Intercultural Communication

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:6.00

Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:56

Study Course Information
Course Code:		KSK_067		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		2.00		ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Communication Sciences; Communication Theory		Target Audience:		Communication Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Ivans Jānis Mihailovs
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		8	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		16
Classes (count)		4	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		8
Total Contact Hours								24
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		5	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		10
Classes (count)		3	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		6
Total Contact Hours								16
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Not required.
Objective:
The objective of the course is to promote students' critical, analytical thinking, to improve their cultural competence and intercultural communication skills in the context of globalization and cultural diversity.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Introduction to intercultural communication. The concept of culture and the concept of diversity.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
2	Intercultural dialogue and intercultural communication: Basic theoretical approaches and practical solutions			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
3	Cultural memory, memory construction, cultural memory trauma, cultural footprint theory: J. Asmans, S. Grinblats, P. Nora. Essay: Ethnographic self-study			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
4	180 / 5 000 Tulkošanas rezultāti Cultural competence and its models, improvement of cultural competence: self-knowledge, openness and interest in others, improvement of social skills. Do I have intercultural competence?			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
5	Diversity construction. (Self) experience of intercultural communication.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
6	Intercultural dialogue: the case of Latvia. Does anyone need integration? What is happening to the Latvian nation and the Latvian people? What is the position of Latvian minorities?			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
7	Latvia: Experience of intercultural communication			Classes		1.00	auditorium
8	Hybridity of culture. Concepts of Peter Burke and Zygmunt Bauman.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
9	Presentations of students' cultural programs and debates on key identifications.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
10	Peculiarities of intercultural communication in an organization			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
11	Analysis of intercultural communication in the organization / media			Classes		1.00	auditorium
12	Intercultural communication and intercultural dialogue: policy documents of EU and Republic of Latvia			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Introduction to intercultural communication. The concept of culture and the concept of diversity.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
2	Intercultural dialogue and intercultural communication: Basic theoretical approaches and practical solutions			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
3	Cultural memory, memory construction, cultural memory trauma, cultural footprint theory: J. Asmans, S. Grinblats, P. Nora. Essay: Ethnographic self-study			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
4	180 / 5 000 Tulkošanas rezultāti Cultural competence and its models, improvement of cultural competence: self-knowledge, openness and interest in others, improvement of social skills. Do I have intercultural competence?			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
5	Diversity construction. (Self) experience of intercultural communication.			Classes		0.50	auditorium
6	Intercultural dialogue: the case of Latvia. Does anyone need integration? What is happening to the Latvian nation and the Latvian people? What is the position of Latvian minorities?			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
7	Latvia: Experience of intercultural communication			Classes		1.00	auditorium
8	Hybridity of culture. Concepts of Peter Burke and Zygmunt Bauman.			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
9	Presentations of students' cultural programs and debates on key identifications.			Classes		0.50	auditorium
10	Peculiarities of intercultural communication in an organization			Lectures		0.50	auditorium
11	Analysis of intercultural communication in the organization / media			Classes		1.00	auditorium
12	Intercultural communication and intercultural dialogue: policy documents of EU and Republic of Latvia			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Essay: Ethnographic self-study. Presentations of students' cultural programs. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
Assessment Criteria:
On a 10 point scale, according to the presentation in groups in seminars, evaluation of essay quality and the exam.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):		Exam (Written)
