180.116 (20S) Media Archaeology

Sommersemester 2020

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LV-Titel englisch Media Archaeology
LV-Art Seminar (prüfungsimmanente LV )
Semesterstunde/n 2.0
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 6.0
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Unterrichtssprache Englisch
LV-Beginn 20.04.2020

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Media and cultural studies of the twentieth century had been preoccupied with modes of representation, shifting from the question of what do media texts do to human subjects and the organization of the social (Frankfurt) to the question of what do people/audiences and social institutions do with mediated meanings (Birmingham). Following a brief summary of these debates, we shall follow the most recent streams in media theory, i.e. new materialism (Barad), media archeology (Parikka, 2010; Bennett, 2010), object-oriented philosophy (Harman, 2011) and machine-oriented ontology (Levi Bryant 2011). What these frameworks demonstrate is a real urgency to bring technical, social and ecological processes back into consideration with the contention that non-human entities are not only active components of contemporary culture, but should be investigated on a more equal footing to human subjectivity. All forms of life in the 21st century embody complex entanglements of both human and nonhuman actors (Latour). Thus the concept of ‘us’ as subject and media as ‘object’ is no longer suitable for analyzing current mediated experience. Moreover, seemingly virtual communication is grounded in very specific material and technological processes that might operate beyond direct human control and perception. Drawing on a specific case study in the archeology of communication (“Paper as an Actor of Change”) we shall discuss the environmental implications of life and media research in contemporary societies.

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ASSESSMENT 
 A/ Active participation in the class.

 B/ Academic Book Review of an academic text selected from the Bibliography (to be provided). It will introduce the text under review into the current disciplinary context, critically evaluate the key arguments, and suggest further directions of research in the area. The Review will include Bibliography with full references to all resources consulted following the respective referencing style.

 The Review’s Objectives:
 - 1. to summarize the content of the work under review and present a complex, fully-developed argument to your readers
 - 2. to provide a critical evaluation of the work within its genre or academic discipline.
 - 3. to develop critical reading skills, a close reading of a text
 - 4. to enhance your understanding of how an argument can be constructed and supported in an academic text
 - 5. to offer possible strategies and approaches you will apply (or avoid) in your own writing (Independent Study)

 C/ Oral presentation of the key issues and conclusions addressed in the academic review text.

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Position im Curriculum

  • Bachelorstudium Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften (SKZ: 641, Version: 16W.3)
    • Fach: Medien- und Kulturtheorie (Wahlfach)
      • Analysen der Medienkultur ( 0.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 180.116 Media Archaeology (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Bachelorstudium Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften (SKZ: 641, Version: 09W.1)
    • Fach: Medienpädagogik und Cultural Studies (Pflichtfach)
      • Seminar ( 2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
        • 180.116 Media Archaeology (2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
  • Bachelorstudium Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften (SKZ: 641, Version: 09W.1)
    • Fach: Medien und Gesellschaft (Wahlfach)
      • Seminar ( 2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)
        • 180.116 Media Archaeology (2.0h SE / 5.0 ECTS)

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