autumn 2024
HIF-3620 Indigenous Revitalization - Languages, Literature and Arts - 10 ECTS
Admission requirements
Bachelor's degree (180 ECTS), or equivalent qualification, or an equivalent qualification, with a minimum of 80 ECTS within social sciences, humanities, in education or in the social practice of law. An average grade equivalent to C or better in the Norwegian grading system is required.
Application code: 9371(Nordic applicants)
Course content
The course will focus on how language and cultural expressions have played an important role in the revitalization process of indigenous cultures that has taken place over the last four decades. Indigenous languages and linguistic rights. Emphasis will be placed on one or more of the following areas during a particular semester:
- Indigenous languages and linguistic rights.
- Traditional knowledge and the arts.
- Literature, the arts and new symbols of self-expression.
- Analytical skills will be developed through participation in class.
Objectives of the course
Knowledge
Depending on the focus on language, arts, and/or literature during a particular semester, students will:
- Develop an understanding of linguistic and cultural expressions in the context of the recent analytical approaches to the study of indigenous cultures
- Gain insight in how language and cultural expressions have played an important role in the revitalization process of indigenous cultures that has taken place over the last four decades.
- Develop a better understanding of indigenous methodology. This part of the course complements IND-3025 and IND-3026.
Skills
Students can;
- Consider expressions specific to Sami and other indigenous people shared in a larger global indigenous perspective.
- Develop competence in using theoretical approaches and methods appropriate for the analysis of indigenous literature, the visual arts and other media, and/or for the analysis of compelling linguistic issues.
- Demonstrate orally and in writing the ability to analyze a range of linguistic and cultural expressions.
Competence
Students shall:
- Apply the acquired skills and knowledge to produce high quality academic work, both orally and in writing.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars. Summary at the end of the course in a round table discussion. This course is interdisciplinary and taught by instructors with specialties in one or more of the following areas: literature, art science, linguistics, film, and or/ and culture studies.
Quality assurance:
All courses undergo an evaluation once in a 3-year period at the bachelor's level. The Programme leader determines which programme options will be evaluated per year, and which courses will be evaluated by the students and the teacher per year.
Information to incoming exchange students
This course is open for inbound exchange student who meets the admission requirements, including prerequisites. Please see the Admission requirements" and the "Prerequisite" sections for more information.
Do you have questions about this course? Please check the following website to contact the course coordinator for exchange students at the faculty.
Schedule
Recommended reading/syllabus
Pensumliste for HIF-3620 Indigenous Revitalization - Languages, Literature and Arts - HØST 2024Examination
Examination: | Date: | Duration: | Grade scale: |
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School exam | 27.11.2024 09:00 |
6 Hours | A–E, fail F |
Coursework requirements:To take an examination, the student must have passed the following coursework requirements: |
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Participation in the round table discussion | Approved – not approved | ||
Essay | Approved – not approved |
- About the course
- Campus: Tromsø |
- ECTS: 10
- Course code: HIF-3620
- Responsible unit
- Institutt for språk og kultur
- Spørsmål om emnet
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E-post: aisi@hjelp.uit.no
Telefon: 77660793
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