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History, theory and practice of censorship

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:22
Study Course Information
Course Code:KF_037LQF level:All Levels
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Communication SciencesTarget Audience:Information and Communication Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Edgars Raginskis
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Faculty of Social Sciences
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Contacts:Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfatrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)6Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures12
Classes (count)4Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes8
Total Contact Hours20
Study course description
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Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Lectures1.00auditorium
2Lectures1.00auditorium
3Lectures1.00auditorium
4Lectures1.00auditorium
5Lectures1.00auditorium
6Lectures1.00auditorium
7Classes1.00auditorium
8Classes1.00auditorium
9Classes1.00auditorium
10Classes1.00auditorium
Assessment
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Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
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Bibliography
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Required Reading
1Briedis, Raimonds. Teksta cenzūras īsais kurss: prozas teksts un cenzūra padomju gados Latvijā. Rīga: Latvijas Universitātes Literatūras, Folkloras un mākslas institūts, 2010.
2Ball, Terence. "Two Concepts of Coercion." Theory and Society 5, no. 1. 1978, 97-112.
3Ingram, P. G. Censorship and Free Speech: Some Philosophical Bearings. Applied Legal Philosophy. Aldershot: Ashgate/Dartmouth, 2000.
4Bunn, Matthew. “Reimagining Repression: New Censorship Theory and After.” History and Theory 54, no. 1. 2015, 25-44.
Additional Reading
1Kruks, Sergejs. “Par mūziku skaistu un melodisku!” Padomju kultūras politika, 1932–1964. Rīga: Neputns, 2008.
2Elias, Norbert. The Civilizing Process. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1978.
3Blum, Arlen Viktorovich. Cenzura v Sovetskom Sojuze, 1917-1991. Dokumenty. Sost.: A. V. Blum; comment.: V. G. Volovnikov. Moskva: ROSSPEN, 2004.
4Butler, Judith P. Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative. New York: Routledge, 1997.
5Jansen, Sue Curry. Censorship: The Knot That Binds Power and Knowledge. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.