Universität Wien

124264 KO Critical Media Analysis (2012W)

Critiquing Museums and Tourism

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

Critical Media Analysis offers students the chance to apply theories of Culture and Media Studies to one specific context. This class describes and analyses the history and uses of tourism and museums which shape our sense of national history, self and other, and leisure. This is a very hands-on course that expects students to bring to class to analyse their own sightseeing experiences.
Moodle

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Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Donnerstag 11.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 18.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 25.10. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 08.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 15.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 22.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 29.11. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 06.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 13.12. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 10.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 17.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 24.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Donnerstag 31.01. 16:00 - 18:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The class begins with the origins of tourism in the19th century great walking tours of Europe and the World Exhibitions, and describes the link with class, empire, nation-building and anthropology. We follow the evolution of collection and display from freak shows and curio shops, to the institution of national museums, to the recent advent of inter-active cultural theme parks and Disneyland. The course is underpinned by theories and concepts of social semiotics, surveillance (Foucault), the heritage industry (Bennett), national icons (Hobsbawm and Ranger; Anderson), tourism (MacCannell), authenticity (Clifford), and takes its position from the cultural turn of the 1960s which relativises and decentres history and culture. During the semester we will have one class trip to a museum. Time and place to be decided.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Regular attendance; class participation; one class mid-semester test; one final analytical essay at the end of semester.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

This course aims to provide students with analytical tools from which they can see how museums and other tourist sites they visit are constructed to support social and cultural ideas of national history, self and other, and leisure.

Prüfungsstoff

This course will combine lectures and readings of key theories which students will apply to their own responses to visits to museums or other tourism sites. All material will be available on Moodle and in class handouts provided at the beginning of the semester.

Literatur

Course material and assessment criteria will be made available via the eLearning platform (Moodle), a reading pack distributed in the first class, and a list of recommended readings and viewings.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612
Code/Modul: Diplom 426/428, 436/438, 526/528, 536/538, 721-723, UF 4.2.5-426, BA07.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260

Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:33