KRIM4954 – Cultural and Narrative Criminology

Schedule, syllabus and examination date

Course content

The course provides a basic introduction to cultural and narrative criminology, neutralization theory, and studies of crime, war and social harm inspired by discourse- and narrative analysis. It discusses links between the different traditions and the background in social constructivist theory and methodological influences from the humanities.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

At the end of the course, you will have obtained knowledge of the most central questions and positions in contemporary debates about cultural and narrative criminology and have received thorough understanding of the following:

  • What is the link between cultural objects such as film, music and crime?
  • What kind of language motivates terrorism and mass killings, and what are possible counter-narratives?
  • How is war justified, and what are the similarities to the justification of other social harms?
  • What are the stories of violence, both in the street and in private relationships?
  • How are crimes accounted for by offenders?
  • What is the link between stories of harm and harmful practice?
  • How are discourse and narrative analysis done?

Skills

Students will:

  • learn to interpret, analyze and critically discuss scholarly texts and cultural representations with a view to their possible implications for social and political practices;
  • learn to interpret and analyze a variety of qualitative data including pictures, films, media texts, political rhetoric, social movement framing, and offenders self-presentations.                               

Competences

Students will:

  • enhance their capability to question and discuss urgent and sensitive aspects of contemporary social and political realities through the lenses of social-constructivist theory.
  • enhance their capability to formulate and reflect on their own ideas of the causes of crime, social harm, war, terrorism and violenc
  • be able to make independent narrative and discourse analyses

Admission

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Overlapping courses

10 credits overlap with KRIM2954 – Cultural and Narrative Criminology

Teaching

Lectures

Examination

4 hour written examination.

Digital examination

The written examination is conducted on desktop computers in the examination venue.

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Examination support material

You may bring up to two copies of a general (non-legal) spelling dictionary, regardless of language. Incorporations are not permitted.

No other examination support material is allowed.

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English.You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Marking criteria

This guide is used by examiners for grading this course.

Explanations and appeals

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Withdrawal from an examination

It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.

Special examination arrangements

Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.

Facts about this course

Credits
10
Level
Master
Teaching
Spring 2024
Examination
Spring 2024
Teaching language
English