European and Extra-European Francophone Cultures Ii

The course will adopt a transdisciplinary approach to provide students with an in-depth knowledge of cultural practices that have developed in the main geographical areas where people speak French as a result of historical and political factors. To this end, the course will be held in French. Through the study and comparison of literary and critical texts, images, videos, documentaries and AI tools, students will understand the cultural and transcultural dynamics at work in contemporary France and other Francophone countries, with particular regard to international communication, mediation and cooperation, and the third sector.

During the second-year course, students will further hone their ability to understand, analyse and compare different cultural systems, as well as social and anthropological relational dynamics (with a focus on the theme of inclusion), intercultural and transcultural relationships, cultural bias and cross-media communication models. This will be achieved through the use of critical and methodological tools, including those based on Large Language Models. Notably, the course aims not only to provide students with the broadest possible understanding of the diversities within contemporary French-speaking societies, but also to foster independent judgement and organisational and operational skills for addressing contemporary challenges from a meta-cultural perspective.