Cultures and Identities in Europe - Past, Present and Future

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Free Online Course: Cultures and Identities in Europe - Past, Present and Future provided by iversity is a comprehensive online course. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from iversity. Cultures and Identities in Europe - Past, Present and Future is taught by Hara Kouki, Anna Triandafyllidou and Sabrina Marchetti.

Overview
  • This MOOC questions what European identity is and what we understand and promote as European culture. It explains fundamental European policies on culture, creativity and the media, with a specific focus on urban settings. The course critically explores the formation of diverse identities and cultures in Europe, by shedding light on the importance of memories and shared heritages in this process. Finally, it illustrates the policy dimension behind European cultural and media industries and questions dominant economistic approaches to cultural creativity.

Syllabus
  • CHAPTER 1 - WELCOME
    Unit 1.1 – Welcome and instructions
    Unit 1.2 – Where are you from?

    CHAPTER 2 – WHAT IS EUROPE?
    Unit 2.1 – Is there a European identity? (Interview with Anna Triandafyllidou)
    Unit 2.2 – What is European culture?
    Unit 2.3 - Europe seen from the outside
    Unit 2.4 – Art challenging what Europe is about (Interview with Ulrike H. Meinhof)

    CHAPTER 3 – DIVERSITY IN EUROPE
    Unit 3.1 – European identity and national identities
    Unit 3.2 – Diversity policies in EU institutions: intercultural cities (Interview with Irena Guidikova)
    Unit 3.3 – “Unity in diversity”: really?
    Unit 3.4 – Cosmopolitanism in Europe and the Venice Biennale (Interview with Monica Sassatelli)

    CHAPTER 4 – THE ROLE OF MEMORY AND HERITAGE
    Unit 4.1 – The past in the present of Europe
    Unit 4.2 – Memory vs. history: the role of Museums (Interview with Dominique Poulot)
    Unit 4.3 – Contested cultural heritages: the case of Holocaust (Interview with Jasper Chalcraft)
    Unit 4.4 – A transnational cultural heritage: the case of UNESCO (Interview with Gerard Delanty)

    CHAPTER 5 – CULTURAL INDUSTRIES IN EUROPE
    Unit 5.1 – What are cultural industries?
    Unit 5.2 – Culture, creativity and urban spaces
    Unit 5.3 – Culture in urban spaces, today (Interview with Arturo Rodríguez Morató)
    Unit 5.4 – Pluralism in European media information (Interview with Pier Luigi Parcu)

    CHAPTER 6 – CULTURAL CREATIVITY AND EUROPEAN FUTURES
    Unit 6.1 – “European culture” as a brand
    Unit 6.2 – Beyond cultural creativity as innovation (Interview with Matías Zarlenga)
    Unit 6.3 – The EU “Creative Europe” program: what’s next? (Interview with Philip Schlesinger)
    Unit 6.4 – Visions of Europe: media activism