Workshop on social representations

The workshop meets on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Aleksanterikantu 7, lecture hall 6.

Note: part of the workshop meets face-to-face and part via the Internet.

Prerequisites

All participants must have successfully completed exam SP14A or required complementary studies (ERI- and REMS- Social Psychology major students) before taking the workshop.

A maximum of 20 students will be accepted with preference given to Social Psychology majors.

Compensations

The workshop gives 6 credits which is equivalent to 160 working hours.

The workshop gives 6 credits towards study unit SP19 or SP54.

The workshop is a part of REMS -Master Programme.

Objectives

This workshop aims to familiarize the students with social representation theory so that they are able to understand the key concepts of the theory and to study the variety of societal phenomena such as health and illness, madness, AIDS, biogenetics, food, race from the perspective of social representations. By exploring the special features of the approach, the workshop aims to deepen students’ understanding of social representations.

Content

The workshop will work both face-to-face and in a learning environment via the Internet.

The content of the workshop is divided into two parts: The first part of the workshop deals with the THEORY and basic concepts of social representations. Students will read some basic texts and work together in small groups in a web-based learning environment.

The aim of the latter part of the workshop is to go deeper into one optional THEMATIC area (e.g. risk, health and illness, madness, food, Europe) and to learn how to apply the theory in practice. In order to reach this objective, students first read some texts from one thematic area and then prepare a research plan in small groups.

Completion

Course work consists of reading papers, group discussions, group exercises and a research plan done in small groups. The evaluation of students is based on group exercises, active participation and personal reflections. There won't be any final examination at the end of the workshop.

Note: In order to participate in the workshop, you need to use the Internet weekly. You also need a user account in the University’s IT system.

Prior registration is required (link below). Detailed instructions on how to access the web-based learning environment will be sent to each participant by e-mail after the end of registration.