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124264 KO Critical Media Analysis (2023W)
'When They See Us'- streaming and cultural politics beyond Netflix and chill
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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An/Abmeldung
Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Mo 11.09.2023 00:00 bis Mo 25.09.2023 12:00
- Abmeldung bis Di 31.10.2023 23:59
Details
max. 30 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
- Mittwoch 11.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 18.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 25.10. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 08.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 15.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 22.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 29.11. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 06.12. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 13.12. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 10.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 17.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 24.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
- Mittwoch 31.01. 12:15 - 13:45 Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Part 1 (40 credits) participation: continuous preparation for class via moodle, in-class discussions, in-class presentation, feedback
Part 2 (20 credits) midterm reading response
Part 3 (40 credits) final essay (take home and open book) - based on readings and presentations
Part 2 (20 credits) midterm reading response
Part 3 (40 credits) final essay (take home and open book) - based on readings and presentations
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Students must pass with more than 50% in every part and overall, (extra-credits possible in part 1)
89-100 credits: 1
76-88 credits: 2
63-75 credits: 3
50-62 credits: 4
0-49 credits: 5
89-100 credits: 1
76-88 credits: 2
63-75 credits: 3
50-62 credits: 4
0-49 credits: 5
Prüfungsstoff
materials covered in class
Literatur
Christian, Aymar Jean and Khadijah Costley White, “Organic Representation as Cultural Reparation,” JCMS 60, no. 1 (Fall 2020): 143–147.Davis, Angela. Are Prisons obsolete? Seven Stories Press 2003.Failes, Ian. “WHEN THEY SEE US: Era-Specific Visual Effects Filmmaking.” VFX Voice Magazine, 13 Aug. 2019, https://www.vfxvoice.com/when-they-see-us-era-specific-visual-effects-filmmaking/Farr, Brittany. "Seeing Blackness in Prison: Understanding Prison Diversity on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black." In The Netflix Effect: Technology and Entertainment in the 21st Century, edited by Daniel Smith-Rowsey, . New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. 155–170Gibbs, John. Mise-en-scène : Film Style and Interpretation, Columbia University Press, 2002.Jerkins, Morgan. “The Problems With Black Suffering On-Screen.” ZORA, 15 Aug. 2019, https://zora.medium.com/the-problems-with-black-suffering-on-screen-7ff6e68e1c97.Lopez, Lori Kido. "Racism and Mainstream Media". Race and Media: Critical Approaches, Lori Kido Lopez (ed.), New York University Press, 2020 pp 13-26.Seitz, Matt Zoller. “How Ava DuVernay Made When They See Us, the Year’s Best Miniseries.” Vulture, 19 Sept. 2019, https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/ava-duvernay-when-they-see-us-netflix.html.Stafford, Roy, "Key Concepts: Representation – An Introduction" BFI Education and in the picture. 2001.Warner, Kristen. “Blue Skies Again: Streamers and the Impossible Promise of Diversity.” Los Angeles Review of Books, https://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article/blue-skies-again-streamers-and-the-impossible-promise-of-diversity/. (2021)“‘When They See Us’: How Production Sound Mixer Jan McLaughlin Tracked Ava DuVernay’s Compelling New Series.” Sound & Picture, 20 June 2019, https://soundandpicture.com/2019/06/when-they-see-us-jan-mclaughlin/.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Studium: BA 612, BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BA07.3; BEd 08a.2, BEd 08b.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260
Code/Modul: BA07.3; BEd 08a.2, BEd 08b.1
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260
Letzte Änderung: Do 07.09.2023 15:47
We will address how the series calls out biased media coverage, harmful stereotypes and institutional racism through storytelling and its careful representations of the intersections of race, class, and gender back in the 1980s, as much as we will consider the media landscape today. More generally, we will interrogate the reputation of Netflix as a global streaming provider championing inclusion and diversity and how the educational and activist motivations driving a series like ‘When They See Us” do or do not complicate ideas linked to streaming like binge-watching, comfort TV and a profit-driven entertainment industry.
The series is a rich example for analysis, because it artistically employs televisual, cinematic and social media practices to foreground black experiences, to connect history and the present, and to force us to reflect on our own privileges.
Students will be equipped with a number of analytical skills to train critical media literacy in terms of tools for ‚close reading’ the series, but also in gaining a better understanding and conceptual repertoire of how to approach the wider cultural and (anti)racist context and politics of the series informed by cultural studies, media studies and critical race theory.
Students are required to have access to Netflix and watch the series at their own pace.
Trigger warning: the series has been described hard to watch, especially for people traumatized by police violence and institutional racism