2018-2021
Project N. 2018-1-IT02-KA203-048091
6 Universities in Europe
1 Civil society organization
3 Intellectual
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2 years project
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CSB PILOT
COURSES
Each university involved in the project (6) developed, during the last semester 2019 and the first semester 2020, short experimental Pilot Courses titled "CULTURAL STUDIES in BUSINESS PILOT COURSE" which constituted a new curricular offer for students of transversal disciplines and faculties: Economy, Business and Tourism, Political Sciences and International Relations, Entertainment Industry, Business Administration, IT management and Architecture.
Here below the different Pilot Courses, as proposed as general scheme. Specific topics and materials are in progress to be defined in the period between June and November 2020.
Pilot Courses are the core activity of the university partners which in the step - after summer 2020 - should check, discuss and decide which of the courses can be developed in order to become a more structured proposal of a long term Curriculum of Cultural Studies in Business.
La Sapienza University
Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations
Economics Disciplines
Introduction to History of Economic thought: critical perspectives
Ethics and economics: the global challenge
The importance of human capital
The role of economic in the contemporary society
Discontent and economics theory. The role of geography
The local-global relationship. New perspectives and their critics
Socio-Anthropological Disciplines
Economic Anthropology
Anthropology of Economics: an introduction
Commodity and market in a cultural perspective
Sociology of Economics: open issues
Rethinking Capitalism: Economic and Society
From Polanyi to Appadurai. Economics and modernity
Characterizing Disciplines
Sustainable Development: Agenda 2030
Development: an alternative perspective
Peace economics: the socio-anthropological thought
The dimensions of sustainability. A cultural perspective
The three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, economics, socio-cultural (inter discipline dialogue)
The sustainability of the sustainability: critical attitudes and practical considerations
Wisdom University
Faculty of economic and social science
Economics Disciplines
Nature and content of Cultural Studies and Cultural Studies in Business.
Defining cultural studies and cultural studies on business.
Cultural studies on business as a process, relations between cultural studies in business with other social and human disciplines.
Genealogy of Economic Thought (Aristotle, Adam Smith, Enlightenment, Protestant Ethic).
Development of economic thoughts until the 18 century. Relations between labor and capital and the role of humans on economy and development.
Idealism vs materialism, Idealism vs etatism, chains of illusion (Marx vs Reiffeisen and Marx vs Freud)
Comparative analysis of Marx and Reiffeissen Work.
Comparative analysis of Marx and Freud work
Beyond chains of illusion.
Global Political Economy
Changing relation between politics and economy. Global economy policies, and the role of large, medium and small countries / economies in a changing word.
Alternative Economics
Institutional, Evolutionary, Social, Heterodox, Cognitive, Behavioral, Sharing, Circular, Knowledge Economy.
Socio-Anthropological Disciplines
Technology, Abstraction and the Spectacular Society
Society of the spectacle, simulacrum theories, abstraction of the reality.
Economic Anthropology
The politics of the gift, general and restricted economy, sacrificial economy, sacred and profane, energy economics, the use/misuse of energy as an accursed share of the society.
General Systems Theory, Process Philosophy and Economy Open and closed system, general milieu, cycles of capitalism, instability and equilibrium, mechanism and holism, feedback loop, noise theory. The future of politic, economic and social systems.
Ethics for the Sustainable Economy.
Human rights, sustainable development, natural resources use and standards.
Excesses/Limits of Economy Gender, Affect and Power Feminism and economy, economy without identity, “nomos” without “oikos”, new capitalist subjectivities, emotion and affect in economy and politics
Characterizing Disciplines
Humans information processing
Activities under which humans in a society organize their knowledge, human computing and collective intelligience, incentives for participation, social networks, social media and information ecosystems evolution
Knowledge economy
Knowledge economy, human capital as product and as productive asset.
Social cohesion dimensions supporting business and economy development
Social cohesion dimensions, achieving and maintaining social cohesion, how social cohesion affects business and economic development.
Life quality indicators and cultural studies in business
Life quality indicators and how cultural studies in business affect and improve human’s life quality indicators.
The future of CSB studies
Space for future Cultural Studies in Business, interdisciplinary studies and SCB, opportunities for students.
