180.561 (19W) De-Westernizing Media and Cultural Studies – The Cold War Perspective

Wintersemester 2019/20

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28.11.2019 13:00 - 19:00 HS 11 On Campus
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LV-Titel englisch De-Westernizing Media and Cultural Studies – The Cold War Perspective
LV-Art Kurs (prüfungsimmanente LV )
Semesterstunde/n 2.0
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 6.0
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Unterrichtssprache Englisch
LV-Beginn 28.11.2019

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This course is an advanced introduction to debates on culture, media and society in variousnational, international and transnational contexts. It will promote a deeper understanding of specific patterns of cultural production and reception incountries 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-westernsocio-political contexts during the Cold War. 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).

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Prüfungsinhalt/e

Participation in class discussionwill constitute 30% of your final grade.

Group presentation (15 – 20mins plus feedback discussion) 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.

References to reading materials and all relevant audio-visual materials will be provided during the course. 

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Position im Curriculum

  • Besonderer Studienbereich Besonderer Studienbereich Friedensstudien (SKZ: 900, Version: 05S)
    • Fach: Erweiterungsbereich (Freifach)
      • Weitere anrechnungsfähige LVs aus anderen Studienplänen ( 0.0h / 0.0 ECTS)
        • 180.561 De-Westernizing Media and Cultural Studies – The Cold War Perspective (2.0h KS / 6.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Medien, Kommunikation und Kultur (SKZ: 841, Version: 09W.1)
    • Fach: Cultural Studies und Medien (Wahlfach)
      • Kurs ( 2.0h KU / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 180.561 De-Westernizing Media and Cultural Studies – The Cold War Perspective (2.0h KS / 6.0 ECTS)
  • Masterstudium Visuelle Kultur (SKZ: 655, Version: 18W.2)
    • Fach: Cultural Studies und Visuelle Medien (Wahlfach)
      • 12 Cultural Studies und Visuelle Medien ( 0.0h VO, SE, PM, VC, PS, KS, UE / 12.0 ECTS)
        • 180.561 De-Westernizing Media and Cultural Studies – The Cold War Perspective (2.0h KS / 6.0 ECTS)

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