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		Students gain an idea of current issues in intercultural communication, factors that affect a person's individual development, as well as the structure and socialization of social institutions in a multicultural society.
Skills:		Skills to create an analysis of cultural diversity, to interpret theoretical texts, to implement needs research, to communicate in practice and to build relationships of trust in the context of intercultural communication.
Competencies:		Students are competent in forming an intercultural position, reacting to expressions of racism, to integrate the acquired knowledge and alternative views on intercultural dialogue and conflicts; to critically analyze the dynamics of the situation in intercultural communication in a particular society or community, to implement culturally sensitive professional practice.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Gircs K. Kultūru interpretācija. Rīga: 1998., lpp. 10.-37.
2	Hallam E., Street B. Cultural encounters – representing “otherness”. pp. 1 – 10.
3	Bīstamie sakari: seno fobiju šodiena Latvijā. (krājums ir e-studijās pdf formā)
4	Nora P. Between Memory and History. Representations, Vol. 26 Spring, 1989, pp. 7-24.
5	Apinis V. Iecietība jūdaismā: ebreji attieksmē pret pasauli un citādo. Tēraudkalns V. Skulte I., Hanovs D. (red.) Antisemitisms un islamofobija Latvijā – pagātne, aktuālā situācija, risinājumi. Rīga, 2006. – 18. – 28. lpp.
6	Habermas J. Struggles for Recognition in the Democratic Constitutional State In: Taylor C. Multiculturalism, pp. 107-148.
7	Mohammadi – Sreberny A. The Many Cultural Faces of Imperialism. In: Beyond cultural imperialism: globalization, communication and the new international order / ed. by Peter Golding and Phil Harris. – pp. 49 – 68.
8	Hanovs D. Can postcolonial theory help explain Latvian politics of integration? Reflections on contemporary Latvia as a postcolonial society, 2016, In: Journal of Baltic Studies 47(1):1-21
9	Smith A. D. The Rites of Nation: elites, mases and the re-enactment of the national past. p. 21-37. In: The Cultural Politics of Nationalism and Nation Building, Routledge, 2014.
10	Kluczewska-Klich B. Public Space and Private Places within the City. In: Frontiers and Identities. Cities in Regions and Nations, 2008. – pp. 17- 28
11	Heath J., Potter A. Nation of Rebels. Why Countercultures became Consumer Cultures. – pp. 98-134.
12	Tisenkopfs T. Izraidīšana no supermarketa. Uzburtā vieta. Rīga, 2007. - lpp. 74-90.
13	Mitter P. The Hottentot Venus and Western Man: reflections on the construction of beauty in the West. – pp. 35 – 50.
14	Eriksen T.H. 2017. An overheated world.
15	Lazda – Mazula I., Ose L. , Viša K. Apmācību kursa Starpkultūru komunikācija rokasgrāmata. Rīga: SIF, 2013.
16	Lazda – Mazula I., Ose L. , Viša K. Starpkultūru komunikācija II. Rokasgrāmata. Rīga: SIF, 2015.
Additional Reading
1	Muiznieks N. (ed.), How Integrated is Latvian Society? Riga, 2010.
2	Sampedro V. Introduction: New Trends and Challenges in Political Communication// The International Journal of Press/Politics, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2011. P. 431-439.
3	Annus, E. 2012. The Problem of Soviet colonialism in the Baltics. Journal of Baltic Studies, Vol. 43, Number 1: 21-45
4	Assmann, J. 2000. Das kulturelle Gedächtnis. Schrift, Erinnerung und politische Identität in frühen Hochkulturen [Cultural memory. Script, remembering and political identity in early high cultures]. Frankfurt am Main: Becksche Reihe.
5	Assmann, A. 2012. “Transformatsii novogo rezhima vremeni” [Transformations of the new time mode]. Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, 116: 16–31.
6	Bal, M. 2006. Kulturanalyse [Analysis of Culture]. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch.
7	Buck-Morss S. Theorizing Today: The Post-Soviet Condition. Accessed February 15, 2013.
8	Cooper, F. 2012. Kolonialismus denken: Konzepte und Theorien in kritischer Perspektive [Thinking Colonialism: Concepts and Theories from a Critical Perspective]. Frankfurt: Campus.
9	Cooper, F. 2005. “Postcolonial Studies and the Study of History.” In Postcolonial studies and beyond, edited by Loomba, A., Kaul, S., Bunzl, M., Burton, A., Esty, J., 401–422. Durham and London: Duke University Press.
10	Hanovs, D., Teraudkalns, V. 2012. “Denying the Other in the Cyber Space: Democracy and Political Culture in Latvia. Analysis of the Internet Campaign “For Mother Tongue” (November 2011)”. In Ethnicity. Towards the Politics of Recognition in Latvia
11	Hanovs, D. 2011. “What Should be Done with the Other? Ethnic Diversity in Integration Policy in Latvia.” Ethnicity 4: 33–54.
12	Nora P. 1998. Zwischen Geschichte und Gedächtnis [Between History and Memory]. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer.
13	Račevskis, K. 2006. K. Towards a Postcolonial Perspective on the Baltic States In Baltic Postcolonialism. On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics. edited by Kelertas, V. 165-186. Amsterdam/ New York: Rod
14	Kļaviņš K. Savienotie trauki. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2018.