240086 SE Media technologies as material culture (P4) (2014S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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Participation at first session is obligatory!
An/Abmeldung
Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").
- Anmeldung von Sa 01.02.2014 00:01 bis So 23.02.2014 23:59
- Abmeldung bis So 16.03.2014 23:59
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max. 40 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Montag
10.03.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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17.03.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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24.03.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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31.03.
16:45 - 18:15
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07.04.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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28.04.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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05.05.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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12.05.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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19.05.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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26.05.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Montag
02.06.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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16.06.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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23.06.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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30.06.
16:45 - 18:15
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Information
Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Digital media technologies, such as cell and smart phones, laptops, organisers, PDAs, etc., have become important information and communication devices, particularly via the internet. For social and cultural anthropology it is of particular interest how those technologies are integrated and embedded into daily practices, by considering changing sociocultural, political and economic contexts. In this course we focus on the material aspects of those technologies and how they are utilized. Questions about the relevance of material culture for technology appropriation as well as questions about different usage practices in an understanding of technology as material culture are discussed.
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
Course assessment comprises a written report at the end of the semester, the presentation of research projects and the active participation in the course.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
This course gives an overview about material culture as conceptual approach to understand media technologies. The focus is on digital media technologies and how they are integrated and practised in every day life.
Prüfungsstoff
By working on different case studies, students get a comparative overview about material culture in the context of media technologies. Students conduct empirical research projects within teams. The university's online learning management system is used to provide resources and content as well as to foster student's exchange and communication beyond the classroom.
Literatur
Appadurai, A. 1986. Introduction: commodities and the politics of value. In A. Appadurai (ed.), The social life of things: Commodities in cultural perspective (pp. 3-63). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Horst, H. & Miller, D. 2006. The cell phone: An anthropology of communication. Oxford: Berg.
Horst, H. & Miller, D. (eds.) 2012. Digital Anthropology. London: Berg.
Miller, D. 1997. Material cultures: Why some things matter. London: Routledge.
Peterson, M. A. 2003. Anthropology and mass communication: Media and myth in the new millennium. New York: Berghahn.
Pfaffenberger, B. 1988. Fetishised objects and humanised nature: Towards an anthropology of technology. Man, 23(2), 236-252.
Pfaffenberger, B. 1992. Social anthropology of technology. Annual Review of Anthropology, 21, 491-516.
Horst, H. & Miller, D. 2006. The cell phone: An anthropology of communication. Oxford: Berg.
Horst, H. & Miller, D. (eds.) 2012. Digital Anthropology. London: Berg.
Miller, D. 1997. Material cultures: Why some things matter. London: Routledge.
Peterson, M. A. 2003. Anthropology and mass communication: Media and myth in the new millennium. New York: Berghahn.
Pfaffenberger, B. 1988. Fetishised objects and humanised nature: Towards an anthropology of technology. Man, 23(2), 236-252.
Pfaffenberger, B. 1992. Social anthropology of technology. Annual Review of Anthropology, 21, 491-516.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:39