Cultural Diplomacy/ National Branding
\nReading: Can-Seng Ooi, “Reimagining Singapore as a Creative Nation: The Politics of Place Branding,” Place Branding and Public Diplomacy 4 (2008): 287-302.
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\nWeek 11 Site Visit #2 (Practices of Cultural Diplomacy): TBC
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\nWeek 12 Wrap-up/ Conclusion/ Exam Preparation
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\nAll students will be expected to conduct a research on a related topic and facilitate group discussions on Weeks 7-10. Each group is to conduct facilitation once in a semester.
\nDuring the class, facilitators are expected to present their findings in the research and facilitate group discussions related to the topic. Facilitators are to submit a report that contains i) short summary of the reading, ii) contents of the group discussions and iii) their findings in the discussions. Both their facilitation in the class and facilitator’s report will be graded.
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\n2. Essay (30%)
\nThe essay will be submitted at the end of the module. Students will choose one topic related to this module and analyze it. This is to let the students apply theories learned in this module to the actual cases and critically examine them. They will give a ‘work in progress’ presentation to the rest of the class on Week 6.
\nThe final essay should be submitted to IVLE Workbin by Week 13.
\nThe essay should be no longer than 2000 words (excluding notes and references). If the student fails to follow these limits, he/ she will be penalized.
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\n3. Class Participation (15%)
\nAs a seminar class, a high level of class participation is expected, based on sound preparation and active contribution to class discussions facilitated by student facilitators.
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\n4. Final Exam (40%)
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\nB: no. of tutorial hours per week
\nC: no. of lab hours per week
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