Course Description

Popular Culture is something that we consume in our everyday lives. Why and how should we problematize it particularly in relation to identity construction? By participating in this MOOC, you will be exploring issues and case studies related to identity in popular culture texts and practices. Some texts to be discussed in this MOOC are advertisements, comics, television series, films, videos on YouTube or social media posts. The main issues to be discussed are race, ethnicity, religion, gender and social class particularly on how one's identity is positioned or being positioned. Participants will learn how to interpret popular culture texts as an ideological battleground especially in identity politics.

Learning Outcome

After completing this MOOC, participants will be able to understand how identity and ideology are affirmed, contested or negotiated in the popular culture texts and practices.

Instructors: 

Asri Saraswati, Ph.D. 
(Lecturer in English Studies Program,
Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia)
Email: [email protected]

Shuri M. Gietty Tambunan, Ph.D.
(Lecturer in English Studies Program,
Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia)
Email: [email protected]

This is a non credit and self paced MOOC; however, if you are able to meet the completion criteria, you will receive a certificate of completion.

What do you have to do to get the certificate? 

• Watch and/or listen to all the audio visual materials and do the quizzes embedded in the materials.
• Do ALL the quizzes for the reading materials (minimum 60% of the highest grade)
• Fill in the survey at the end of the course 

So, what are you waiting for? Let's start the journey and may the force be with you!  

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