General information

Course name	Seminar: 08-29-W-32 [Culture, Classification, and Valuation]
Subtitle
Course number	08-29-W-32
Semester	SoSe 2025
Current number of participants	24
expected number of participants	30
Home institute	Soziologie
Courses type	Seminar in category Teaching
First date	Friday, 11.04.2025 12:00 - 14:00
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung	Ja
Anzahl ältere Erwachsene	keine älteren Erwachsene
ECTS points	6

Lecturers

PD Dr. Insa Pruisken

Rooms and times

UNICOM 3.0220 Seminarraum 4: Wednesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (8x); Friday, 20.06.2025 12:00 - 18:00
No room preference: Friday, 11.04.2025 12:00 - 14:00

Module assignments

Comment/Description

How do cultures establish hierarchies of value? How are social classifications formed, and what role do they play in shaping perceptions of legitimacy, distinction, and worth? This seminar explores the intersection of culture, classification, and valuation in contemporary societies. We will engage with foundational sociological theories and recent empirical research to understand how cultural objects, social groups, and institutions become classified, ranked, and valued. Topics include the sociology of taste, the construction of legitimacy in cultural fields, algorithmic classification in digital environments, and the role of markets in shaping cultural worth. By examining these processes, we will discuss how classification and valuation shape social inequalities, influence institutional decision-making, and transform public discourse.
This course will take place partly during the regular session (Wednesdays) and partly as a block seminar.

Registration mode

After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

Potential participants are given additional information before enroling to the course.

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