Certificate Course in Existentialism

A few words regarding the course...

• The classes are held every Saturday from 2 to 5 pm in Room 102 which is on the first floor of Main Block, Christ College
• A short break of 15 minutes is given at about 3.30 pm
  
• After the classes you can join Kurian at the kiosk over a cup of tea for an informal, free-wheeling discussion around Philosophy. Bring-your-own-tea.
  
• Please be in the class in time both for the class and post-break session
• Please be regular
• There is an evaluation at the end of the course to award credits (for Christ Colleges students) and certificates. The course participants have a choice of choosing the manner of evaluation which could be a paper or a viva voce or a performance or any other means with the prior permission of the course teacher. It can also be a combination of these methods.
  
• A handout consisting of key points on the lectures/discussion is already distributed in the first class held last Saturday. Those who were not there in the last class may collect it from me in person.
• For any clarification please free to email me.
• If you wish to meet me in person I am usually available in Room 107, First Floor, Main Block between 8.30 and 9am.
• You can obtain membership of DVK library which is one of the finest libraries for Philosophy in Asia. You can directly approach the DVK library or get in touch with Kurian or me to know the process of application for membership there.
• Christ College library too has a small collection of books on Philosophy. It also has secondary works on some of the philosophers we are studying.
  
• Ravi has mooted the idea of having a blog on existentialism for the group. Kanasu has volunteered to manage/moderate it. Her email id is: kanasihi at gmail dot com I wish this initiative goes a long way.
  
• Kurian's following books are available with me if you wish to go through them.
  
• Process: Implications and Applications
• God-talk Reconstructed: An Introduction to Philosophy of God
• God of Love: A Neoclassical Inquiry
• I will make them available in the college library within a week or so
• If you wish to buy them at at 40% discount whose cover price in rupee is 120, 120, and 150 respectively, you may either contact Kurian or me.
• All the best. I am sure this course will set you on newer and diverse intellectual journeys.

Certificate Course in Introduction to Cultural Studies

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Certificate Course in Introduction to Cultural Studies

Duration: Jan to early March

First Class on 12 Jan 2008

Time: 2 pm

Venue: Room 109

You can take the course along with other certificate courses

if it does not clash.

For Further information

Contact: Naresh Rao, or Anil Pinto - Dept of Media Studies

Mail to: anil.pinto at christcollege.edu

Details

Introduction to Cultural Studies

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• General Introduction:

Cultural Studies is an emerging area of research and teaching that brings in new perspectives to the study of culture and society.

• Topic titles:

The paper covers ten topics, listed below. Each topic requires the student to log on to the course material and also do the required exercises, which will be discussed during the contact programme. The following are the titles of the lessons. The course begins with the introductory session on 12.01.08.

• 1. The Concept of Culture 12.01.08 Introduction and Registration – Anup Kumar Dhar and Zainab Bawa

• 2. Cultural Studies 19.01.08 Ashwin Kumar AP

• 3. Theorizing Culture 25.0108 Zainab Bawa

• 4. Orientalism 02.02.08 Nitya Vasudevan

• 5. Uses of History in Contemporary India 09.02.08 Ashwin Kumar AP

5.. Imagining the Nation 15.02.08 Nitya Vasudevan

• 7. The Identity Question 16.02.08 Zainab Bawa

• 8. Femininity – Masculinity 22.02.08 Nitya Vasudevan

• 9 .The Country and the City 23.02.08 Nishant Shah

• 10. Legal Identity and Culture 01.03.08 Geetanjali Srikantan

2 Day Workshop on ‘Cultural Studies’ at CSCS on the 8^th and the 9^th of March (10 am – 6 pm):

Possible Speakers: Tejaswini Niranjana
Vivek Dhareshwar
S. V. Srinivas
Ashish Rajadhyaksha
Sitharamam Kakarala
Rochelle Pinto
Prasanta Chakravarty
Sruti Chaganti

Screen Play writing / Film Analysis Homework / Assignment 1

Hi
As mentioned in the class today when you come on next Sunday please come with the following work done.

1. Pick two favorite films

• Identify the three acts

• State protagonists state of mind at the start of the story and state of mind at the end of the story.

Example to get you going - Casablance: A tough American expatriate rediscovers an old flame only to give her up so that he can fight the Nazis.

2. Identify a couple of sequences within a film

• Describe them

• Identify character values at start and end (talk about state of mind)

3. Pick a film and identity at least three to four elements of the seven steps form within it.

4. Describe an antagonist (from a film or book) that fascinates you. Explain why.

For any clarification please mail to Darshin Naidu on <darshscript at gmail.com>.

Anil