Enrollments to Kirsti Nurmela: kirsti.nurmela@staff.uta.fi

- Individual working

- Non-stop web course. The course will be completed entirely in Moodle

-For approval all the assignments have to be completed within six months from the date of enrollment

Enrollment:

University instructor Kirsti Nurmela: kirsti.nurmela[at]staff.uta.fi

The quota for Open University students

This course consists of independent multicultural group work. Each participant must keep a learning diary, uploading entries to Moodle after each meeting. A total of 3 credits, 12 contact hours for each credit, can be earned for the course by participating in 1-3 groups.

Registration forms are available from the SAC (Pinni B5071). They should be completed and handed in at the beginning of the period. Participants will be informed by email when the groups have been formed.

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students.

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students.

This course is a theme course on hero narratives in Anglophone popular culture. The course uses alternative study methods and is focused on individual, independent project work: classes mostly take place in the first period, after which students work on their own projects in the second period. Each student chooses a hero narrative (literary, filmic, televisual, etc), narrows down a research topic, and gives a conference presentation in December. Please note that there will be no classes on the hero narratives themselves; instead, classes deal with transferable skills such as writing and commenting on abstracts and giving conference presentations. In addition, individual project work is supervised by the teacher during the autumn.

The course is directed at students who have an interest in popular culture and hero narratives; who are interested in (independent) project work, research, and transferable skills; who are looking for a pro gradu topic; and who can manage and respect deadlines, because in December we will organise a Pop-up Heroes Day with conference presentations.

Thematic areas of interest for conference presentations and posters include, but are not limited to the following areas of interest: gender and hero narratives; superheroes; queering heroes; heroes and violence; global(ising) hero narratives; setting and spatiality in hero narratives; postcolonial heroes; cultural diversity and heroes; heroes and popular seriality; hero parodies; hero adaptations; heroes and fan fiction; and mobile heroes.

Assessment: class assignments, conference presentation, class contribution.

Tentative schedule and additional information

Book exam in English in electronic exam 18.9.2017-17.8.2018.

The course contains an introduction lecture after which students will study the topic independently in reading groups. Instructions for reading groups will be given at the lecture.

Enrollments to Kirsti Nurmela: kirsti.nurmela@staff.uta.fi

- Individual working

- Non-stop web course. The course will be completed entirely in Moodle

-For approval all the assignments have to be completed within six months from the date of enrollment

Enrollment:

University instructor Kirsti Nurmela: kirsti.nurmela[at]staff.uta.fi

The quota for Open University students

This course consists of independent multicultural group work. Each participant must keep a learning diary, uploading entries to Moodle after each meeting. A total of 3 credits, 12 contact hours for each credit, can be earned for the course by participating in 1-3 groups.

Registration forms are available from the SAC (Pinni B5071). They should be completed and handed in at the beginning of the period. Participants will be informed by email when the groups have been formed.

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students.

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students.

This course is a theme course on hero narratives in Anglophone popular culture. The course uses alternative study methods and is focused on individual, independent project work: classes mostly take place in the first period, after which students work on their own projects in the second period. Each student chooses a hero narrative (literary, filmic, televisual, etc), narrows down a research topic, and gives a conference presentation in December. Please note that there will be no classes on the hero narratives themselves; instead, classes deal with transferable skills such as writing and commenting on abstracts and giving conference presentations. In addition, individual project work is supervised by the teacher during the autumn.

The course is directed at students who have an interest in popular culture and hero narratives; who are interested in (independent) project work, research, and transferable skills; who are looking for a pro gradu topic; and who can manage and respect deadlines, because in December we will organise a Pop-up Heroes Day with conference presentations.

Thematic areas of interest for conference presentations and posters include, but are not limited to the following areas of interest: gender and hero narratives; superheroes; queering heroes; heroes and violence; global(ising) hero narratives; setting and spatiality in hero narratives; postcolonial heroes; cultural diversity and heroes; heroes and popular seriality; hero parodies; hero adaptations; heroes and fan fiction; and mobile heroes.

