Studying Culture

Studying Culture

Professor Aditi Deo

About Course: A word familiar to most people, 'culture' is used in myriad ways in everyday language. But what is culture? Where do we find it? And what roles does it play in society?

Culture—referring broadly to shared meanings and behaviours among groups of people—has been a central concept in several disciplines in the Social Sciences and Humanities. ‘Culture’ and ‘cultural’ have functioned as objects of study as well as lenses for illuminating social, political and economic phenomena. This course will introduce students to selected approaches towards culture and frameworks for its analysis in Sociology, Anthropology and Cultural Studies.