UBI University
Faculty of architecture
The Portuguese university decided at the beginning of the project that it would have been the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture under the Faculty of Engineering which would have been developing the short course addressed to students of architecture.
The lecturer in charge gave furthermore a new subtitle:
Creative Business Communication and Real Estate Economy
Economics Disciplines
Creative Economy
John Lock vs Carl Marx on ownership of production means (assets)
Real Estate Value in Business
Project work by students
Socio-Anthropological Disciplines
Market Perception
Real Estate Management
Real Estate Skills and Management
How Urban Drawing interact with Business
Characterizing Disciplines
Sustainable Urban Economy
Colours and Communication Methodologies
The meaning of colors to improve Architecture Business Mood
Project work by students
VGTU Vilnius
Faculty of Creative Industries
Economics Disciplines
Managerial communication
Definition and trends in management and internal communication. Management Communication Planning and Processes. Power distance, organizational culture and climate. Brand concept: from brand to personal branding. The need for personal branding. Personal Brand: message, values, uniqueness Channels personal communication: interpersonal communication, social media, press. Personal communication. Image. Visual Communication. Clothing, gestures. Oral communication, email, phone, video calls. Choosing a social media channel. Personal profile. Photo, related visual information. Content development. Reputation management. Digital privacy. Google’s “truth.”: recommendations, opinions
Socio-Anthropological Disciplines
Creative Society
The terms, research methods and problems of creative society
Concepts of culture and the criticism of cultural industry
Creative industries: concepts and problems
Creative class
Creative and social capital
Managing of creativity
Life art in creative environments, creative ecology
Creative geography: the sketches of cultural regionalistics and competition of the regions concerning creative environment
A city as the environment of creative communities
Policy and creativity
Creative aspects of entertainments
Social environment of creativity
Three T’s: technology, talent and tolerance
Creative indices of society
Society and individual: creative identity, dialogue a creative principle
Phenomenology of creative environment
Characterizing Disciplines
Social Responsibility
Ethics and responsibility.
Political responsibility and justice.
Human rights and responsibility.
Responsibility in the consumers' society.
Ecological problems and bioethics.
Creativity and responsibility
University of Split
Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism
Economics Disciplines
Schools of heterodox economics
Heterodox economics: Behavioural economics
Heterodox economics: Cognitive economics
Heterodox economics: Sharing economics
Socio-Anthropological Disciplines
Culture and business systems
Socio-cultural identities in the marketplace
Sociology of consumption
Characterizing Disciplines
Social responsibility in business
Business ethics
Sustainable business models
Cross-cultural communication
Euro College Kumanovo
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Economics Disciplines
Genealogy of Economic Thought
Philosophical Root of Economy/From Protestantism to Neoliberalism
Ethics for the Sustainable Economy
Economy and Ethics /Bioeconomy and Moral Economy
Global Political Economy
Globalism and Communication Theory/Complexity Theory and the Dangers of Accelerationism
Alternative Economics
Heterodox Economy/ From Austrian School to Rethinking Economics Movement/Criticism of Equilibrium Economy
Socio-Anthropological Disciplines
Economic Anthropology
Gift Economy and Sacrifice/General and Restrictive Economy
Excesses/Limits of Economy: Gender, Affect and Power
Radical Materialism and Feminism/Affect and Psychogeography
General Systems Theory, Process Philosophy and Economy
Open and Closed Systems/ Relational Ontology, Black Swans and Hyperstition
Environmental Economy
The Limits of Growth and the Environmental Risks/The Rise of the Clean Technology
Characterizing Disciplines
Cultural Studies and Materialist Philosophy
The Real Abstraction/Capital’s Contradictions/Subcultural Rituals as Strategies of Resistance
Technology, Abstraction and the Spectacular Society
Simulation Strategies/ The Avant-garde, Situationism and the Technological Will towards Singularity
Emerging Businesses for the Emerging Technologies
New Technology for the Industry 4.0/Supply Chain Management/Blockchain Technology/HFT
Doing Business Across Different Realities
Work Mobility and Cultural Differences/Virtualization, Uncertainty Principle and the end of Hommo Economicus