240522 SE Media and visual technologies as material culture (P4) (2015W)
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 Di 01.09.2015 00:01 bis So 27.09.2015 23:59
- Abmeldung bis So 18.10.2015 23:59
Details
max. 40 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Donnerstag
08.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
15.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
22.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
29.10.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
05.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
12.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
19.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
26.11.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
03.12.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
10.12.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
17.12.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
07.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
14.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
21.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
Donnerstag
28.01.
15:00 - 16:30
Hörsaal C, NIG 4. Stock
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Digital media technologies, such as smart phones, laptops, organisers, PDAs, etc., have become important (visual) communication and (re)presentation devices, particularly via the internet and its services. For social and cultural anthropology it is of particular interest how those technologies, objects and artefacts 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:
1) active participation (max. 3 times absence, 40% of overall performance)
2) written report (joint project reports by research teams, 40%)
3) presentations of joint research projects (20%)
1) active participation (max. 3 times absence, 40% of overall performance)
2) written report (joint project reports by research teams, 40%)
3) presentations of joint research projects (20%)
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
This course gives an overview about material culture as conceptual approach to understand media and visual technologies. It focuses on digital media technologies, their visual aspects 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 small 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
Literature SelectionAppadurai, A. (ed.) 1986. The social life of things: Commodities in cultural perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Boellstorff, T., Nardi, B., Pearce, C. & T.L. Taylor. 2012. Ethnography and virtual worlds: A handbook of method. Princeton: Princeton University Press.Fischer, M. 2007. Four genealogies for a recombinant anthropology of science and technology. Cultural Anthropology 22/4: 539-615.Hine, C. (ed.) 2005. Virtual methods: Issues in social research on the internet. Oxford: Berg.Markham, A. & N. Baym. 2009. Internet inquiry: Conversations about method. London: Sage.Horst, H. & Miller, D. (eds.) 2012. Digital Anthropology. London: Berg.Miller, D. 1997. Material cultures: Why some things matter. London: Routledge.Pfaffenberger, B. 1992. Social anthropology of technology. Annual Review of Anthropology, 21, 491-516.Pink, S. 2005. The future of visual anthropology: engaging the senses. London: Routledge.Vannini, P. (ed.) 2009. Material culture and technology in everyday life. New York: Peter Lang.
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:40