Assessment: class assignments, conference presentation, class contribution.

Tentative schedule and additional information

Book exam in English in electronic exam 18.9.2017-17.8.2018.

The course contains an introduction lecture after which students will study the topic independently in reading groups. Instructions for reading groups will be given at the lecture.

Enrollments to Kirsti Nurmela: kirsti.nurmela@staff.uta.fi

- Individual working

- Non-stop web course. The course will be completed entirely in Moodle

-For approval all the assignments have to be completed within six months from the date of enrollment

Enrollment:

University instructor Kirsti Nurmela: kirsti.nurmela[at]staff.uta.fi

The quota for Open University students

This course consists of independent multicultural group work. Each participant must keep a learning diary, uploading entries to Moodle after each meeting. A total of 3 credits, 12 contact hours for each credit, can be earned for the course by participating in 1-3 groups.

Registration forms are available from the SAC (Pinni B5071). They should be completed and handed in at the beginning of the period. Participants will be informed by email when the groups have been formed.

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students.

Cultural diversity has been identified as one of the major issues of the 21st century on both local and global levels. Referring to to a range of cultural phenomena between and within societies and social groups, the concept can be linked to different forms of cultural encounters from peaceful coexistence and multicultural exchange to violent colonial exploitation and the contemporary fear of terrorism. However, cultural diversity does not simply exist; instead, it is narrated and mediated, sociohistorically and politically produced, and mobilised for various ends and goals.

This Studia Generalia lecture series takes a critical look at different realities and discourses of cultural diversity in Anglophone societies. English-language societies around the world exhibit notable ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity due to their long history of colonialism, globalisation and human mobility. The course focuses on various forms of diversity in English-language societies both locally and globally; it offers perspectives on minority languages in the Anglosphere and varieties of English, analyses social identities on personal and collective levels, explores literary and cultural narratives of cross-cultural encounter and the geopolitics of diversity, and examines immigration and anti-diversity discourses.

Book exam in English in electronic exam 18.9.2017-17.8.2018.

Enrollments to Kirsti Nurmela: kirsti.nurmela@staff.uta.fi

- Individual working

- Non-stop web course. The course will be completed entirely in Moodle

-For approval all the assignments have to be completed within six months from the date of enrollment

Enrollment:

University instructor Kirsti Nurmela: kirsti.nurmela[at]staff.uta.fi

The quota for Open University students

This course consists of independent multicultural group work. Each participant must keep a learning diary, uploading entries to Moodle after each meeting. A total of 3 credits, 12 contact hours for each credit, can be earned for the course by participating in 1-3 groups.

Registration forms are available from the SAC (Pinni B5071). They should be completed and handed in at the beginning of the period. Participants will be informed by email when the groups have been formed.

In cases where more students register for a course than space allows, priority is assigned as follows:

1. First priority is given to the degree students of the University of Tampere
2. Second priority is given to the exchange students of the University of Tampere
3. Third priority is given to the Tampere3 students.

Cultural diversity has been identified as one of the major issues of the 21st century on both local and global levels. Referring to to a range of cultural phenomena between and within societies and social groups, the concept can be linked to different forms of cultural encounters from peaceful coexistence and multicultural exchange to violent colonial exploitation and the contemporary fear of terrorism. However, cultural diversity does not simply exist; instead, it is narrated and mediated, sociohistorically and politically produced, and mobilised for various ends and goals.

This Studia Generalia lecture series takes a critical look at different realities and discourses of cultural diversity in Anglophone societies. English-language societies around the world exhibit notable ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity due to their long history of colonialism, globalisation and human mobility. The course focuses on various forms of diversity in English-language societies both locally and globally; it offers perspectives on minority languages in the Anglosphere and varieties of English, analyses social identities on personal and collective levels, explores literary and cultural narratives of cross-cultural encounter and the geopolitics of diversity, and examines immigration and anti-diversity discourses.

Book exam in English in electronic exam 18.9.2017-17.8.2018.