| CODE | IMS5042 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Maltese Culture and Identity 2 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Maltese Studies | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will guide the student through the more recent political and cultural development of the Maltese Islands, in particular from the 19th century up to modern times, evaluating the sociological evolution of the British colony into a distinctive Mediterranean nation up to its eventual independent and republican status and EU membership. While exploring these aspects, the study-unit will also discuss sound research theories intended to encourage students to evaluate various aspects of Maltese culture and its universal exposure. The trans-disciplinary field of study on public memory and oral history aims to provide students with tools on the way past shared experiences will be approached. Students will also be exposed to the mechanics of collective memory and how this feeds national identity in a changing perspective. The study-unit will also attempt to provide a holistic view of post-colonial realities, including the nation鈥檚 persevering 鈥榮ervile鈥� mentality, the projection of its identity through tourism literature and the challenges of a multicultural evolving milieu. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims to provide the necessary theories to investigate the meaning of a sense of cultural identity and a sense of belonging over time. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - critically analyse society鈥檚 adjustments to preserve and construct a regional and global future distinctive self-hood that represents all the members of the Maltese community; - delineate an updated view of the Maltese nation as it faces fast enlargement of the population and the integration of 鈥榩ermanent鈥� foreign members with the collateral realities that these phenomena bring along, socially and economically including the challenge to the Maltese language. ; - analyse and put into perspective British colonialism of Malta vis-脿-vis Maltese Identity. - communicate orally and in writing evaluations of the themes discussed in the study-unit so as to produce a mature vision of citizenship, national ownership and one鈥檚 collective identity - form a sustainable method of discerning pros and cons in socio-political debates concerning local, regional, and global issues 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - investigate meaningful events in Maltese political history prior to and post-independence and investigate perceptions of nationhood in reaction to international, multicultural challenges; - analyse the composite nature of Maltese language in its various aspects, from its origins to the present. Maltese mentality vis-脿-vis self-belief and Malta鈥檚 role in the global community - communicate ideas academically through critical thinking about Malteseness in a multicultural reality. . Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Avellino, Marie & Xuereb, Karsten: Almatourism N. 20, 2019: 鈥楾he Phoenician Cultural Route as a Framework for Intercultural Dialogue in Today鈥檚 Mediterranean: a Focus on Malta鈥� : https://almatourism.unibo.it/article/view/9702/10655. -Borg, Claudine: A Literary Translation in the Making, A Process-Oriented Perspective (UK, Routledge, 2023). - Brincat, J.M.: Maltese and Other Languages (Midsea Books, Malta, 2010). - Debattista, P. Andre: 鈥楳abel Strickland: Il-Battalji Politi膵i, It-Twemmin Politiku u l-Kuntest Tag魔hom鈥� in Grech S. (Ed.) Mabel Strickland: Bejn Storja u Miti 鈥� 臓abra ta鈥� Kitbiet (Malta: Horizons, 2018), pp. 45 鈥� 98. - Debattista, P. Andre: 鈥楥entred in self yet not unpleased to please鈥� - The Arts of Political Leadership in Post-Colonial Malta (1964 鈥�1979) in Vassallo M & Tabone C. (Eds.) Public Life in Malta II: Essays on Governance, Politics and Public Affairs in the EU's Smallest Member State (Malta, Department of Public Policy, University of Malta, 2017), pp. 25 鈥� 51. - Debattista, P. Andre: 鈥楧om Mintoff and Eddie Fenech Adami: Portraits of Persuasion and Charisma鈥� in Vassallo M (Ed.) Public Life in Malta: Essays on Governance, Politics and Public Affairs in the EU's Smallest Member State (Malta, Department of Public Policy, University of Malta, 2012), pp. 31 鈥� 50. - Vella, Raphael & Xuereb, Karsten: 鈥業ntersectional Dialogues around Cultural Policy in Malta鈥�, Volume 15, Supplement Issue, pp. 29- 43 http://www.mreronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/3-MRER-15-Supplement-Raphael-Vella-and-Karsten-Xuereb.pdf. - Xuereb, Charles: Decolonising the Maltese mind, in search of identity (Malta, Midsea Books, Malta, 2022). - Xuereb, Charles: France in the Maltese Collective Memory, Perceptions, Perspectives, Identities after Bonaparte in British Malta (Malta University Press, 2014/21). - Xuereb, Charles: 鈥楽ette Giugno 1919: Perspectives of Mnemohistory on the afterlife of the event and Maltese identity鈥� in The Sette Giugno in Maltese History 1919-1920, Henry Frendo, ed. (Malta, Midsea Books, 2019), 75-94. - Xuereb, Karsten: 鈥楨uropean postcolonialism and cultural policy in the Mediterranean: an assessment of Malta鈥� in Journal of Mediterranean Studies, Volume 29, Number 1, pp. 57-74 2020: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/303/article/779812/pdf?casa_token=9JJF53VgDPsAAAAA:Be_IkVbZtZUgpECmWKf5-DTWuysqVJCf1H359l_jtvIcujzhg2ZxZ-EXYx8jsog59Mjccf1woQ. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: Degree or Equivalent | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Visit | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anthony Aquilina Andre Paul Debattista Charles Xuereb (Co-ord.) Karsten Xuereb |
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