180.561 (18W) De-Westernizing Media and Cultural Studies

Wintersemester 2018/19

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First course session
08.11.2018 12:00 - 18:00 N.1.42 On Campus
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Overview

Lecturer
Course title german De-Westernizing Media and Cultural Studies
Type Course (continuous assessment course )
Hours per Week 2.0
ECTS credits 6.0
Registrations 13 (30 max.)
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 08.11.2018
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Course Information

Course content

This course is an advanced introduction to debates on culture, media and society in various national, international and transnational contexts. It will promote a deeper understanding of specific patterns of cultural production and reception in countries and societies beyond the “relatively unrepresentative nations as Britain and the US” (Downing, 1996) which can no longer serve as the only valid pattern and model for analyzing cultural and media history and currents (Curran & Park, 2000). We shall follow the key critical debates in cultural theory with a particular attention to the development and impact of the British cultural studies tradition (Birmingham 1964-2002) in order to rethink their conceptual apparatus while testing its suitability for the analysis of cultural production, distribution and reception in a variety of non-western socio-political contexts. The course will make references to examples from two specific areas of cultural industries, i.e. film and book publishing, to achieve broader understanding of how various cultural formats work away from the traditional West vs rest dichotomy. This focus will require a fresh focus on concepts such as censorship, exile, propaganda, resistance, underground, dissent, identity and repression, as well as theoretical and analytical engagement with new modes of cultural production, policy and their transformation (e-book, piracy, media archeology, etc).

Literature

All relevant reading and audio-visual materials will be provided during the course.

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

Participation in class discussion will constitute 30% of your final grade.

Group presentation (15 – 20 mins) which will address a selected topic of the course content will constitute further 30% of the final grade. Format and content of the presentation will be discussed during the first meeting of the course.

Final essay of 10 pages (doubled-spaced, typed, 12-point font) on a selected topic is worth 40% of your grade. The list of topics, and formal characteristics of the essay will be discussed during the first meeting of the course. The essay must be submitted by email to jirina.smejkalova@gmail.com.

There will be no midterm or final exam.

Grading scheme

Grade / Grade grading scheme

Position in the curriculum

  • Bachelor's degree programme Applied Cultural Studies (SKZ: 642, Version: 09W.3)
    • Subject: Gebundene Wahlfächer (Compulsory elective)
      • Module: Wahlfachmodul Cultural Studies
        • Wahlfachmodul Cultural Studies ( 6.0h XX / 12.0 ECTS)
          • 180.561 De-Westernizing Media and Cultural Studies (2.0h KS / 6.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme Media, Communications & Culture (SKZ: 841, Version: 09W.1)
    • Subject: Cultural Studies und Medien (Compulsory elective)
      • Kurs ( 2.0h KU / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 180.561 De-Westernizing Media and Cultural Studies (2.0h KS / 6.0 ECTS)

Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts

This course is not assigned to a sequence of equivalent courses