No previous requirement.

The course aims to analyses the ways in which culture and science, as particular forms of culture, interacted through history mutually shaping. The course articulates both the historical dimension and the great areas of science; hence the historical transformations are explained as well as it shows the cultural components in which the scientific and technological change has shaped the most important cultural mutations. Particularly, the subject deals with the concept of scientific and technological revolution as part of radical revolutions and transformation of culture.

K4: Analyze current cultural practices in relation to their historical contexts and institutional trajectories. K5: Understand the functioning of contemporary cultural systems and their main agents (institutions, policies, formats). K6: Distinguish basic approaches to cultural analysis from humanistic and social perspectives (sociological, historical, philosophical, anthropological). K7: Understand the role of the media in the production and transformation of cultural forms. K8: Recognize global cultural diversity and the processes of interaction and cultural hybridization linked to globalization. S1: To plan and organize team work making the right decisions based on available information and gathering data in digital environments. S2: To use information interpreting relevant data avoiding plagiarism, and in accordance with the academic and professional conventions of the area of study, being able to assess the reliability and quality of such information S3: Apply critical reasoning to the interpretation of cultural phenomena, using appropriate terminology and basic analytical tools. S4: Communicate ideas and findings orally and in writing clearly, coherently, and appropriately for academic context. S8: Use basic tools of visual representation and digital communication to present analysis or research findings. C2: Apply concepts, approaches, and methods of cultural analysis to the study of sociocultural phenomena from a critical and informed perspective.

1. Science as a historical and cultural product. Main currents of the philosophy of science. 2. Space and time from cultural and scientific perspectives. 3. The scientific revolution and its cultural impact. 4. Industrial revolution and romanticism. 5. Crises in the sciences and their cultural impact. The role of social sciences. 6. Science and culture in the digital environment.