Module manager: Professor Leila Jancovich
Email: l.jancovich@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
PECI5213M Cultural Participation and Participatory Cultures
This module is not approved as an Elective
The module enables you to work with post-graduate students from a range of disciplines to develop deeper understanding of the participation agenda which is of growing international importance. It will help you to better understand the importance of participation as a cultural right, and analyse the levers and barriers to achieving this. You will analyse case studies of practice from within the cultural sector as well as develop your own facilitation skills and critically reflect on how you might work in a more participatory manner.
In this module, students will develop their knowledge of the growing international and interdisciplinary discourse around cultural rights by studying theories of participation from various academic disciplines, such as art theory, cultural studies, development studies and political science. They will develop their own work as facilitators through workshops which will allow students to take part in participatory approaches to learning and to practice their own skills as facilitators.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1) Evaluate different models of participatory practice, in relation to their aims and outcomes.
2) Develop confidence in their own skills as a participatory facilitator.
3) Reflect on how they might embed a participatory ontology in their own practices.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
1) Facilitate and manage group activities.
2) Design activities that are appropriate to different audiences.
3) Critically reflect on learning.
Lectures will introduce students to foundation concepts such as cultural capital and agency. In seminars, students will examine case studies to build their own toolkit for putting participation policy into practice. Workshops will then provide space for students to experiment and try out various participatory techniques. Session content might include: meanings of participation; the evidence base on rates of cultural participation; tools and techniques to increase participation.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Course Assessment | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Lecture | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Practical | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Seminar | 5 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| Private study hours | 272.5 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 27.5 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300 | ||
The course is taught through a combination of lectures and seminars to introduce theory and develop critical skills alongside workshops where students can experiment with their own ideas and develop their skills in facilitation through feedback from tutor and peers. They will also be given the opportunity to share critical reflections via weekly online tasks where they will be given formative feedback to support writing of their second assessment.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | facilitated workshop | 50 |
| Coursework | personal reflection | 50 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The resit for the workshop will be a recorded presentation.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 13/03/2025
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