180.563 (17W) Rock Affects: A Brief History of Rock 'n' Roll Cultures

Wintersemester 2017/18

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First course session
17.01.2018 10:00 - 13:00 V.1.07 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
Course title german Rock Affects: A Brief History of Rock 'n' Roll Cultures
Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 6.0
Registrations 14 (30 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 17.01.2018

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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

Students will gain a strong understanding of some of the most influential cultural movements in American (and British) rock ‘n’ roll history as they develop tools by which to analyze subcultural formations, in general. 

Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

Students will be required to read, in advance of the course, a number of essays on transversal poetics, culture, subjectivity, and affect that I will circulate in digital form. We will refer to these essays in class. Also, during class we will watch videos and listen to music that we will analyze.

Course content

With an emphasis on the United States, this course explores major cultural movements in the history of rock ‘n’ roll in terms of performance, not the virtuosity necessarily of the performers as musicians, but rather as performances of aesthetics in the modes of embodied ideology, iconoclastic spectacle, mixed media fashion, and the subcultural formations around them. The cultural movements and music performances will be analyzed in the context of related traditions in the arts, from dance to theater to Pop Art, as well as the political movements with which they are associated. Whereas we will do this, comparatively, through the lenses of different theories of culture, the combined socio-cognitive theory, performance aesthetics, and research methodology of transversal poetics will be our driving critical apparatus. 

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Examination methodology

Grading will be based on class participation (40%), an in-class group presentation(20%), and a 9-12 page paper (40%).

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Master's degree programme Media, Communications & Culture (SKZ: 841, Version: 09W.1)
    • Subject: Cultural Studies und Medien (Compulsory elective)
      • Seminar ( 2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 180.563 Rock Affects: A Brief History of Rock 'n' Roll Cultures (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
  • Diploma programme Media and Communications Studies (SKZ: 301, Version: 02W.2)
    • Stage two
      • Subject: Schwerpunktfach "Medienpädagogik und Kommunikationskultur" (Wahlfach) (Compulsory elective)
        • Module: Seminar zu Medienpädagogik und Kommunikationskultur
          • Seminar zur Medienpädagogik und Kommunikationskultur ( 2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
            • 180.563 Rock Affects: A Brief History of Rock 'n' Roll Cultures (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)
  • Doctoral programme Doctoral programme in Philosophy (SKZ: 792, Version: 09W.2)
    • Subject: Lehrveranstaltungen auf postgradualem Niveau (Compulsory subject)
      • Lehrveranstaltungen auf postgradualem Niveau ( 6.0h SE / 0.0 ECTS)
        • 180.563 Rock Affects: A Brief History of Rock 'n' Roll Cultures (2.0h SE / 6.0 ECTS)

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