Teaching Pleasure Experiments in Cultural Studies and Pedagogy  

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Parham, John

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Cultural Studies vol. 5 no. 4 (Des. 2002), page 461–478.
Topik: authority; contextuality; critical pedagogy; cultural intermediaries; cultural studies; identity; multiplicity; popular culture; reflexivity; vocationalism
Fulltext: 461IJCS54.pdf (82.42KB)

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This article evaluates pedagogical debates on reconciling critical cultural studies with the increasingly vocational demands of students. The approach is experiential and describes teaching 'popular pleasure' at the University of East London, UK. Highlighting a reflexive approach whereby students questioned the partialities of cultural studies in light of their own experience and pleasures, the article draws on student assignments to reach two findings: a failure of reflexivity (coursework was conventionally theoretical or uncritically autobiographical); and sharp discrepancies in student satisfaction. Concluding, then, that the vocational–critical split permeates student culture itself, the essay considers how to reconcile these two constituencies – identifying opportunities in both contemporary higher education and cultural theory (for example, proposing students as cultural intermediaries) – before diagnosing remaining obstacles (from cultural studies' failure to discuss popular culture 'authentically' to difficulties in drafting assessment criteria for reflexive assignments). It concludes with some recommendations for future courses.

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